Memorable Quotes

OPTIMISM, enthusiasm, confidence against fear, prejudice, conformity - that is his enduring message to the men and women of Australia. Never more than now.

I enjoy both comedy and drama, and have had memorable experiences in both film and T.V.

Vonnegut could not help looking back, despite the danger of being turned metaphorically into a pillar of salt, into am emblem of the death that comes to those who cannot let go of the past

I celebrated my 18th birthday in Japan, which was quite memorable; I was quite fascinated by the different traditions and the culture; it was so completely different to Australian culture.

I'm an egotistical actress, the shows I like are the ones where I have lots to do. The one where I got shot I - it was particularly memorable for me for a lot of reasons.

When things go wrong, your best recovery effort is required. But don't just provide the missing piece (that's the recovery), also provide uniquely personal assistance (that's the memorable effort).

The Brits are ghastly. I never would accept a Brit. It would be like Laurence Olivier being happy getting a TV Times award.

Music is like a drug, but there are no rehabilitation centres.

I have seen one or two psychiatrists. They just sit and nod and doodle.

I'm not very good at being dull.

Life would be so colourful if only I had a drink problem.

All photographs aspire to the condition of being memorable - that is, unforgettable.

Gough, of course, would have loved to speak today but the rules of the game have disqualified him.

I was really gifted at being able to construct a joke, but it's like they weren't even memorable, my first jokes, because they were so about nothing.

Gough never pretended to perfection or to sainthood - well, hardly ever. Although when he set off the metal detector at airport security, he would blame his aura.

When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soonest winner

See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved to effect.

The most memorable people in life will be the friends who loved you when you weren’t very lovable.

Your most memorable students are in your first classes and your last classes: make your last years the finest of your career.

Well? I've had a great birthday so far. Are you going to make it the most memorable one of my life by telling me you love me back?" ~Isaiah Coulter

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

I remember when I saw 'The Matrix' when I was 13, I saw it in the theaters, and I was so blown away by it. It was one of the most memorable experiences I definitely ever had in the theater.

Some of the most memorable moments I've had is to have my family along - who are our greatest ambassadors for peace. Politics will never bring peace, but people will.

The stars are distant and unobtrusive, but bright and enduring as our fairest and most memorable experiences.

My memory is not so good so my most memorable show is the last one I played. Songs are written with intention but they only emerge in the moment.

The best part is not the biggest, it's the one that's most memorable.

Our amour fou with 'The Sopranos' is headed for long-term parking, like so many of its most memorable characters. We'll never see a show like this again.

The most memorable is always the current one. The rest just merge into a sea of blondes. (On wives)

One of the most memorable things I hear is when someone tells me that my books got a reluctant reader to read.

Probably the most memorable even of my life is when I was born. It really made me who I am. If I die, I hope to go out the same way I came in, but I don't think my mother would be into that.

One must shy away from questionable undertakings, even when they bear a high-sounding name.

Science will stagnate if it is made to serve practical goals.

I do not like to state an opinion on a matter unless I know the precise facts.

We must recognize what in our accepted tradition is damaging to our fate and dignity-and shape our lives accordingly.

My scientific work is motivated by an irresistible longing to understand the secrets of nature not by other feelings.

Fear or stupidity has always been the basis of most human actions.

But nature did not deem it her business to make the discovery of her laws easy for us.

...and knowledge is one of the finest attributes of man - though often it is most loudly voiced by those who strive for it the least.

Truly novel inventions emerge only in one's youth. Later one becomes ever more experienced, famous-and foolish.

I have remained a simple fellow who asks nothing of the world; only my youth is gone - the enchanting youth that forever walks on air.

It is not of so much consequence what you say, as how you say it. Memorable sentences are memorable on account of some single irradiating word.

A hundred years from now? All new people.

Work, alternated with needful rest, is the salvation of man or woman.

We do not benefit from a relationship with China or any other country in which we put our values and our ideals aside.

The US and Australia have a lot in common. One of the things we have in common is we produce a lot of carbon.

This week I've travelled more than 15,000 miles from America to China to Burma to Australia. I have no idea what time it is right now.

We're opposing Russia's aggression against Ukraine, which is a threat to the world, as we saw in the appalling shoot-down of MH17.

He described to me how crocodiles kill more people than sharks. There are just a lot of things in Australia that can kill you.

I believe that the best measure of whether a nation is going to be successful is whether they are tapping the talents of their women.

We will continue to deepen our engagement using every element of American power - diplomacy, military, economic development, the power of our values and our ideals.