Who Quotes

I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are.

I served the famous professors and scholars, and eventually they learned that the Reverend Moon is superior to them. Even Nobel laureate academics who thought they were at the center of knowledge are as nothing in front of me.

Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.

When girls are asking themselves 'Who am I?' for the first time and they hear all this bad PR about math, they think, 'Well, whoever I am, I'm not somebody who likes math.'

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.

It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction are equal and opposite, that when you persecute people you always rouse them to be strong and stronger.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.

The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.

The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.

I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being.

Because I am afraid of commitment. This movie certainly has some bearing and is some reflection of my real feeling about relationships, because I do have commitment issues. My friends tell me I have intimacy problems, but they don't know me, so who cares what they think?

Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism.

Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.

He is not a lover who does not love forever.

If we could just find out who's in charge, we could kill him.

Anyone who thinks there's safety in numbers hasn't looked at the stock market pages.

A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.

When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics.

As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none.

Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone.

It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.

We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.