Brainy quotes

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } From Ancient Greek Philosophers to English poets, Russian novelists and American presidents, here are some of the most popular clever sayings from famous intellectuals.

“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious.” Albert Einstein

“It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.” Mark Twain

“When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old.” Mark Twain

“Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.” Robin Williams

“On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.” George Orwell

“Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.” Dale Carnegie

“A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.” John Barrymore

“Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?” John Barrymore

“Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.” William Shakespeare

“I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.” William Shakespeare

“Speak low, if you speak love.” William Shakespeare

“When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.” William Shakespeare

“Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time.” William Shakespeare

“Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.” William Shakespeare

“To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.” Winston Churchill

“God is a concept by which we measure our pain.” John Lennon

“We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.” Napoleon Bonaparte

“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” Jimi Hendrix

“The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.” Rudyard Kipling

“I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted.” Frederick Douglass

“I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.” Andy Warhol

“Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.” Khalil Gibran

“Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.” Elbert Hubbard

“What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.” Margaret Mead

“Criticize the act, not the person.” Mary Kay Ash

“He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.” Thomas Carlyle

“You can't know too much, but you can say too much.” Calvin Coolidge

“The brain is wider than the sky.” Emily Dickinson

“Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.” Desiderius Erasmus

“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” Edward Morgan Forster