Best Famous Quotes by: Stephen Butler Leacock, Stephen Leacock, Frank Leahy, Senator Patrick Leahy, Norman Lear, Timothy Leary, Robert Keith Leavitt, John Leax, Fran Lebowitz, Stanislaw Lec, Bill Lee, Blaine Lee, Bruce Lee, David Lee, Harold B. Lee, Harper Lee, Peggy Lee, Robert E. Lee, Christine Leefeldt, Legouve, John Lehman, Jim Lehrer, T. Lehrer, Tom Lehrer, Richard Leider, Robert Leighton, Michel Leiris, Rune Leknes, Stanislaw Lem, and Jack Lemmon

Best Stephen Butler Leacock Quotes: The most famous quotes by Stephen Butler Leacock

The mayor gave no other answer than that deep guttural grunt which is technically known in municipal interviews as refusing to commit oneself. — Stephen Butler Leacock

Most people tire of a lecture in 10 minutes clever people can do it in 5. Sensible people never go to lectures at all. — Stephen Butler Leacock

Have you ever been out for a late autumn walk in the closing part of the afternoon, and suddenly looked up to realize that the leaves have practically all gone And the sun has set and the day gone before you knew it – and with that a cold wind blows across the landscape That’s retirement. — Stephen Butler Leacock

It may be that those who do most, dream most. — Stephen Butler Leacock

Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every day and hour. — Stephen Butler Leacock

I am a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. — Stephen Butler Leacock

Best Stephen Leacock Quotes: The most famous quotes by Stephen Leacock

Newspapermen learn to call a murderer ‘an alleged murderer’ and the King of England ‘the alleged King of England’ to avoid libel suits. — Stephen Leacock

Lord Ronald said nothing he flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions. — Stephen Leacock

I detest life-insurance agents they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so. — Stephen Leacock

Best Frank Leahy Quotes: The most famous quotes by Frank Leahy

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity. — Frank Leahy

Best Senator Patrick Leahy Quotes: The most famous quotes by Senator Patrick Leahy

You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions. — Senator Patrick Leahy

Best Norman Lear Quotes: The most famous quotes by Norman Lear

Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don’t collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don’t really mean anything. — Norman Lear

Best Timothy Leary Quotes: The most famous quotes by Timothy Leary

Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top. — Timothy Leary

You can always pick up your needle and move to another groove. — Timothy Leary

We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history. But they’ve got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go. — Timothy Leary

Turn on, tune in and drop out. — Timothy Leary

There are three side effects of acid. Enchanced long term memory, decreased short term memory, and I forget the third. — Timothy Leary

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. — Timothy Leary

Best Robert Keith Leavitt Quotes: The most famous quotes by Robert Keith Leavitt

People don’t ask for facts in making up their minds. They would rather have one good, soul-satisfying emotion than a dozen facts. — Robert Keith Leavitt

Best John Leax Quotes: The most famous quotes by John Leax

Christianity is a matter of willing God’s will and through Christ become one with it. — John Leax

Best Fran Lebowitz Quotes: The most famous quotes by Fran Lebowitz

Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications. — Fran Lebowitz

Life is something that happens when you can’t get to sleep. — Fran Lebowitz

The controversial overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive. — Fran Lebowitz

Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra. — Fran Lebowitz

Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky. — Fran Lebowitz

Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you. — Fran Lebowitz

The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one’s soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive-you are leaking. — Fran Lebowitz

If you are truly serious about preparing your child for the future, don’t teach him to subtract — teach him to deduct. — Fran Lebowitz

All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable. — Fran Lebowitz

Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying. — Fran Lebowitz

Don’t bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add. — Fran Lebowitz

I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota. — Fran Lebowitz

Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine. — Fran Lebowitz

I must take issue with the term ‘a mere child,’ for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult. — Fran Lebowitz

If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail. — Fran Lebowitz

I’ve done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or or not. — Fran Lebowitz

Food is an important part of a balanced diet. — Fran Lebowitz

In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra. — Fran Lebowitz

No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation. — Fran Lebowitz

My favorite animal is steak. — Fran Lebowitz

Special-interest publications should realize that if they are attracting enough advertising and readers to make a profit, the interest is not so special. — Fran Lebowitz

Humility is no substitute for a good personality. — Fran Lebowitz

Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try. — Fran Lebowitz

The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting. — Fran Lebowitz

Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable. — Fran Lebowitz

Best Stanislaw Lec Quotes: The most famous quotes by Stanislaw Lec

The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper. — Stanislaw Lec

Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don’t bite everybody. — Stanislaw Lec

People find life entirely too time-consuming. — Stanislaw Lec

Value your words. Each one may be the last. — Stanislaw Lec

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork — Stanislaw Lec

He who limps is still walking. — Stanislaw Lec

There are grammatical errors even in his silence. — Stanislaw Lec

Advice to writers Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin. — Stanislaw Lec

The first condition of immortality is death. — Stanislaw Lec

You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience. — Stanislaw Lec

When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet. — Stanislaw Lec

All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often. — Stanislaw Lec

Best Bill Lee Quotes: The most famous quotes by Bill Lee

You should enter a ballpark the way you enter a church. — Bill Lee

Best Blaine Lee Quotes: The most famous quotes by Blaine Lee

The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself. — Blaine Lee

The great leaders are like the best conductors – they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players. — Blaine Lee

Best Bruce Lee Quotes: The most famous quotes by Bruce Lee

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless–like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash Be water my friend. — Bruce Lee

When the opponent expand, I contract, When he contracts, I expand, And when there is an opportunity, I do not hit–it hits all by itself. — Bruce Lee

As long as we separate this ‘oneness’ into two, we won’t achieve realization. — Bruce Lee

To understand this fully, one must transcend from the duality of ‘for’ and ‘against’ into one organic unity which is without distinctions. — Bruce Lee

Not being tense but ready. Not thinking but not dreaming. Not being set but flexible. Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement. It is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come. — Bruce Lee

If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of. — Bruce Lee

Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough we must do. — Bruce Lee

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence. — Bruce Lee

True refinement seeks simplicity. — Bruce Lee

Ideas are the beginning of all achievement. — Bruce Lee

If you want to do your duty properly, you should do just a little more than that. — Bruce Lee

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at. — Bruce Lee

One great cause of failure is lack of concentration. — Bruce Lee

To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person. — Bruce Lee

Best David Lee Quotes: The most famous quotes by David Lee

You have to be deviant if you’re going to do anything new. — David Lee

Best Harold B. Lee Quotes: The most famous quotes by Harold B. Lee

The most important work you and I will ever do will be within the wall of our own homes. — Harold B. Lee

Best Harper Lee Quotes: The most famous quotes by Harper Lee

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing. — Harper Lee

The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience. — Harper Lee

I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. — Harper Lee

Best Peggy Lee Quotes: The most famous quotes by Peggy Lee

Some of us just go along . . . until that marvelous day people stop intimidating us — or should I say we refuse to let them intimidate us — Peggy Lee

Best Robert E. Lee Quotes: The most famous quotes by Robert E. Lee

It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it. — Robert E. Lee

There is a terrible war coming, and these young men who have never seen war cannot wait for it to happen, but I tell you, I wish that I owned every slave in the South, for I would free them all to avoid this war. — Robert E. Lee

You must be careful how you walk, and where you go, for there are those following you who will set their feet where yours are set. — Robert E. Lee

The education of a man is never completed until he dies. — Robert E. Lee

Duty then is the sublimest word in the English language. You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more, you should never wish to do less. — Robert E. Lee

Best Christine Leefeldt Quotes: The most famous quotes by Christine Leefeldt

Some of the most rewarding and beautiful moments of a friendship happen in the unforeseen open spaces between planned activities. It is important that you allow these spaces to exist. — Christine Leefeldt

Best Legouve Quotes: The most famous quotes by Legouve

A brother is a friend given by Nature. — Legouve

Best John Lehman Quotes: The most famous quotes by John Lehman

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat. — John Lehman

Best Jim Lehrer Quotes: The most famous quotes by Jim Lehrer

I now know how Abbot felt when Costello left, how Brinkley felt when Huntley left, how Sears felt when Roebuck left, and, of course, how Dan Rather felt when Connie left. (at Robert MacNeil’s retirement dinner) — Jim Lehrer

Best T. Lehrer Quotes: The most famous quotes by T. Lehrer

Disclaimer If anyone disagrees with anything I say, I am quite prepared to not only retract it, but also to deny under oath I ever said it. — T. Lehrer

Best Tom Lehrer Quotes: The most famous quotes by Tom Lehrer

I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up. — Tom Lehrer

On my income tax 1040 it says ‘Check this box if you are blind.’ I wanted to put a check mark about three inches away. — Tom Lehrer

The Army has carried the American … ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability. — Tom Lehrer

I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that — Tom Lehrer

Best Richard Leider Quotes: The most famous quotes by Richard Leider

The purpose of life is to live a life of purpose. — Richard Leider

Best Robert Leighton Quotes: The most famous quotes by Robert Leighton

The flower that follows the sun does so even on cloudy days. — Robert Leighton

Best Michel Leiris Quotes: The most famous quotes by Michel Leiris

Dream is not a revelation. If a dream affords the dreamer some light on himself, it is not the person with closed eyes who makes the discovery but the person with open eyes lucid enough to fit thoughts together. Dream- a scintillating mirage surrounded by shadows- is essentially poetry. — Michel Leiris

Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing. — Michel Leiris

Best Rune Leknes Quotes: The most famous quotes by Rune Leknes

Beauty is not defined by the masses but by the opinion of the individual. — Rune Leknes

Best Stanislaw Lem Quotes: The most famous quotes by Stanislaw Lem

Cannibals prefer those who have no spines. — Stanislaw Lem

Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible. — Stanislaw Lem

Best Jack Lemmon Quotes: The most famous quotes by Jack Lemmon

It’s hard enough to write a good drama, it’s much harder to write a good comedy, and it’s hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is. — Jack Lemmon

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