Quotes of famous people

„When they saw me in my space suit and the parachute dragging alongside as I walked, they started to back away in fear. I told them, don't be afraid, I am a Soviet like you, who has descended from space and I must find a telephone to call Moscow!“

—  Yuri Gagarin Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, the first human in space 1934 - 1968

Recalling his meeting with workers in a field, upon his landing, as quoted in "Life on Mars?" by Jesse Skinner in Toro magazine (14 October 2008) http://www.toromagazine.com/epigraph/d8e350a4-e3e5-2b94-5916-3c4e788b808c/Life-on-Mars/index.html

„I'm not perfect. But I'll always be real.“

—  Tupac Shakur rapper and actor 1971 - 1996

„I'm a stand-up. And no one on the circuit's terribly impressed if you're on TV. I suppose I've stolen my ethos from Jay Leno. You can do all the TV in the world, but that's a team game, and anyone can be dropped from the squad. And if you haven't gigged in a while, you're not firing, you're not match fit. So I try and do it whenever I can.“

—  Jimmy Carr British comedian and humourist 1972

Ed Caesar (February 21, 2005) "Think this is a laugh? You must be joking", The Independent.

„Poverty is the mother of crime.“

—  Cassiodorus, Variae

Bk. 9, no. 13; translation from S. Giora Shoham and Gill Sher (eds.) The Many Faces of Crime and Deviance (White Plains, N.Y.: Sheridan House, 1983) p. 32.
Variae
Original: (la) Mater criminum necessitas tollitur.

„Their teeth white, as if they never used teeth for anything except to smile.“

—  Chuck Palahniuk, book Haunted

Haunted (2005)

„Persevere in prayer without ceasing.. to understand and live according to his will, not to change it.“

—  Charbel Makhlouf Lebanese Maronite monk and saint 1828 - 1898

Love is a Radiant Light: The Life & Words of Saint Charbel (2019)

„When women cut themselves off from men, they sink backward into psychological and spiritual stagnancy.“

—  Camille Paglia American writer 1947

Source: Sex, Art and American Culture : New Essays (1992), p. 24

„When I was ten, my family moved to Downers Grove, Illinois. When I was twelve, I found them.“

—  Emo Philips American comedian 1956

E=MO² (1985)

„We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.“

—  William Faulkner American writer 1897 - 1962

Source: Essays, Speeches & Public Letters

„He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.“

—  Jon Kabat-Zinn American academic 1944

„Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read.“

—  Frank Zappa, book The Real Frank Zappa Book

"Ben Watson interviews Frank Zappa", in MOJO magazine (October 1993).
Variant: Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read
Source: The Real Frank Zappa Book

„It's better to have something to remember than anything to regret.“

—  Frank Zappa, book The Real Frank Zappa Book

Source: The Real Frank Zappa Book

„A drug is not bad. A drug is a chemical compound. The problem comes in when people who take drugs treat them like a license to behave like an asshole.“

—  Frank Zappa, book The Real Frank Zappa Book

Source: The Real Frank Zappa Book

„Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best…“

—  Frank Zappa American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer 1940 - 1993

"Packard Goose"
"Joe's Garage Acts II & III" (1979)
Variant: Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best.

„Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny.“

—  Frank Zappa American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer 1940 - 1993

'Be-Bop Tango (Of the Old Jazzmen's Church)
Roxy & Elsewhere (1974)
Variant: Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny

„Anything Anytime Anyplace For No Reason At All (or AAAFNRAA)“

—  Frank Zappa American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer 1940 - 1993

„Without deviation, progress is not possible.“

—  Frank Zappa American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer 1940 - 1993

„A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.“

—  Frank Zappa American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer 1940 - 1993

„Most rock journalism is people who can’t write interviewing people who can’t talk for people who can’t read. “

—  Frank Zappa American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer 1940 - 1993