Famous Quotes

"The mistake ninety-nine percent of humanity made, as far as Fats could see, was being ashamed of what they were; lying about it, trying to be somebody else."

"A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it's lowest ones"

"There are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our encouragement, who will need our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give."

"If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it."

"you don't have to worry about burning bridges, if you're building your own"

"It's easy to forget things you don't need anymore."

"My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations."

"Women can fake an orgasm, but men can fake an entire relationship."

"He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool."

"I am so, so alive."

"The truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke into pieces. Everybody took a piece of it, and they looked at it and thought they had the truth."

"Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them."

"I wonder,” he said, “whether the stars are set alight in heaven so that one day each one of us may find his own again..."

"Maybe you think you’ll be entitled to more happiness later by forgoing all of it now, but it doesn’t work that way. Happiness takes as much practice as unhappiness does. It’s by living that you live more. By waiting you wait more. Every waiting day makes your life a little less. Every lonely day makes you a little smaller. Every day you put off your life makes you less capable of living it."

"If you are a dreamer come in"

"Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility."

"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself... You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams."

"Make today worth remembering."

"Whether a thought is spoken or not it is a real thing and it has power," Tuek said. "You might find the line between life and death among the Fremen to be too sharp and quick."

"You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done."

"Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience."

"You can only be afraid of what you think you know."