General Sayings

189 sayings found from the Modern era from 189 authors

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence.

— Albert Einstein May 2, 1955
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It is a wonderful fact that we can understand so much.

— Charles Darwin c. 1870s
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.

— Benjamin Disraeli c. 1850s-1880s
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It was impossible to convince the people generally that we were not a pair of lunatics.

— Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur) 1900
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We are not interested in the fact that the machine can do well, but in the fact that it can do badly.

— Alan Turing 1947
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Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin.

— John von Neumann 1951
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It is not a question of whether we will go to Mars, but when.

— Wernher von Braun 1960s
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The problem with quotes on the Internet is that you never know if they're authentic.

— Abraham Lincoln 2010s (modern fabrication)
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

— Winston Churchill 1933 (Roosevelt)
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Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.

— Mahatma Gandhi 1922
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The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.

— Queen Victoria 1838
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God has a special providence for fools, drunkards, and the United States of America.

— Otto von Bismarck Late 19th century
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Mothers may be wrong, but they are never in doubt.

— John F. Kennedy 1960s
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I'm going to get rid of all these damn Jews in the government. They're everywhere.

— Richard Nixon 1973
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When you are in a fight, fight as if you are the only one who can win.

— Theodore Roosevelt Unknown
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I do not believe that Spain is a country of dictatorships. Spain is a country of caudillos.

— Francisco Franco 1950s
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What is important is to eliminate the enemy.

— Pol Pot 1997
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Blacks, like whites, are intelligent and courageous. They want to control their own affairs and develop their own country.

— Patrice Lumumba 1960
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All that is real is rational; and all that is rational is real.

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1821
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Absoluteness of power is the most seductive of all illusions.

— John Stuart Mill 1861
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