Quotes of famous people

“I wonder where that bat is now? Maybe he's sitting in Bat Heaven somewhere, with his own bat roadies…”

“We all must stand together now
A one by one we fall
For all these years you stood by me
God bless
I love you all”

“I hated school. Hated it.”

“I just take it year by year. So much time is dedicated to doing this [winning championships] that I can't see having too much time for much else.”

“I used to think that my career was to be a police officer, and that is what I was put here to do. But I always kept the faith and always worked hard on my goals and I finally found out on Sept. 25, 1998, why I was put here - (God) called me here to be Mr. Olympia.”

“You can't do this if you're not dedicated and determined, and have a strong faith. Because it's extremely hard, especially trying to work a job and do it.”

“I want to help the up-and-coming kids. A lot of times, kids don't have much to do in the summer time. When I was a kid I didn't do nothing. I want to get body building out there and it will start with the younger generation.”

“It's so overwhelming. It's almost better than winning the lottery, because you worked for it. It's like something you want all your life, but you never thought it would happen, and all of a sudden it did.”

“Hard work and training. There's no secret formula. I lift heavy, work hard and aim to be the best.”

“Have these gentlemen ever seen a revolution? A revolution is certainly the most authoritarian thing there is; it is an act whereby one part of the population imposes its will upon the other part by means of rifles, bayonets, and cannons, all of which are highly authoritarian means. And the victorious party must maintain its rule by means of the terror which its arms inspire in the reactionaries. Would the Paris Commune have lasted more than a day if it had not used the authority of the armed people against the bourgeoisie? Cannot we, on the contrary, blame it for having made too little use of that authority? Therefore, one of two things: either that anti-authoritarians don’t know what they are talking about, in which case they are creating nothing but confusion. Or they do know, and in that case they are betraying the cause of the proletariat. In either case they serve only reaction.8 This”

“I would rather be hated for what I am, then loved for what I am not.”

“We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.”

“This generation has lost the true meaning of romance. There are so many songs that disrespect women. You can’t treat the woman you love as a piece of meat. You should treat your love like a princess. Give her love songs, something with real meaning. Maybe I’m old fashioned but to respect the woman you love should be a priority.”

“It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right --especially when one is right.”

“He who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself; and if you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss will gaze into you.”

“Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.”

“The real world is much smaller than the imaginary”

“He who cannot put his thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of dispute.”

“If we train our conscience, it kisses us while it hurts”