Famous quotes

Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.

Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis

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Surely there are many reasons for divorces, but the main one is and will always be the wedding.

Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis

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When I direct, I play the father; when I write, I play the man; when I act, I play the fool.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Nothing ages us faster than constantly thinking about getting old.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Grant your spirit the habit of doubt, and your heart the habit of tolerance.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Love is blind, but marriage restores its sight.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Marriage, unlike a fever, begins with warmth and ends with cold.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Don't let yourself be influenced, don't give any opinion as your own before seeing if it suits you, better form your own opinion.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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English translation: The sculpted saints have exerted much greater influence in the world than the living ones.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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No fame and rest do not go together.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Everyone admits that the obscene stories one writes oneself are far from having as dangerous an effect as those written by others.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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It is impossible to cross a crowd with the flame of truth without burning someone's beard.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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At least once a year, everyone is a genius.