General Sayings

460 sayings found from 460 authors

News is what people don't want you to print. Everything else is ads.

— William Randolph Hearst Undated, widely attributed (likely early 20th century)
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Because you don't live near a bakery doesn't mean you have to go without cheesecake.

— Hedy Lamarr Undated, widely attributed.
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Wherever you go, there are three icons that everyone knows: Jesus Christ, Pele and Coca-Cola.

— Pele Undated, but widely quoted across various years (e.g., 2020, 2021, 2023).
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What you are is what you have been, and what you will be is what you do now.

— Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) c. 5th century BCE
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O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.

— Moses c. 13th century BCE (biblical account)
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It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your own failure to appreciate theirs.

— Confucius c. 5th century BCE
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A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.

— Gloria Steinem 1970
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All true knowledge of God is born of obedience.

— John Calvin 1536
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I calculate to be one of the instruments of setting up the kingdom of Daniel.

— Joseph Smith 1844
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I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them.

— Alfred Hitchcock Undated
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Gentleman, You Can't Fight In Here. It's The War Room!

— Stanley Kubrick 1964
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Simplicity is a difficult thing to achieve.

— Charlie Chaplin Undated
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If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.

— Marilyn Monroe Undated
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Beware of that smooth, plausible, pleasing voice, 'You may be saved, though you keep your sins.'

— John Wesley c. 1740
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My main interest is to promote human values, compassion, forgiveness, tolerance, self-discipline, contentment. That's my main interest.

— Dalai Lama (14th) c. 1990s
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You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.

— Audrey Hepburn Unknown
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I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.

— Marlon Brando 1972
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I like a lot to be on the street, but I can't.

— Pope Francis 2014
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All living beings are miserable because of their own actions.

— Mahavira c. 6th-5th century BCE
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What goes up must come down.

— Isaac Newton N/A
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