Widely Misattributed Quotes & Sayings

The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. — George Washington Burnap

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire. — George Bernard Shaw

Screenwriters get paid a hell of a lot more money but their level of frustration seems to be so high that I don't want that. — Chuck Palahniuk

It's a basic rule of human nature that the promise of unexpected wealth short-circuits both intelligence and common sense. — Vikas Swarup

They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
- written for the Pennsylvania Assembly in its Reply to the Governor, 11 November 1755 — Benjamin Franklin

He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much;
Who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children;
Who has filled his niche and accomplished his task;
Who has never lacked appreciation of Earth's beauty or failed to express it;
Who has left the world better than he found it,
Whether an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul;
Who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had;
Whose life was an inspiration;
Whose memory a benediction. — Bessie Anderson Stanley

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. — Lao-Tzu

Through this broad street, restless ever, ebbs and flows a human tide, wave on wave a living river; wealth and fashion side by side; Toiler, idler, slave and master, in the same quick current glide. — John Greenleaf Whittier

I tell him the ugly duckling grew up to be a huge asshole." "Why? — Alex Flinn

Every other band should be wiping my ass. The line forms over there to the left. — Gene Simmons

You can bind my body, tie my hands, govern my actions: you are the strongest, and society adds to your power; but with my will, sir, you can do nothing. — George Sand

It is no disgrace to start all over; it is usually an opportunity. — George Madison Adams

I must try to be charitable, Caroline thought: probably she doesn't mean to sound as if she is continually translating from Latin. — Jude Morgan

My business is that of every other good citizen - to uphold the law. — Arthur Conan Doyle

When I was a girl, I would make up songs for fun. Then I realized, after making them up, that I could remember how they went a week later - I remember that's when I thought: Maybe I'm gonna be a singer. — Lady Saw

Remember that life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away! — Vicki Corona

The thrust of continuous action is the firewood which fuels motivation. — Steve Backley