Golnaz > Golnaz's Quotes

Showing 1-30 of 47
« previous 1
sort by

    like
  • #1
    Douglas Adams
    “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
    tags: deadlines, humor, humour, work, writing
    32145 likes

    • like
  • #2
    Madeleine L'Engle
    “You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
    ― Madeleine L'Engle
    tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing
    16943 likes

    • like
  • #3
    William Shakespeare
    “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
    ― William Shakespeare, As You Like It
    tags: wisdom
    45319 likes

    • like
  • #4
    Niels Bohr
    “An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
    ― Niels Bohr
    tags: science
    4209 likes

    • like
  • #5
    Mark Twain
    “I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: humor, knowledge
    6886 likes

    • like
  • #6
    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
    130254 likes

    • like
  • #7
    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
    148472 likes

    • like
  • #8
    William Shakespeare
    “Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.”
    ― William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
    tags: greatness
    15463 likes

    • like
  • #9
    It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our
    “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    tags: abilities
    50596 likes

    • like
  • #10
    Winston S. Churchill
    “Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.”
    ― Winston S. Churchill
    tags: success
    1442 likes

    • like
  • #11
    Winston S. Churchill
    “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
    ― Winston S. Churchill
    3706 likes

    • like
  • #12
    Winston S. Churchill
    “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
    ― Winston S. Churchill
    tags: bravery, courage, failure, inspirational, success
    23492 likes

    • like
  • #13
    Darren Shan
    “Even a minute of dying is better than an eternity of nothingness. ”
    ― Darren Shan, Sons of Destiny
    332 likes

    • like
  • #14
    Christopher Paolini
    “Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.”
    ― Christopher Paolini, Eldest
    tags: inspirational
    3928 likes

    • like
  • #15
    Christopher Paolini
    “Because you can't argue with all the fools in the world. It's easier to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention.”
    ― Christopher Paolini
    tags: common-sense, humor, smart
    3175 likes

    • like
  • #16
    Winston S. Churchill
    “You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
    ― Winston Churchill
    tags: attributed-no-source, convictions, criticism
    7792 likes

    • like
  • #17
    Winston S. Churchill
    “Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.”
    ― Winston Churchill
    3317 likes

    • like
  • #18
    Winston S. Churchill
    “Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.”
    ― Winston S. Churchill
    tags: humor
    1268 likes

    • like
  • #19
    Winston S. Churchill
    “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”
    ― Winston S. Churchill
    tags: change
    734 likes

    • like
  • #20
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: family, friends, parties, social
    12469 likes

    • like
  • #21
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
    tags: fellowship, gamgee, hobbit, samwise, tolkien
    3025 likes

    • like
  • #22
    Eoin Colfer
    “Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know.”
    ― Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl
    tags: confidence, humor, ignorance, knowledge
    3381 likes

    • like
  • #23
    Eoin Colfer
    “I can't imagine what they're planning. But I can tell you two things. We won't like it, and it won't be legal.”
    ― Eoin Colfer, The Artemis Fowl Files
    tags: holly-short
    358 likes

    • like
  • #24
    Eoin Colfer
    “Trust me. I'm a genius.”
    ― Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl
    551 likes

    • like
  • #25
    J.K. Rowling
    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: charles-bayard-mitchell
    101592 likes

    • like
  • #26
    J.K. Rowling
    “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    tags: albus-dumbledore, courage, friends
    32103 likes

    • like
  • #27
    J.K. Rowling
    “Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: pain
    13957 likes

    • like
  • #28
    J.K. Rowling
    “We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: human, life, value, worth
    12319 likes

    • like
  • #29
    Katie McGarry
    “I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me.”
    ― Katie McGarry, Take Me On
    tags: trouble
    6090 likes

    • like
  • #30
    J.K. Rowling
    “You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts...but you cannot deny he's got style...”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    tags: dumbledore, fudge, minister, style
    5215 likes



Rss
« previous 1
All Quotes



Tags From Golnaz’s Quotes

deadlines
humor
humour
work
writing
books
children
difficult
grown-ups
write
writers
wisdom
science
knowledge
ataraxy
be-yourself
confidence
fitting-in
individuality
misattributed-dr-seuss
those-who-matter
attributed-no-source
human-nature
infinity
philosophy
stupidity
universe
greatness
abilities
success
bravery
courage
failure
inspirational
common-sense
smart
convictions
criticism
change
family
friends
parties
social
fellowship
gamgee
hobbit
samwise
tolkien
ignorance
holly-short
charles-bayard-mitchell
albus-dumbledore
pain
human
life
value
worth
trouble
dumbledore
fudge
minister
style