Interesting Quotes

• Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Freedom, 4th Of July, Patriotic

  Letter to Henry L. Pierce and Others, 6 Apr. 1859

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• In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Funny, Life, Fear

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.

  Henry Miller

  Music, Beauty, Beautiful

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• There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses - only results.

  Ken Blanchard

  Success, Work, Adventure

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  Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't.

  Bill Nye

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Learning

  Bill Nye (2015). “Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World”, p.370, St. Martin's Press

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• But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

  Carl Sagan

  Funny, Brother, Laughter

  Broca's Brain ch. 5 (1979)

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• Better to live a day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep

  Benito Mussolini

  Inspirational, Funny, Sheep

  "ITALY: Duce (1922-43)". content.time.com. August 2, 1943.

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• Wisdom begins in wonder.

  Socrates

  Wise, Spiritual, Wisdom

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• You never know . . . that's what makes life interesting.

  James Clavell

  Knows

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  Success is never so interesting as struggle

  Willa Cather

  Success, Giving Up, Struggle

  Willa Cather (1970). “Collected Short Fiction, 1892-1912”, p.7, U of Nebraska Press

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• You can't have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you.

  Marissa Mayer

  Inspirational, Life Is Short, Want

  "Marissa Mayer: Six life lessons from Yahoo CEO" by Rose Hoare, www.cnn.com. July 19, 2012.

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  You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.

  Norman Cousins

  Inspirational, Life, Sympathy

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• Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

  Albert Einstein

  Motivational, Inspiring, Inspire

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.24, St. Martin's Press

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• In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.

  Carl Sagan

  Change, Learning, Humility

  Keynote address at CSICOP conference in 1987. "Do Science and the Bible Conflict?" Book by Judson Poling, p. 30, 2003.

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• To be interesting, be interested.

  Dale Carnegie

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• Be unpredictable, be real, be interesting. Tell a good story.

  James Dashner

  Real, Stories, Unpredictable

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• I understand that fear is my friend, but not always. Never turn your back on Fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed. My father taught me that, along with a few other things that have kept my life interesting.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Father, Epic, Might

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the F”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

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• I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting.

  Jim Carrey

  Thinking, Creating, Ingredients

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• What I discovered I liked best about striking out on my bicycle was that the farther I got from home, the more interesting and unusual my thoughts became.

  Richard Russo

  Travel, Home, Unusual

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• Words and pictures are yin and yang. Married, they produce a progeny more interesting than either parent.

  Dr. Seuss

  Life, Parent, Balance

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• The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Crush, Political, Bourgeoisie

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• Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• Of course life is bizarre, the more bizarre it gets, the more interesting it is. The only way to approach it is to make yourself some popcorn and enjoy the show.

  David Gerrold

  Acceptance, Loving Life, Popcorn

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• The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.

  Mark Twain

  Sweet, Children, Teaching

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.7, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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