All Sayings

238 sayings found from the Modern era

God's time is always the right time.

— Harriet Tubman Unknown
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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

— Frederick Douglass Unknown
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I think the best way to prove that the world can be run without men is to run it without men.

— Susan B. Anthony Late 19th Century
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I had been pushed around all my life and felt at this moment that I couldn’t take it anymore.

— Rosa Parks Post-1955
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The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.

— Florence Nightingale 1859
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The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

— Albert Schweitzer Unknown
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I said, 'I think God is in the air.' My teacher said, 'Yes, and in the water, and in the earth, and in you.'

— Helen Keller 1903
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I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!

— Anne Frank 1944
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We are here, not because we are law-breakers; we are here in our efforts to become law-makers.

— Emmeline Pankhurst 1908
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

— Eleanor Roosevelt 1937
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I don’t know if I believe in dragons, but I do believe in the people who believe in dragons.

— Ursula K. Le Guin 1987
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I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for the body in the coach.

— Alfred Hitchcock 1963
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I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that.

— C.S. Lewis 1952
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A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.

— Roald Dahl 1986
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I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells.

— Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) 1959
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The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.

— Stanley Kubrick 1980
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I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.

— Charlie Chaplin 1964
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I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.

— Marilyn Monroe 1962
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I’m an introvert… I love being by myself, love being outdoors, love taking a long walk with my dogs and looking at the trees, flowers, the sky.

— Audrey Hepburn Unknown
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I don't think I'm a very good actor. I'm not that talented. I'm just lucky.

— Marlon Brando 1957
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