Famous Quotes Flashcards
(35 cards)
I have no special talent, I am only passionately curious.
Albert Einstein
How is it that we have so much information but know so little?
Noam Chomsky
When something is important enough you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
Elon musk
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
Mark Twain
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too can become great.
Mark Twain
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see
Mark Twain
A clean conscience is the sure sign of bad memory.
Mark Twain
Weak people revenge.
Strong people forgive.
Intelligent people ignore.
Einstein
Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
Einstein
What we do in life, echoes in eternity.
Maximus Decimus Meridius (Gladiator)
Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back.
Maximus Decimus Meridius (Gladiator)
I’ll tell you a secret. Something they don’t teach you in your temple. The Gods envy us. They envy us because we’re mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed.
You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.”
Achilles (Troy)
It’s a funny thing about comin’ home. Looks the same, smells the same, feels the same. You’ll realize what’s changed is you.
Benjamin Button (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
For what it’s worth… it’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit. Start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you’ve never felt before. I hope you meet people who have a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again.
Benjamin Button (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
You can be as mad as a mad dog at the way things went, you can curse the fates, but when it comes to the end, you have to let go.
Benjamin Button
I never wanted to be your whole life. Just your favorite part.
Benjamin Button
Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.
Benjamin Button
Falling down is how we grow, staying down is how we die.
Maximus Decimus Meridius (Gladiator)
I mean, I got everything I need right here with me. I got air in my lungs, a few blank sheets of paper. I mean, I love waking up in the morning not knowing what’s gonna happen or, who I’m gonna meet, where I’m gonna wind up. Just the other night I was sleeping under a bridge and now here I am on the grandest ship in the world having champagne with you fine people. I figure life’s a gift and I don’t intend on wasting it. You don’t know what hand you’re gonna get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you… to make each day count.
Leonardo Dicaprio (titanic)
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends.
Dumbludore
It’s funny how people say they miss you, but don’t even make an effort to see you.
Forest Gump
Momma always said life is a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.
Forest Gump
Well, off the record, I like to get kissed before I get fucked.
Blood Diamond
A guy walks up to a woman at a bar. He flirts with her, he makes small talk. But the woman insists she isn’t going to go home with him. Guy says, “what if I offer you a million dollars to sleep with me?” The woman never had a million dollars in her life, she stops and considers the offer very seriously. Meanwhile the guy changes his mind. Says, “what if I change my offer to a dollar instead?” Woman is aghast. “What kind of woman do you think I am?” Guy says, “we’ve already figured that out, now we’re just negotiating.
Mr. Robot
