Famous quotes

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

Peter Alexander Ustinov

Peter Alexander Ustinov

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Typically, dream women are an optical illusion.

Peter Alexander Ustinov

Peter Alexander Ustinov

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The last audible voice before the explosion of the world will be that of an expert saying: it is technically impossible.

Peter Alexander Ustinov

Peter Alexander Ustinov

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Progress cannot be stopped. God created the world in six days. And what do we have today? The five-day week.

Juan Valera

Juan Valera

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When good fortune comes, it comes for everything, and the same when misfortune comes.

Juan Valera

Juan Valera

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Unfortunately, one thing is to feel and another is to express well what is felt.

Paul Valéry

Paul Valéry

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What has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has all the possibilities of being false.

Paul Valéry

Paul Valéry

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Our most important thoughts are those that contradict our feelings.

Paul Valéry

Paul Valéry

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War is a massacre between people who do not know each other, for the benefit of people who do know each other but do not massacre each other.

Paul Valéry

Paul Valéry

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When someone licks the soles of your shoes, put your foot on top of them before they start to bite you.

Paul Valéry

Paul Valéry

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Books have the same enemies as man: fire, humidity, animals, time, and their own content.