Quotes & Sayings

Famous Quotes
To follow is a selection of some of the more famous quotes and quotations from around the world over the past few thousand years or so…

“In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman”
Margaret Thatcher

“What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce”
Mark Twain

“The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made”
Groucho Marx

“Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.”
Katharine Hepburn

“If men can run the world, why can’t they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?”
Linda Ellerbee

“I haven’t failed, I’ve found 10,000 ways that don’t work”
Thomas Edison

“A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul”
George Bernard Shaw

“Last week I stated that this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister and now wish to withdraw that statement”
Mark Twain

“I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon and a cat that comes home late at night”
Marie Corelli

“I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn’t itch”
Gilda Radner

“Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid”
Hedy Lamarr

“When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country”
Elaine Boosler

“A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing”
Oscar Wilde

“I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally”
WC Fields

“You can tell German wine from vinegar by the label”
Mark Twain

“If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough”
Mario Andretti

“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished by how much he’d learned in seven years”
Mark Twain

“Of course I have played outdoor games. I once played dominoes in an open air cafe in Paris”
Oscar Wilde

“Someone threw a petrol bomb at Alex Higgins once and he drank it!”
Frank Carson

“My reputation grows with every failure”
George Bernard Shaw

“I’m desperately trying to figure out why kamikaze pilots wore helmets”
Dave Edison

“Wagner’s music is better than it sounds”
Mark Twain

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