Popular quotes (page 57) | Quotes of famous people

“Led Zeppelin is the greatest. Robert Plant is one of the most original vocalists of our time. As a rock band they deserve the kind of success they're getting.”

Freddie Mercury (1946–1991) British singer, songwriter and record producer

As quoted in "Queen's Freddie Mercury Shopping For An Image In London" by Scott Cohen in Circus Magazine (April 1975).

Time , Success

“Worse than war is the very fear of war.”
peior est bello timor ipse belli.

Seneca the Younger Thyestes

Thyestes, line 572 (Chorus).
Tragedies

War , Fear

“I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.”

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States

Likely spurious quote, UNVERIFIED ATTRIBUTE - Quoted in The Lexington Observer & Reporter (16 June 1864)
1860s
Variant: I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

“It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.”

Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali polymath

Happiness

“Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.”

Sylvia Plath book The Bell Jar

Source: The Bell Jar

Life , Death , Lie , Peace

“Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

Change

“We are all one. Only egos, beliefs, and fears separate us.”

Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) Serbian American inventor

Source: Nikola Tesla: 100 Quotes on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Success

“People cannot change their tidying habits without first changing their way of thinking.”

Marie Kondo (1984) Japanese organizing consultant, author and television show host (1984-)

“When I was older
I was a sailor
On an open sea
But now I'm underwater
And my skin is paler
Than it should ever be”

Billie Eilish (2001) American singer-songwriter

When I Was Older, Music Inspired by the Film Roma (9 January 2019)
Singles (2017 - )

Sea

“Ceeb maaha inaad imtixaan dhacdo, balse waxa ceeb ah ku qanaca caadeysiga dhicitaanka joogtada ah.”

Ahmed Omaar (1987)

Source: https://yaply.network/post/detail/621e76fcc98cbd03cc50c9dc/ahmed-omaar-quotes

“Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.”

Andrzej Sapkowski book The Last Wish

Source: The Last Wish

Life , Evil

“I wish we were all hippies and did yoga, lived in cottages, smoked weed, accepted everyone for who they are, and listened to wonderful music. I wish money didn't make us who we are. I just wish we could redo society.”

Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician

Money , Music

“A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.”

Coco Chanel (1883–1971) French fashion designer

As quoted in The Gospel According to Coco Chanel : Life Lessons from the World's Most Elegant Woman (2009) by Karen Karbo

For women , Beauty , Cute , Girl

“Your eyes show the strength of your soul.”

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist

Soul

“There is nothing in this world that I fear to say.”

Dmitri Mendeleev (1834–1907) Russian chemist and inventor

World , Fear

“History is written by the winners.”

George Orwell (1903–1950) English author and journalist

"As I Please" (1943–1947)
Context: During part of 1941 and 1942, when the Luftwaffe was busy in Russia, the German radio regaled its home audience with stories of devastating air raids on London. Now, we are aware that those raids did not happen. But what use would our knowledge be if the Germans conquered Britain? For the purpose of a future historian, did those raids happen, or didn't they? The answer is: If Hitler survives, they happened, and if he falls they didn't happen. So with innumerable other events of the past ten or twenty years. Is the Protocols of the Elders of Zion a genuine document? Did Trotsky plot with the Nazis? How many German aeroplanes were shot down in the Battle of Britain? Does Europe welcome the New Order? In no case do you get one answer which is universally accepted because it is true: in each case you get a number of totally incompatible answers, one of which is finally adopted as the result of a physical struggle. History is written by the winners.

History