Caroline > Caroline's Quotes

“I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.”
― Freddie Mercury

“Modern paintings are like women, you'll never enjoy them if you try to understand them.”
― Freddie Mercury

“My soul has painted like the wings of butterflies,
Fairy tales of yesterday will grow but never die,
I can fly, my friends...”
― Freddie Mercury

“Oh, I was not made for heaven. No, I don't want to go to heaven. Hell is much better. Think of all the interesting people you're going to meet down there!”
― Freddie Mercury

“I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend.”
― Freddie Mercury

“I always knew I was a star, and now the rest of the world seems to agree with me.”
― Freddie Mercury

“I am a romantic, but I do put up a barrier around myself, so it is hard for people to get in and to know the real me ”
― Freddie Mercury

“I'm very emotional; I think I may go mad in several years' time.”
― Freddie Mercury

“Does it mean this, does it mean that, that's all anybody wants to know. I'd say what any decent poet would say if anyone dared ask him to analyze his work: if you see it, darling, then it's there!”
― Freddie Mercury

“I dress to kill, but tastefully.”
― Freddie Mercury

“I'm as gay as a daffodil, my dear!”
― Freddie Mercury

“Who wants to live forever? ”
― Freddie Mercury

“It's a beautiful day, the sun is shining, I feel good, and no one's gonna stop me now.”
― Freddie Mercury

“The bigger the better; in everything.”
― Freddie Mercury

“I like to be surrounded by splendid things.”
― Freddie Mercury

“I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.”
― Freddie Mercury

“The more you open up, the more you get hurt. So basically, I’m just riddled with scars and I just don’t want any more.”
― Freddie Mercury

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
― Steve Jobs

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
― Albert Einstein