"In this page you can find on modern English quotations used in their everyday speech.
Everyone sometimes, uses quotations without realizing that they are quoting the words of someone else.."
If it weren't for the fact that all of us are slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name. Ugo Betti
Abstract art? A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered. Al Capp
Acting, is not a profession for adults. Laurence Olivier
Seventy-five per cent of being successful as an actor is pure luck. The rest is just endurance. Gene Hackman
Actors and burglars work better at night. Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Human creatures have a mervellous power of adapting themselves to necessity. George Gissing
Adults - Are obsolete children. Dr Seuss
Adventure - Is the result of poor planning.. Col. Blashford-Snell
No-one wants advice - only corroboration. John Steinbeck
America - Is Got's Crucible, the Great Melting-Pot. Israel Zangwill
Antique, is something that's been useless so long it's still in good condition. Franklin P. Jones
Archaeologist - Is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets the more interested he is in her. Agatha Christie
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it. Dale Carnegie
Armour - is the kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor was a blacksmith. Ambrose Bierce
Assassination - Is the extreme form of censorship. George Bernard Shaw
The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels grateful and doesn't know who to thank. Wendy Ward
If all the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players, where do all the audiences come from? Denis Norden
Most people are such fools that it really is no compliment to say that a man is above average. Somerset Maugham
A Bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it. Bob Hope
Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance. John Ruskin
The number one book of the ages was written by a committee, and it was called "The Bible". Anon
The bigger they come, the harder they fall. Robert Fitzsimmons
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read". Hilaire Belloc
Bore... is a fellow who talks when you wish him to listen. Ambrose Bierce
There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear. John Wainwright
I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law. Martin Luther King
If I'd known how old I was going to be, I'd have taken better care of myself. Adolf Zukor
Celebrity... is a person who works hard all his life to become known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. Fred Allen
When a child is grown up, it's time the parents learned to stand on their own feet. Francis Hope
Cinema - Is the most beautiful fraud in the world. Jean-Luc Godard
Comedy - Is simply a funny way of being serious. Peter Ustinov
Comment - Is free, but facts are sacred. C.P. Scott
You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences. Somerset Maugham
Courtesy - Is not dead. It has merely taken refuge in Great Britain. George Duhamel
Customer - is always right. Anon
Cynic - Is a man who knows the price of everithing and the value of nothing. Oscar Wilde
I'm not afraid to die; I just don't want to be there when happens. Woody Allen
Keep a diary and one day it will keep you. Mae West
Die, My dear doctor? That's the last thing I shall do. Lord Palmerston
Dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. Josh Billings
But I, being poor, have only my dreams. Anon
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. Rudyard Kipling
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. B.F. Skinner
I had and have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me. Noel Coward
Do not fear when your enemies criticize you. Beware when they applaud. Anon
An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms anorderly queue of one. George Mikes
The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first. Ginger Roger