Famous Remark Quotes

#1. You know Lincoln's famous remark about "God must have loved the common people, because he made so many of them?" Well, you are not going to get people's votes nowadays by calling 'em common. Lincoln might have said it, but I bet it was not until after he was elected.

Will Rogers

#2. I do find London exciting. Much as I hate to agree with that tedious old git Samuel Johnson, and despite the pompous imbecility of his famous remark about when a man is tired of London he is tired of life ... I can't dispute it.

Bill Bryson

#3. YES we have a soul but it's made of lots of tiny robots

Daniel Dennett

#4. I think people don't understand that comedy is an outlet for me. Comedy allows me to get outside of myself, and exercise this thing that is still kind of scary to me.

Will Ferrell

#5. A lot of times when you go through a very traumatic situation and it's emotionally difficult to deal with you come back spiritually stronger. It changes you in a way.

Elvis Stojko

#6. Just a wee cot-the crickets chirr-love and the smiling face of her.

James Whitcomb Riley

#7. Fame is one thing, notoriety is another.

Lana Turner

#8. Most poor people live in the poorest countries.

Bill Gates

#9. If you get too close to the sun, you will burn; if you get too far, you will freeze: this is how it is with passion.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#10. I've done five films directed by women. I did like it. They had qualities, particularly in the romantic tenderness of scenes. I felt sometimes they were a little bit soft, but maybe they were clever to get the guys working the way they wanted them to.

Jacqueline Bisset

#11. Be watchful - the grace of God appears suddenly. It comes without warning to an open heart.

Rumi

#12. When I registered for econ, I had no idea that I'd be in for this level of reality-show drama. It's like a big fat bonus.

Tammara Webber

#13. We can have tax cuts, but when we have tax cuts and do not have a surplus, the amount of the tax cut goes straight to the bottom line, adds to the deficit, and the deficit adds to the national debt, and sooner or later, the debt has to be paid.

John Spratt