Quotes

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

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I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.

— Groucho Marx
Humor Books & Writing

The story so far:In the beginning the Universe was created.This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

— Douglas Adams
Humor

Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?' In fact, it seems to me that most contemporary insults are pretty lame. Even 'lame' is kind of lame. Saying 'You're lame' is like saying 'You walk with a limp.' Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he's done all right for himself.

— John Green
Humor

Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.

— Charles Bukowski
Humor

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

— Terry Pratchett
Humor Education & Knowledge

Reality continues to ruin my life.

— Bill Watterson
Life Humor

The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.

— George Carlin
Truth Humor

Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.

— Benjamin Franklin Wade
Humor Philosophy

I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!

— Charles M. Schulz
Humor

I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.

— W.C. Fields
Humor

Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it.

— Suzanne Collins
Humor

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.

— Jane Austen
Love Humor Women

It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.

— Lewis Carroll
Inspirational Humor

Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could.

— Charles J. Sykes
Humor

Do you remember me telling you we are practicing non-verbal spells, Potter?""Yes," said Harry stiffly."Yes, sir.""There's no need to call me "sir" Professor."The words had escaped him before he knew what he was saying.

— J.K. Rowling
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.