{"id":474,"date":"2013-08-15T09:05:44","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T09:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?page_id=474"},"modified":"2013-09-21T11:14:28","modified_gmt":"2013-09-21T11:14:28","slug":"5-famous-quotations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?page_id=474","title":{"rendered":"5. Famous Quotations from History"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Quotation<\/a>The following quotatations have been grouped by author and sorted alphabetically by author name.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

A<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Acton, Lord (1834 \u2013 1902), English Catholic historian, politician, and writer<\/a>
\nAdams, Douglas (1952 \u2013 2001), English humorist & science fiction novelist<\/a>
\nAdams, John (1735 \u2013 1826), US diplomat & politician<\/a>
\nAeschylus (525 \u2013 456BC), Greek poet and dramatist<\/a>
\nAesop (c620\u2013c560BC), Greek slave & fable author<\/a>
\nAlighieri, Dante (1265 \u2013 1321), Italian national epic poet<\/a>
\nAllen, Woody (1935 \u2013 ), US movie actor, comedian, & director<\/a>
\nAristotle (384BC \u2013 322BC), Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist<\/a>
\nAsimov, Isaac (1920 \u2013 1992), US science fiction novelist & scholar<\/a>
\nAuden, W.H. (1907 \u2013 1973) US (English-born) critic & poet<\/a>
\nAngelou, Maya (1928 \u2013 ), US author & poet<\/a>
\nAusten, Jane (1775 \u2013 1817) English novelist<\/a>
\n
\nB<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Bach, Richard (b. 1936), American writer<\/a>
\nBacon, Francis (1561 \u2013 1626), English author, courtier, & philosopher<\/a>
\nBallard, James Graham \u201cJ. G.\u201d (1930 \u2013 2009), English novelist, short story writer<\/a>
\nBalzac, Honore de (1799 \u2013 1850), French realist novelist<\/a>
\nBarrie, James M. (1860 \u2013 1937), Scottish dramatist & novelist<\/a>
\nBarry, Dave (1947 \u2013 ), US columnist & humorist<\/a>
\nBeckett, Samuel (1906 \u2013 1989) \u2013 Irish author, dramatist, & novelist<\/a>
\nBellow, Saul (1915 \u2013 2005), US (Canadian-born) author<\/a>
\nBerra, Yogi (1925 \u2013 ), US baseball player, coach, & manager<\/a>
\nBierce, Ambrose (18) \u2013 US author & satirist (1842 \u2013 1914)<\/a>
\nBlake, William (1757 \u2013 1827), English engraver, illustrator, & poet<\/a>
\nBohr, Niels (1885 \u2013 1962), Danish physicist<\/a>
\nBonaparte, Napoleon (1769 \u2013 1821), French general & politician<\/a>
\nBrowning, Robert (1812 \u2013 1889), English poet<\/a>
\nBuddha (563 BC \u2013 483 BC), Indian philosopher & religious leader<\/a>
\nBuffett, Warren (1930 \u2013 ), US financier & investment businessman<\/a>
\nBujold, Lois McMaster (b. 1949), US science fiction author<\/a>
\nBurke, Edmund (1729 \u2013 1797), Irish orator, philosopher, & politician<\/a>
\nBurns, George (1896 \u2013 1996), US actor & comedian<\/a>
\nButler, Samuel (1835 \u2013 1902), English composer, novelist, & satiric author<\/a>
\nByron, Lord (1788 \u2013 1824), English poet & satirist<\/a><\/p>\n

C<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Camus, Albert (1913 \u2013 1960), French existentialist author & philosopher<\/a><\/p>\n

D<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

da Vinci, Leonardo (1452 – 1519), Italian engineer, painter & sculptor<\/a>
\nDarrow, Clarence (1857 – 1938), US defence lawyer<\/a><\/p>\n

E<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Edison, Thomas A. (1847 \u2013 1931), US inventor<\/a>
\nEmerson, Ralph Waldo (1803 \u2013 1882) US essayist & poet<\/a><\/p>\n

F<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Faulkner, William (1897 \u2013 1962), US novelist<\/a><\/p>\n

G<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Galileo (1564 \u2013 1642), Italian astronomer & physicist<\/a>
\nGandhi, Mahatma (1869 \u2013 1948), Indian political and spiritual leader<\/a><\/p>\n

H<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Harris, Sam (born 1967), American author, philosopher, and neuroscientist<\/a><\/p>\n

I<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ibsen, Henrik (1828 \u2013 1906), Norwegian dramatist<\/a>
\nIrving, Washington (1783 \u2013 1859), US essayist, historian, & novelist<\/a><\/p>\n

J<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

James, Henry (1843 \u2013 1916), British (US-born) author<\/a>
\nJesus (7\u20132 BC to 30\u201333 AD), Jewish revolutionary, cult founder and leader, political activist, humanitarian, pacifist, egalitarian social reformer, lecturer and moral philosopher<\/a><\/p>\n

K<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Kafka, Franz (1883 \u2013 1924), Austrian (Czechoslovakian-born) author<\/a><\/p>\n

L<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lao-tzu (604 BC \u2013 531 BC), Chinese philosopher<\/a><\/p>\n

M<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Macleod, Hugh (cartoonist)<\/a>
\nMaugham, W. Somerset (1874 \u2013 1965), English dramatist & novelist<\/a><\/p>\n

N<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nash, Ogden (1902 \u2013 1971), US humorist & poet<\/a><\/p>\n

O<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

O\u2019Rourke, P. J. (1947 \u2013 ), US humorist & political commentator<\/a>
\nOrwell, George (1903 \u2013 1950), English essayist, novelist, & satirist<\/a><\/p>\n

P<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Paine, Thomas (1737 – 1809),US patriot & political philosopher<\/a><\/p>\n

Q<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Quindlen, Anna (b.1953), American author, journalist, and opinion columnist<\/a><\/p>\n

R<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Radcliffe, Ann (1764 \u2013 1823), English writer and pioneer of the gothic novel<\/a>
\nRussell, Bertrand (1872 \u2013 1970), British author, mathematician, & philosopher<\/a><\/p>\n

S<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Saadi (1184 \u2013 1291), Persian poet<\/a>
\nSagan, Carl (1934 \u2013 1996), US astronomer & populariser of astronomy<\/a>
\nSeneca (5 BC \u2013 65 AD), Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician<\/a>
\nShakespeare, William (1564 \u2013 1616), Greatest English dramatist & poet<\/a>
\nShaw, George Bernard (1856 \u2013 1950), Irish dramatist & socialist<\/a><\/p>\n

T<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tacitus, Cornelius (55 AD \u2013 117 AD), Roman historian & politician<\/a>
\nTerence (185 BC \u2013 159 BC), Roman comic dramatist<\/a>
\nTwain, Mark (1835 \u2013 1910), US humourist, novelist, short story author, & wit<\/a><\/p>\n

U<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Updike, John (1932 \u2013 ), US author<\/a>
\nUstinov, Peter (1921 \u2013 2004), English actor & author<\/a><\/p>\n

V<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Valery, Paul (1871 \u2013 1945), French critic & poet<\/a>
\nVoltaire (1694 \u2013 1778) French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist<\/a><\/p>\n

W<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wilde, Oscar (1854 \u2013 1900), Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet<\/a>
\nMiscellaneous quotes under W<\/a><\/p>\n

X<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Miscellaneous quotes under X<\/a><\/p>\n

Y<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Youngman, Henny (1906 \u2013 1998), US (English-born) comedian<\/a>
\nMiscellaneous quotes under Y<\/a><\/p>\n

Z<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Miscellaneous quotes under Z<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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