Famous quotes?
AJ asked:
Does anyone know any strong quotes by famous people througout history?Maybe along the lines of joan of arc,or edgar allan poe?
Promotional Pens & Personalized Pens
Does anyone know any strong quotes by famous people througout history?Maybe along the lines of joan of arc,or edgar allan poe?
Promotional Pens & Personalized Pens
No pictorial or sculptural combinations of points of human loveliness, do more than approach the living and breathing human beauty as it gladdens our daily path. by Edgar Allen Poe
I.
A strong quote to me might be as subtle as a walking stick hiding on a branch; to you , it might be a massive boulder rolling down a grassy, flower-laden hillside.
The best way to answer this question is to direct you to where you can find quotes by famous people that suit your temperament.
II.
The strongest and most relevant quotes might come from famous folk on their deathbeds; therefore, I am adding a few here:
Am I dying or is this my birthday?
When she woke briefly during her last illness and found all her family around her bedside.
~~ Lady Nancy Astor, d. 1964
Nothing, but death.
When asked by her sister, Cassandra, if there was anything she wanted.
~~ Jane Austen, writer, d. July 18, 1817
Now I shall go to sleep. Goodnight.
~~ Lord George Byron, writer, d. 1824
I’m bored with it all.
Before slipping into a coma. He died 9 days later.
~~ Winston Churchill, statesman, d. January 24, 1965
Damn it . . . Don’t you dare ask God to help me.
To her housekeeper, who had begun to pray aloud.
~~ Joan Crawford, actress, d. May 10, 1977
I must go in, the fog is rising.
~~ Emily Dickinson, poet, d. 1886
It is very beautiful over there.
~~ Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, d. October 18, 1931
All my possessions for a moment of time.
~~ Elizabeth I, Queen of England, d. 1603
I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
~~ François Rabelais, writer, d. 1553
I’ve had eighteen straight whiskies, I think that’s the record . . .
~~ Dylan Thomas, poet, d. 1953
I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.
~~ Leonardo da Vinci, artist, d. 1519
How about this for a headline for tomorrow’s paper?
French fries.
Executed in electric chair in Oklahoma.
~~ James French, d. 1966
Capital punishment: them without the capital get the punishment.
Executed in electric chair, Florida.
~~ John Spenkelink, d. May 25, 1979
And so I leave this world, where the heart must either break or turn to lead.
Suicide note.
~~ Nicolas-Sebastien Chamfort, French writer, d. 1794
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
-Abraham Lincoln
I like to have a martini,
Two at the very most.
After three I’m under the table,
after four I’m under my host.
-Dorothy Parker
I did not have sex with That woman. Billyfred Clinton.
Is this a game of Chance? No, not the way I play it isn’t. W.C. Fields
Nuts. General Anthony McAuliffe
BAYONETS. Col. Josua Chamberlain