Quotes - Aparnasri (Madras, 25, India) Showing 1-25 of 25

#1

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
― Mark Twain

tags: attributed-no-source, education

18231 likes

#2

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
― Mark Twain

tags: misattributed-mark-twain, truth

16291 likes

#3

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
― Mark Twain

tags: death, life

16760 likes

#4

“Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.”
― Mark Twain

tags: age

5511 likes

#5

“The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.”
― Mark Twain

3221 likes

#6

“If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.”
― Mark Twain

tags: misattributed-mark-twain, newspapers

3560 likes

#7

“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.”
― Mark Twain

tags: heartbreak

6890 likes

#8

“A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.”
― Mark Twain

tags: bank, bankers, humor

1600 likes

#9

“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
― Mark Twain

tags: inspirational, kindness

3298 likes

#10

“Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.”
― Mark Twain

tags: education

2895 likes

#11

“Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.”
― Mark Twain

tags: inspirational

1256 likes

#12

“You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

tags: friendship, inspirational, pooh, winnie

9014 likes

#13

“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

tags: distance, life, loneliness, qotd, sense-of-wonder, universe

6853 likes

#14

“One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

629 likes

#15

“It was the mark of a barbarian to destroy something one could not understand.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey

213 likes

#16

“What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, 2010: Odyssey Two

tags: friendship

194 likes

#17

“Now I'm a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey

tags: generalist, science

149 likes

#18

“Who is more humble? The scientist who looks at the universe with an open mind and accepts whatever the universe has to teach us, or somebody who says everything in this book must be considered the literal truth and never mind the fallibility of all the human beings involved?”
― Carl Sagan

1477 likes

#19

“We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.”
― Carl Sagan

tags: atheism, science

866 likes

#20

“One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.”
― Stephen Hawking

tags: philosophy, science

8640 likes

#21

“Quiet people have the loudest minds.”
― Stephen Hawking

2166 likes

#22

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. ”
― Stephen Hawking

861 likes

#23

“I have noticed that even those who assert that everything is predestined and that we can change nothing about it still look both ways before they cross the street.”
― Stephen Hawking, Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays

tags: chance, death, destiny, life

545 likes

#24

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain

tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom

43891 likes

#25

“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”
― Mark Twain

tags: living, world

8288 likes

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