Quotes

Words worth keeping

296 quotes — from Indian and world voices, in English, Hindi and Urdu — while our publisher catalog grows.

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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

— Mae West
Humor

It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.

— Marilyn Monroe
Humor

So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,Go throw your TV set away,And in its place you can installA lovely bookshelf on the wall.Then fill the shelves with lots of books.

— Roald Dahl
Humor Books & Writing

Happiness is a warm puppy.

— Charles M. Schulz
Humor Nature & World Happiness

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.

— maya angelou
Inspirational Life Humor

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.

— Mark Twain
Humor Education & Knowledge

I don't know the question, but sex is definitely the answer.

— Woody Allen
Life Humor

Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.

— Dr. Seuss
Humor

Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time! But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money!

— George Carlin
Life Humor Faith & Religion

It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.

— Terry Pratchett
Life Humor Death & Loss

Everyone should be able to do one card trick, tell two jokes, and recite three poems, in case they are ever trapped in an elevator.

— Lemony Snicket
Humor

I have great faith in fools - self-confidence my friends will call it.

— Edgar Allan Poe
Humor Faith & Religion

That does it," said Jace. "I'm going to get you a dictionary for Christmas this year.""Why?" Isabelle said."So you can look up 'fun.' I'm not sure you know what it means.

— Cassandra Clare
Humor

They love their hair because they're not smart enough to love something more interesting.

— John Green
Humor

I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.

— Ray Bradbury
Self & Identity Humor

World quotes adapted from the Abirate/english_quotes dataset (CC BY 4.0). Indian-figure and Hindi/Urdu quotes are a curated compilation of widely-attributed public sayings.