Find a Quotation by a Famous Person
If you do not use quotations in your writing, you should. Inserting quotations by famous people into your work is a great way to support your arguments, to add depth to your work, or to make your writing more entertaining. Incorporating the wisdom of renowned individuals is a smart trick for making text more credible as it draws on the recognized authority of the quotations' authors. Similarly, clever or witty quotations will inject humour into a piece, engaging your readers and lightening the tone, while still supporting your ideas.
A List of the "Top Ten" Quotations by Author
Here is a list of 90 famous people whose quotations are likely to be useful in providing evidence for your arguments, illustrating your points, or simply entertaining your audience. (These are ordered by surname.)
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Aristotle
"The more you know, the more you realize you don't know."
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Marcus Aurelius
"Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one."
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Jane Austen
"There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart." (from "Emma")
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Usain Bolt
"There are better starters than me but I'm a strong finisher."
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Napoleon Bonaparte
"A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon."
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Buddha
"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."
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Winston Churchill
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."
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Confucius
"Respect yourself and others will respect you."
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Coco Chanel
"A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous."
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Charles Dickens
"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another."
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Walt Disney
"First, think. Second, believe. Third, dream. And finally, dare."
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
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Albus Dumbledore
"Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic."
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Thomas Edison
"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
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Eminem
"Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They're only powerful when you got your back turned."
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Pablo Escobar
"Life is full of surprises, some good, some not so good."
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Henry Ford
"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right."
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Anne Frank
"I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart."
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Robert Frost
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
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Stephen Fry
"Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators."
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Indira Gandhi
"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."
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Mahatma Gandhi
"You must be the change you want to see in the world."
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Bill Gates
"Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning."
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Ulysses S. Grant
"I have never advocated war except as a means of peace."
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Victor Hugo
"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise."
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Thomas Jefferson
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."
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Jesus
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
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Xi Jinping
"To forge iron, one must be strong."
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Steve Jobs
"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."
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Franz Kafka
"In man's struggle against the world, bet on the world."
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John Keats
"A thing of beauty is a joy forever."
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Helen Keller
"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows."
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Zakir Khan
"Middle class parents give 'values', not 'money'."
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Krishna
"The mind acts like an enemy for those who do not control it."
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Dalai Lama
"The purpose of our lives is to be happy."
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Bruce Lee
"I fear not the man who has practised 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practised one kick 10,000 times."
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John Lennon
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."
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Xie Lian
"To me, the past can be washed away, but a person's trust cannot be regained once lost."
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Abraham Lincoln
"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
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Vince Lombardi
"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."
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Nelson Mandela
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
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Bob Marley
"Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet."
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Groucho Marx
"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana."
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Karl Marx
"Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains."
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Elon Musk
"I think it's possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary."
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George Orwell
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
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Rosa Parks
"You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right."
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Dolly Parton
"Find out who you are and do it on purpose."
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Pele
"When you control the ball, you control the score."
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Pablo Picasso
"Art is the elimination of the unnecessary."
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Plato
"The measure of a man is what he does with power."
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Edgar Allan Poe
"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity."
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Cristiano Ronaldo
"Your love makes me strong, your hate makes me unstoppable."
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J.K. Rowling
"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends."
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Tupac Shakur
"Don't believe everything you hear. Real eyes, Realize, Real lies"
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George Bernard Shaw
"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
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Socrates
"Wonder is the beginning of wisdom."
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Taylor Swift
"I don't know if you know who you are until you lose who you are."
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Nikola Tesla
"The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine."
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Thanos
"I am inevitable."
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Mark Twain
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."
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Swami Vivekananda
"In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart."
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Voltaire
"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him."
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Walter White
"I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger."
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Oscar Wilde
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
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Xerxes I
"The sun will not be able to pass through, so dense will be the darts and arrows flying."
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W.B. Yeats
"Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking."
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Yoda
"Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you?"
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Zig Ziglar
"You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great."
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