Famous quotes in English

These quotes are famous enough to be recognized by most native English speakers. Some come from written English (plays, books, or poems), others come from movies, and still others come from famous figures in history. Any of these can be quoted in a conversation, in whole or in part, They are so famous that the longer quotes are more often referred to with only the first part of the quote because people know the rest. Once you know an English quote, you will see it referred to in many places. Famous quotes are often changed slightly to make jokes, since everyone will understand both the original quote and the changed version. They can also be used as jokes when you quote them in an unexpected context.

QuoteWhoLanguage
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.William ShakespeareEnglish
All that glitters is not gold.William ShakespeareEnglish
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.William ShakespeareEnglish
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.John KennedyEnglish
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find.the BibleGreek
Eighty percent of success is showing up.Woody AllenEnglish
Elementary, my dear Watson.Sherlock Holmes (character)English
For those to whom much is given, much is required.the BibleGreek
Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.Rhett Butler (character)English
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.Thomas EdisonEnglish
Go ahead, make my day.Harry Callahan (character)English
He travels the fastest who travels alone.Rudyard KiplingEnglish
Hell has no fury like a woman scorned.William CongreveEnglish
Hell is other people.Jean-Paul SartreFrench
Here’s looking at you, kid.Rick Blaine (character)English
Houston, we have a problem.Jim Lovell (character)English
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.Martin Luther KingEnglish
I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.Blanche Dubois (character)English
I love the smell of napalm in the morning.Lt. Kilgore (character)English
I think therefore I am.Rene DescartesFrench
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.W. E. HicksonEnglish
If you are going through hell, keep going.Winston ChurchillEnglish
If you build it, they will come.Joe Jackson (character)English
If you want something done right, do it yourself.Charles-Guillaume ÉtienneFrench
If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.Margaret ThatcherEnglish
I’ll be back.Terminator (character)English
I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.Vito Corleone (character)English
I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.Dorothy (character)English
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.Michael Corleone (character)English
Knowledge is power.Sir Francis BaconLatin
Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.Forrest Gump (character)English
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.Albert EinsteinEnglish
May the Force be with you.Star Wars (many characters)English
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.Eleanor RooseveltEnglish
Not all those who wander are lost.J. R. R. TolkeinEnglish
Nothing is certain except for death and taxes.Benjamin FranklinEnglish
Parting is such sweet sorrowWilliam ShakespeareEnglish
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.John Dalberg-ActonEnglish
Speak softly and carry a big stickTheodore RooseveltEnglish
That’s one small step for a man, a giant leap for mankind.Neil ArmstrongEnglish
The love of money is the root of all evil.the BibleGreek
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.Franklin D. RooseveltEnglish
The truth will set you free.the BibleGreek
There’s no place like home.Dorothy (character)English
Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.Benjamin FranklinEnglish
Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.Alfred Lord TennysonEnglish
To be or not to be, that is the question.William ShakespeareEnglish
To err is human; to forgive, divine.Alexander PopeEnglish
To thine own self, be true.William ShakespeareEnglish
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference.Robert FrostEnglish
United we stand, divided we fall.AesopGreek
What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.Friedrich NietzscheGerman
What we’ve got here is failure to communicate. Some men you just can’t reach.Captain (character)English
Whatever you are, be a good one.Abraham LincolnEnglish
You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.Abraham LincolnEnglish
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.Mahatma GandhiEnglish
You talkin’ to me?Bickle (character)English

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