All Sayings

208 sayings found from the Contemporary era from 208 authors

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

— Nikita Khrushchev 1958
Political

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

— Ferdinand Marcos 1980
Inspirational

I was born ostentatious. They don't make women like me anymore.

— Imelda Marcos 1998
Wisdom

I am the Jesus Christ of politics.

— Silvio Berlusconi 2006
Political

My friends, as I have discovered myself, there are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters.

— Boris Johnson 2004
Educational

I've got this thing, and it's fucking golden. And, uh, I'm just not giving it up for fucking nothing.

— Rod Blagojevich 2008
Power & Leadership

I will not be resigning from Congress.

— Anthony Weiner 2011
Political

I spell 'God' G-O-O-D. And I spell 'evil' D-I-V-L. Because if you take the 'd' out of 'devil,' it's 'evil.'

— Gary Busey 2011
Life & Death

I'm tired of pretending I'm not a total bitchin' rock star from Mars.

— Charlie Sheen 2011
Nature & World

I'm not a big fan of the whole awards season thing. I think it's a little ridiculous.

— Joaquin Phoenix 2014
Wisdom

Art is not a mirror, it is a hammer.

— Shia LaBeouf 2013
Art & Creativity

I don't have a problem with over-the-top. I have a problem with under-the-top.

— Nicolas Cage 2019
Wisdom

I need to be alone. I need to be free. I need to be me. I need to be me.

— Klaus Kinski 1970s
Wisdom

I am an iconoclast. I have no respect for dogma.

— Jack Parsons 1940s
Wisdom

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

— Timothy Leary 1960s-1970s
Wisdom

We are all just walking each other home.

— Ram Dass (Richard Alpert) 1970s-1980s
Power & Leadership

The syntactical structures of English are living creatures, and they are trying to get out of your mouth and into my head.

— Terence McKenna 1993
Art & Creativity

I'm Joe Exotic, the Tiger King, the gay, gun-toting, redneck with a mullet.

— Joe Exotic (Tiger King) 2020
Wisdom

I'm a mirror. If you look at me, you look at yourself.

— Charles Manson 1988
Wisdom

If you're born in capitalist America, you're born in sin.

— Jim Jones 1978
Political
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