General Sayings

176 sayings found from the Contemporary era from 176 authors

If the Starbucks secret is a smile when you get your latte... ours is that the Web site adapts to the individual's taste.

— Reed Hastings 2009
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Lost coins only make everyone else's coins worth slightly more. Think of it as a donation to everyone.

— Satoshi Nakamoto 2010 (approximate)
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I did not come all this way not to interfere.

— Rupert Murdoch Undated, but widely attributed.
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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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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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I like a lot to be on the street, but I can't.

— Pope Francis 2014
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Conversation, like certain portions of the anatomy, always runs more smoothly when lubricated.

— Marquis de Sade 1785 (approx.)
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We are a way for the universe to know itself.

— Carl Sagan 1980
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Kids are born scientists. They're born with a sense of wonder and a desire to explore.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson 2016
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Chimpanzees have taught me that the difference between us and them is not as big as we once thought.

— Jane Goodall 2009
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I'd Say She Found A Way Out, Wouldn't You?

— Joe Exotic (Tiger King) 2019-2020
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We are happily prepared to leave 'this world' and go with Ti's crew.

— Marshall Applewhite 1997
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I wasn't lucky. I deserved it.

— Margaret Thatcher 1979
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Honey, I forgot to duck.

— Ronald Reagan 1981
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I did write some code in Java once, but that was the island in Indonesia.

— Richard Stallman 2012
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Without publicity a terrible thing happens: nothing.

— P.T. Barnum 19th century
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The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word.

— Mata Hari Early 20th century
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That, Madame, is not impossible!

— Comte de Saint-Germain circa 1760s
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More blood, more life.

— Elizabeth Bathory Early 17th century (attributed, but likely fictional)
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It is still an open question, however, as to what extent exposure really injures a performer.

— Houdini Early 20th century (republished 2016)
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