Memorable Quotes: Timeless Wisdom and Inspiration

"Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights"

Leland Stanford, Businessman

"The instinct to impersonate produces the actor; the desire to provide pleasure by impersonations produces the playwright; the desire to provide this pleasure with adequate characterization and dialogue memorable in itself produces dramatic literature"

George P. Baker

"I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing"

Alexis Arguello, Athlete

"Vodka is tasteless going down, but it is memorable coming up"

Garrison Keillor, Writer

"I cannot think of anything more difficult than to say something which would be worthy of this impressive and, for me, memorable occasion, and of the ideals and purposes which inspired the Nobel Peace Award"

Lester B. Pearson, Politician

"Art distills sensation and embodies it with enhanced meaning in a memorable form - or else it is not art"

Jacques Barzun, Educator

"I'm trying to make sure that there's comedy as well as sadness. It makes the sadness more memorable"

Rick Moody, Novelist

"You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost"

Francis Ford Coppola, Director

"I'm a fan of short horror fiction... in fact, the most memorable horror I've read is of the short variety... but I have a hard time pulling it off myself"

George Stephen, Businessman

"It confirms for me that we did something on Days that meant something. We had our ups and downs, but Missy and I and some of the other actors, created something that was really memorable"

Matthew Ashford, Actor

"If a poem is not memorable, there's probably something wrong. One of the problems of free verse is that much of the free verse poetry is not memorable"

Robert Morgan, Soldier

"If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable"

E. O. Wilson, Scientist

"Monterey, I remember, but I seem to remember the Fillmore West, that we played the week before Monterey. That was much more memorable for me. The first time in San Francisco. They were good gigs"

Roger Daltrey, Musician

"May 4th is a particularly memorable day in American history because 84 years to the day before May 4, 1970, there was another demonstration at the Haymarket Square in Chicago"

William Kunstler, Activist

"Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content"

Alfred de Musset, Writer

"This search for what you want is like tracking something that doesn't want to be tracked. It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable"

Fred Astaire, Actor

"Obviously, the most memorable has a lot to do with the time spent on the matter, and the Westerfield and Peterson cases are up at the top of the list"

Catherine Crier, Journalist

"The interesting thing about movies, it's not always - y'know, you have to have structure etc and all those things, but an audience responds, in many ways, we walk away and certain things stay in our heads that are memorable"

Barry Levinson, Director

"I've been hit hard a few times, been hit really hard a few times, but I don't think I've ever left a memorable, lasting impression on anyone I've ever hit"

Steve Yzerman, Athlete

"I don't know if I've ever had a memorable body check. It's not really part of my game"

Steve Yzerman, Athlete

"Sometimes the most memorable experiences on set were not the scenes themselves, but the friendships that were formed along the way"

Laraine Day, Actress

"I am a total believer of making the process a good time - make it memorable, have some fun, try to shoot high in your quality and then don't get crazy, see what happens"

Garry Marshall, Actor

"I like rhyme because it is memorable, I like form because having to work to a pattern gives me original ideas"

Anne Stevenson, Poet

"The most memorable moment was playing drums with Bob Dylan"

Jenna Elfman, Actress

"I'm an actor and I've created a lasting and memorable character named Frasier, who is not me, but who most people think is. So when I have a chance to play something that's different, I embrace it because it's fun; also in this case, he's a memorable character"

Kelsey Grammer, Actor

"That first year in Chicago was one of the most memorable in my career. Getting traded rejuvenated me, and I had something to prove. I wanted to show them what I could do"

Dennis Eckersley, Athlete

"I write quite a lot of sonnets, and I think of them almost as prayers: short and memorable, something you can recite"

Carol Ann Duffy, Poet

"Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains"

Diane Ackerman, Poet

"A great trademark is appropriate, dynamic, distinctive, memorable and unique"

Primo Angeli

"That's kind of the theme of Own the Night. It's about those nights that are so memorable you could live them forever"

Charles Kelley, Musician

"For me, being memorable is more important than winning"

Ricki Lake, Entertainer

"Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read"

Leo Burnett, Businessman

"I was fortunate enough to visit a lot of beautiful places around the world. The most astonishing and memorable experiences were my trips to Africa and Australia"

Karolina Kurkova, Model

"The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to do so"

Shelley Berman, Comedian

"'Gone With The Wind' is one of the all-time greats. Read Margaret Mitchell's book and watch the film again; it's a soap opera in all its glory. It is superb and memorable"

Timothy Dalton, Actor

"The most memorable night of The Judy Garland Show for me was the night my mother pulled me out of the audience and sang to me onstage"

Lorna Luft, Actress

"Most of the memorable events I have myself been exercised in; and, for the satisfaction of the public, will briefly relate the circumstances of my adventures, and scenes of life, from my first movement to this country until this day"

Daniel Boone, Explorer