Famous Quotes https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous Great archive of famous expressions, sayings, aphorisms and quotes for every day. Available on Telegram: https://t.me/en_quote_of_the_day en-us Sat, 15 Aug 2026 17:34:54 +0300 Sat, 15 Aug 2026 17:34:54 +0300 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous root@sky-net-eye.com (noreply) root@sky-net-eye.com (noreply) Famous Quotes https://www.english-slang.com/images/logo_en.png https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous Austin O'Malley https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/m/aphorism-4323 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/m/aphorism-4323 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1858—1932)
Revenge is often like biting the dog because the dog bit you.

]]> Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:30:01 +0300 Friedrich Nietzsche https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/n/aphorism-2269 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/n/aphorism-2269 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
Reasonable thinking boils down to the interpretation on the basis of a concept we cannot fling off.

]]> Fri, 14 Aug 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Eric Hoffer https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/h/aphorism-3938 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/h/aphorism-3938 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1902—1983)
U.S. union leader
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.

]]> Thu, 13 Aug 2026 03:30:02 +0300 J. De La Bruyere https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-4847 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-4847 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation.

]]> Wed, 12 Aug 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Bertrand de Jouvenal https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/j/aphorism-4004 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/j/aphorism-4004 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1903—1987), French political theorist
A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.

]]> Tue, 11 Aug 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Jack Handey https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/h/aphorism-3101 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/h/aphorism-3101 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
One thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse.

]]> Mon, 10 Aug 2026 03:30:01 +0300 from an old Irish curse https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/c/aphorism-3158 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/c/aphorism-3158 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
May those that love us love us;
and those that don't love us, may God turn their hearts;
and if he doesn't turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so we'll know them by their limping.
Categories: curses

]]> Sun, 09 Aug 2026 03:30:02 +0300 P.J. O'Rourke https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/r/aphorism-2621 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/r/aphorism-2621 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1947--)
U.S. humorist
Never fight an inanimate object.
]]> Sat, 08 Aug 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Logan Pearsall Smith https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/s/aphorism-3031 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/s/aphorism-3031 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1865—1946), Afterthoughts, 1934
What's more enchanting than the voices of young people, when you can't hear what they say?

]]> Fri, 07 Aug 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Alfred North Whitehead https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/w/aphorism-2306 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/w/aphorism-2306 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
In formal logic, a contradiction is a signal of a defeat; but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress towards a victory. This is one great reason for the utmost toleration of variety of opinion.

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2026 03:30:03 +0300 Cary Grant https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/g/aphorism-4111 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/g/aphorism-4111 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1904—1986), Hollywood actor
I improve on misquotation.
]]> Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:30:02 +0300 About teaching https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/e/Einstein_Albert/about_teaching https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/e/Einstein_Albert/about_teaching Famous Quotes Einstein Albert #quoteoftheday #sayings
Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.

]]> Tue, 04 Aug 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Evert Jan Ouweneel https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/o/aphorism-2289 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/o/aphorism-2289 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
Egoists are either ignorant or they can afford their egoism.
]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Aneurin Bevan https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-4404 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-4404 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1897—1960)
British politician,
Virtue is its own punishment.
]]> Sun, 02 Aug 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Alexander Woolcott https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/w/aphorism-3334 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/w/aphorism-3334 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1887—1943)
The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm.

]]> Sat, 01 Aug 2026 03:30:03 +0300 Robert Quillen https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/q/aphorism-4350 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/q/aphorism-4350 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
It's a great kindness to trust people with a secret. They feel so important while telling it.

]]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Will Rogers (1879-1935) https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/r/aphorism-2749 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/r/aphorism-2749 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
U.S. humorist
I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him "father."

]]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:30:02 +0300 John Benbow, Manuscript and Proof, 1943 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-4794 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-4794 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
If you take hyphens seriously you will surely go mad.
]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 03:30:03 +0300 Katherine Whitehorn https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/w/aphorism-4665 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/w/aphorism-4665 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1926--)
British writer
Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.

]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Alice Walker https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/w/aphorism-3832 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/w/aphorism-3832 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1944--)
U.S. author
Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it.

]]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Jennifer Greene Duncan https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/d/aphorism-3428 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/d/aphorism-3428 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
I'm allergic to food. Every time I eat it breaks out into fat.
]]> Sun, 26 Jul 2026 03:30:02 +0300 John Steinbeck https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/s/aphorism-3396 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/s/aphorism-3396 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1902—1968)
U.S. novelist
Father and son are natural enemies and each is happier and more secure in keeping it that way.

]]> Sat, 25 Jul 2026 03:30:03 +0300 Don Herold https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/h/aphorism-2360 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/h/aphorism-2360 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1889—1966)
U.S. humorist
Jesus was a bachelor.
]]> Fri, 24 Jul 2026 03:30:01 +0300 Zsa Zsa Gabor https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/g/aphorism-4870 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/g/aphorism-4870 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
As a woman, you have to choose between your fanny or your face. I chose my face.

]]> Thu, 23 Jul 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Andres Segovia https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/s/aphorism-3189 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/s/aphorism-3189 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1894—1987), classical guitarist
My prayer to the Lord every day, is this--I have been a great sinner. I do not deserve Heaven. Let me stay here.

]]> Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:30:03 +0300 Zsa Zsa Gabor https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/g/aphorism-4880 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/g/aphorism-4880 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(as quoted in the book "The Humour of Sex")
Personally, I know nothing about sex because I've always been married.

]]> Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:30:02 +0300 attributed to Al Capone https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/c/aphorism-2912 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/c/aphorism-2912 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1899—1947)
U.S. gangster
I don't even know what street Canada is on.

]]> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 03:30:03 +0300 William James https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/j/aphorism-4736 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/j/aphorism-4736 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1842—1910)
U.S. philosopher
Publishers are demons, there's no doubt about it.

]]> Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Ayn Rand https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/r/aphorism-4318 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/r/aphorism-4318 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1905—1982), Russian-American novelist
When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is.

]]> Sat, 18 Jul 2026 03:30:03 +0300 Yogi Berra https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-4495 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-4495 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1925--)
U.S. baseball player
If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?

]]> Fri, 17 Jul 2026 03:30:01 +0300 Irish proverb https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/p/aphorism-4248 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/p/aphorism-4248 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
God is not as severe as he is said to be.
Categories: proverb
]]> Thu, 16 Jul 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Luc de Clapiers Vauvenargues https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/v/aphorism-3122 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/v/aphorism-3122 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1715—1747)
If anyone accuses me of contradicting myself, I reply: because I have been wrong once, or several times, I don't intend to be wrong forever.

]]> Wed, 15 Jul 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Rachel Heyhoe Flint https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/f/aphorism-3954 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/f/aphorism-3954 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1937-- )
English cricket player
As one door closes, another slams in your face.

]]> Tue, 14 Jul 2026 03:30:02 +0300 N.Y. State Senator James H. Donovan https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/d/aphorism-3221 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/d/aphorism-3221 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
Where would Christianity be if Jesus got 8 to 15 years with time off for good behavior?

]]> Mon, 13 Jul 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Menander https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/m/aphorism-2364 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/m/aphorism-2364 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(342—291 B.C.), Greek playwright
Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.

]]> Sun, 12 Jul 2026 03:30:02 +0300 R.B. Cunningham-Graham https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/c/aphorism-2867 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/c/aphorism-2867 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1852—1936) in letter to Teddy Roosevelt, 1917
God forbid that I should go to any heaven in which there are no horses.

]]> Sat, 11 Jul 2026 03:30:03 +0300 William Faulkner https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/f/aphorism-4799 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/f/aphorism-4799 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1897—1962)
U.S. author
My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky.

]]> Fri, 10 Jul 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Kurt Benirschke https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-3344 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-3344 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
U.S. scientist
Extinct is forever.
]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Fran Lebowitz https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/l/aphorism-3898 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/l/aphorism-3898 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1950--)
U.S. writer
I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.

]]> Wed, 08 Jul 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Henry Brooks Adams https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-3717 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-3717 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1838—1918)
U.S. historian
No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.

]]> Tue, 07 Jul 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Carl Sandburg https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/s/aphorism-2991 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/s/aphorism-2991 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1878—1967)
U.S. poet
A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.

]]> Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:30:02 +0300 The Talmud https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/t/aphorism-4101 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/t/aphorism-4101 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
These things are good in little measure and evil in large: yeast, salt and hesitation.

]]> Sun, 05 Jul 2026 03:30:03 +0300 Al McGuire https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/m/aphorism-3708 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/m/aphorism-3708 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1929—2001)
U.S. basketball coach
I think the world is run by C students.

]]> Sat, 04 Jul 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Mark Twain https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/t/aphorism-4343 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/t/aphorism-4343 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1835—1910), Pudd'nhead Wilson
October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, December, August, and February.

]]> Fri, 03 Jul 2026 03:30:03 +0300 Tallulah Bankhead https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-3812 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-3812 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1900—1968)
U.S. actress
If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Dorothy Parker https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/p/aphorism-4233 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/p/aphorism-4233 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1893—1967)
U.S. poet
This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:30:03 +0300 Joseph Heller https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/h/aphorism-2726 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/h/aphorism-2726 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1923---1999), US novelist
When I grow up, I want to be a little boy.

]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2026 03:30:03 +0300 Woody Allen https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/a/aphorism-2826 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/a/aphorism-2826 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1935-- ), Without Feathers, 1975
The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

]]> Mon, 29 Jun 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Woody Allen https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/a/aphorism-4275 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/a/aphorism-4275 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1935--), Without Feathers
If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.

]]> Sun, 28 Jun 2026 03:30:02 +0300 C.S. Lewis https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/l/aphorism-3454 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/l/aphorism-3454 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1898—1963)
English author
You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.

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