Famous quotes
Quotes by famous people, credited to who said them. Your own quotes must not match any of these. More are added all the time. 1,158,269 quotes Who coined it · How we decide
EnglishItalianoPolskiעבריתFrançaisPortuguêsفارسیEspañol中文РусскийDeutschالعربيةहिन्दी日本語ΕλληνικάLatina
Time
LoveFriendshipHappinessHopeFearCourageDeathLifeTimeWarPeaceFreedomTruthWisdomKnowledgeScienceArtMusicNatureMoneyWorkPowerGodBeautyLaughterFamilySuccess and failureChangeDreamsBooks and reading
“If we saw tomorrow’s newspaper today, tomorrow would never happen.”
Kenneth Boulding (1910–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tomorrow would be better. Tomorrow was always better, for someone. The difficult task lay in ensuring that the someone was one of yours.”
Algis Budrys (1931–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I went back to staring tomorrow in the face. Better than looking backward. But tomorrow refused to shed its mask.”
“We can’t just continue living as if there was no tomorrow, because there is a tomorrow. That is all we are saying.”
Greta Thunberg (born 2003) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[I]f tomorrow ten businessmen spoke up directly and openly we'd live in a different country. Starting tomorrow.”
Alexei Navalny (1976–2024) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Net Impact: One man's cyber-crusade against Russian corruption" (4 April 2011), by Julia Ioffe, The New Yorker
“The same future that they say is in the hands of the leaders of tomorrow, but what we have tomorrow are recycled leaders of today who have failed to provide an enabling environment for young leaders to thrive and contribute. But they chose, instead to kill us all off one by one.”
DJ Switch first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: DJ Switch Recounts Her #EndSars Experience At The Oslo Freedom Forum on 2021, October 12.
“The same future that they say is in the hands of the leaders of tomorrow. But what we have tomorrow are recycled leaders of today who have failed to provide an enabling environment for young leaders to thrive and contribute. But they chose instead to kill us all- one by one.”
“For four years I’ve been saying to myself that I’m not going back, that I’m ready, that I’m not ready ... As things stand, I can’t stand here and say to you: ‘Yes, in four months.’ I don’t know ... My body will tell me. I’m working very hard and tomorrow will be even harder. Tomorrow is another day. But there’s one thing that will never stop, and that’s the will.”
Celine Dion (born 1968) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ‘Nothing is going to stop me’: Celine Dion details life with stiff person syndrome The Guardian (April 23, 2024).
“We still have a journey to make, to make a Rwandan feel that he can leave his home and pay for a theater play in the same way he goes to Jay Polly’s concert. At least, I do hope this will change with the new generation. Together with other artists, we started an organisation “Kaami arts” through which we intend to prepare tomorrow’s audience and tomorrow’s performers by bringing arts to children.”
Eliane Umuhire (born 1986) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: July is promising to be a busy month for local actor, dancer and dance instructor Eliane Umuhire. As a member of the Mashirika Performing Arts and Media Company, she will be part of the cast of ‘Imbabazi’, the musical b…
“We don’t know what the problems of tomorrow are going to be, but I’m convinced that analytical and problem-solving skills will be key to solving tomorrow’s grand challenges.”
Estella Atekwana wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I met a man who had a dream He had since he was twenty I met that man when he was eighty-one He said: "Too many folks just stand And wait until the morning Don't they know, tomorrow never comes" And he would feel a new tomorrow coming on And when he'd smile his eyes are twinkled up in thought Everybody talks about a new world in the morning New world in the morning never comes.”
Roger Whittaker (1936–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“the whole reason she does what she does is to propel the future of women who will fly tomorrow’s airplanes," the younger Amelia Earhart said. "That’s me. I’m flying tomorrow’s planes.”
Amelia Rose Earhart (born 1983) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Amelia Rose Earhart Takes Off on Global Journey to Honor Namesake nbcbayarea (June 26, 2014)
“Religious orders have a great task in the dialogue between church and economy, because they themselves live in the economic world through their institutions and businesses. Monasteries are thus plantations of the edification of God's people and they become the guardians of tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.”
Maximilian Aichern (1932–2026) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Conference "Economy and monastic life” (2019) Johannes Kepler Universität
“I'll live tomorrow," 'tis not wise to say:'Twill be too late tomorrow—live today.”
Francis Fawkes (1720–1777) said by 1777 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Translation of Martial's Epigram i.15, in Fawkes' Sappho, Bion, Moschus, Musaeus (2nd ed., 1789), footnote on p. 101
“Children are our joy, our hope, our promise, our assurance of a better tomorrow. Tomorrow, society will reflect how we treat children today.”
Connie Binsfeld (1924–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Connie Binsfeld Retrieved 18 April 2025
“When a lot of pings are coming my way -- I pause to think whether they all need to be addressed right away. Can some wait till tomorrow? Can some things planned for tomorrow be done later in the week? I have found this to be highly effective in not feeling overwhelmed.”
Devi Parikh wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He said the sun's gonna rise tomorrow Somewhere on the east side of sorrow. You better pack your bags west, Stick out your chest And then hit the road. The sun's gonna rise tomorrow Somewhere on the east side of sorrow. Don't give it a reason to follow. Let it be, then let it go. Let it be, then let it go.”
Zach Bryan (born 1996) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If I think too far ahead, I don't know whether relapse is coming tomorrow. But if I know that I'm sorting out what I'm meant to do today, I won't relapse tomorrow. It's more like a domino effect. And I think anyone that's going through anything with addiction or with sobriety in general, it's okay.”
Sinalo Jafta (born 1994) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Interviewer: What do you think when I say the word "tomorrow"? Cardinaletti: It's a bit like saying ‘what's around the corner’, to quote a master. I've often thought about it: around the corner for me there's a restaurant. Tomorrow, maybe a new adventure.”
Giorgia Cardinaletti (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Be independent. Do not look to tomorrow but to the day after tomorrow.”
Aldo Moro (1916–1978) said by 1978 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That is where hope will be raised because there is something not knowing what will happen tomorrow but knowing that tomorrow is going to be okay. You can’t replace that.”
Khaya Mthethwa (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Time is the most precious gift in our possession, for it is the most irrevocable. This is what makes it so disturbing to look back upon the time which we have lost. Time lost is time when we have not lived a full human life, time unenriched by experience, creative endeavor, enjoyment, and suffering. Time lost is time not filled, time left empty.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) said by 1945 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in LIFE magazine (22 April 1957), p. 152; also in Letters and Papers from Prison (1967), p. 47
“A man, by working 24 hours a day, could multiply himself 3 times. To multiply himself more than 3 times the only recourse is to train others to take over some of his work.”
Hyman G. Rickover (1900–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I got to compete for Team USA for the first time in almost three years. I never truly understood how much weight the USA jersey held until yesterday. It’s been a long and arduous journey to get back here and there were many times I debated calling it quits along the way, but I’m so glad I didn’t. It was all worth it.”
Foluke Gunderson (born 1987) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Karen Price, Return To U.S. Volleyball Team Sweet For Foluke Akinradewo Gunderson, Team USA, July 16, 2021.
“With social media, I set boundaries. You will find that I will go offline for a while to get in tune with myself, or I will be online for a few hours a day or a certain amount of time a day. How much time I spend on social media depends (on many factors). There are times when I would go for a month without social media. It's all about balance.”
Sarah Hassan (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“From Oct. 6, all price increases are forbidden. Forbidden! From today. Not from tomorrow, from today. So that prices aren't driven up in the next 24 hours.”
Alexander Lukashenko (born 1954) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Belarus Leader Bans Price Rises to Tackle Inflation", Moscow Times, 6 October 2022
“I yield to no man in sympathy for the gallant men under my command; but I am obliged to sweat them tonight, so that I may save their blood tomorrow. The line of hills southwest of Winchester must not be occupied by the enemy's artillery. My own must be there and in position by daylight. … You shall however have two hours rest.”
Stonewall Jackson (1824–1863) first seen 1862 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To Col. Sam Fulkerson, who reported on the weariness of their troops and suggested that they should be given an hour or so to rest from a forced march in the night. (24 May 1862); as quoted in Mighty Stonewall (1957) by…
“How amazing time is, and how amazing we are. Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration. Yesterday we complained of time and feared it, but today we love and embrace it. Indeed, we have begun to perceive its purposes and characteristics, and to comprehend its secrets and enigmas.”
Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) said by 1931 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He has to find more and better ways of occupying his time. His time, what a bankrupt idea, as if he's been given a box of time belonging to him alone, stuffed to the brim with hours and minutes that he can spend like money. Trouble is, the box has holes in it and the time is running out, no matter what he does with it.”
Margaret Atwood (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When we look at the pay of men and women who do work equal hours, two discoveries are quite astonishing: --When women and men work less than 40 hours a week, the women earn more than the men; --When men and women work more than 40, the men earn more than the women.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They are a pretty amazing bunch... some people have been here for 18 hours, which is... unbelievable! I don't think I would ever wait 18 hours on something, not even an organ, that I needed. I don't think I would wait that long, I would be like, oh fine, never mind...”
Daniel Radcliffe (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We crawled up to bed, tumbled down half dressed, and stayed there ten hours. Most of my Saturday nights went like this. On the whole, the two hours when one was perfectly and wildly happy seemed worth the subsequent headache. For many men in the quarter, unmarried and with no future to think of, the weekly drinking-bout was the one thing that made life worth living.”
George Orwell (1903–1950) said by 1950 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I stand for 8-10 hours a day. Why is standing limited to four hours?”
Donald Rumsfeld (1932–2021) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Written on a memo in reference to the treatment of Guantanamo prisoner and to the way he worked in his office as Secretary of Defense, 2002. Reported in The Washington Post, 24 June 2004.
“Our patience wore rather thin. Visitors do tend to chafe one, though impeccable as friends. L. and I discussed this. He says that with people in the house his hours of positive pleasure are reduced to one; he has I forget how many hours of negative pleasure; and a respectable margin of the acutely unpleasant. Are we growing old?”
Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) first seen 1918 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 5 April 1918
“[One of my friends] was in labor for 36 hours. (I don't even want to do anything that feels good for 36 hours.)”
Rita Rudner (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The office is designed for "work," not productivity. Work can be defined as "anything you'd rather not be doing." Productivity is a different matter. Telecommuting substitutes two hours of productivity for ten hours of work.”
Scott Adams (1957–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom. Seventy-five of us worked twenty hours every day and slept only four hours — and thrived on it.”
Thomas Edison (1847–1931) said by 1931 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Diary entry, as quoted in Defending and Parenting Children Who Learn Differently : Lessons from Edison's Mother (2007) by Scott Teel, p. 12
“The loves and hours of the life of a man, They are swift and sad, being born of the sea. Hours that rejoice and regret for a span, Born with a man's breath, mortal as he; Loves that are lost ere they come to birth, Weeds of the wave, without fruit upon earth. I lose what I long for, save what I can, My love, my love, and no love for me!”
Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909) said by 1909 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I remember staring at the computer screen--light green letters on dark--then at the clock, and finally at my outstretched fingers held a foot in front of my face. And then it dawned on me: selling the hours of my life was no different from selling my fingers one by one. We've only so many hours, so many fingers; when they're gone, they're gone for good.”
Derrick Jensen (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Try not to have Emily exposed to hours and hours of TV. It is a vile drug which permeates the nervous system, especially in the young.”
Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) first seen 1976 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to son Eric McLuhan, regarding one of Eric's daughters, 1976
“Syd was a genius. But I wouldn't want to go back to playing Interstellar Overdrive for hours and hours.”
Roger Waters (born 1943) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Q magazine (November 1992).
“I'd play whenever I could get my hands on an electric guitar; I was trying to pick up rock'n'roll riffs and electric blues-the latest Muddy Waters. I'd spend hours and hours on the same track, back again, and back again.”
Keith Richards (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is said,—and men seem to think that condemnation can go no further than such a censure—that they brought us within twenty-four hours of revolution. ... But is it in truth so great an evil, when the dearest interests and the most sincere convictions are at stake, to go within twenty-four hours of revolution?”
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) first seen 1832 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On resistance to the Reform Act 1832; 'The Conservative Surrender', Quarterly Review, vol. 123 (July & October 1867), p. 543
“I'm not knocking private schools, but I owe it to my kids to let them grow up in a place where private school isn't required. They're only in school 6-8 hours a day; they have to live in their neighborhood 24 hours a day. I didn't want them growing up in a place where anybody with the means had abandoned their public schools.”
Jesse Ventura (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day. What hours, O what black hoürs we have spent This night!”
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) said by 1889 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“An artisan busies himself with his work for three hours each day and spends nine hours in study.”
Maimonides (1135–1204) said by 1204 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Treatise 3: “The Study of the Torah,” Chapter 1, Section 12, H. Russell, trans. (1983), p. 52
“We go on our enchanted way And deem our hours immortal hours, Who are but shadow kings that play With mirrored majesties and powers.”
George William Russell (1867–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We cannot kindle when we will The fire that in the heart resides, The spirit bloweth and is still, In mystery our soul abides; — But tasks, in hours of insight willed, Can be through hours of gloom fulfilled.”
Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) first seen 1852 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Morality", st. 1 (1852)
“Eat thou and drink; to-morrow thou shalt die. Surely the earth, that's wise being very old, Needs not our help. Then loose me, love, and hold Thy sultry hair up from my face; that I May pour for thee this golden wine, brim-high, Till round the glass thy fingers glow like gold. We'll drown all hours: thy song, while hours are toll'd, Shall leap, as fountains veil the changing sky.”
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882) said by 1882 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[On the Gulf War] The ground war lasted 100 hours. A hundred fuckin' hours. I've had parties go on longer than that, folks!”
Sam Kinison (1953–1992) said by 1992 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source