Famous Quotations Collection

Sunday, 19 July 2015

Famous Quotations-2-Shakespeare

As this top list of famous Shakespeare quotes reveals, Shakespeare was the most prolific poet and dramatist the Western world has ever seen, His plays and sonnets are some of the most quoted in literature and picking the 10 famous Shakespeare quotes is no easy task!

1.HAMLET

"To be, or not to be: that is the question."

2.AS YOU LIKE IT

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts"

3.ROMEO AND JULIET

"O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?"

4.RICHARD lll

"Now is the winter of our discontent"

5.MACBETH

"Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand?"

6.TWELFTH NIGHT

"Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em."

7.THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

"If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?"

8.A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

"The course of true love never did run smooth"

9.TWELFTH NIGHT

"If music be the food of love, play on."

10.SONNET 18

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate."

Saturday, 18 July 2015

Famous Quotations-1-Albert Einstein

1.ON THE MEANING OF LIFE

"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile"

2.ON WISDOM

"Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it"

3.ON PEACE

"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding."

4.ON BEING HUMAN

"A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe", a part limited in time and space"

5.ON GETTING THROUGH LIFE

"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving."

6.ON SCIENCE

"All of science is nothing more than refinement of everyday thinking."

7.ON MIRACLES

"There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."