Welcome to the Quotable Success Collections!

Quotable Success, like BeMoreCreative.com, encourages thinking, working, and living more creatively. Creativity is "the power to connect the seemingly unconnected" (W. Plommer). To support this work, we earn a small affiliate commission. Please browse creatively!


Ol' man river,...

Ol' man river,...

Ol' man river, dat ol' man river,
He must know sumpin', but don't say nothin',
He just keeps rollin', he keeps...

More about this quote...

The first rule...

The first rule...

The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself.

More about this quote...

Stanislaw Lec: Cannibals prefer those...

Stanislaw Lec: Cannibals prefer those...

Cannibals prefer those who have no spines.

Source: Holiday, Sep 63
-- Stanislaw...

More about this quote...

Stanislaw Lec: Myth is nothing...

Stanislaw Lec: Myth is nothing...

Myth is nothing more than ancient gossip.

Source: In 20,000 Quips and Quotes by...

More about this quote...

Moli?re: Long is the...

Moli?re: Long is the...

Long is the road from conception to completion.

Source: In Barnes & Noble Book of...

More about this quote...

Alan Bennett: Your whole life...

Alan Bennett: Your whole life...

Your whole life is on the other side of the glass. And there is nobody watching.

More about this quote...

Brendan Behan: The most important...

Brendan Behan: The most important...

The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love...

More about this quote...

Brendan Behan: It is a...

Brendan Behan: It is a...

It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.

Source: In The Manager's Book of...

More about this quote...

Victor Hugo: Genius is a...

Victor Hugo: Genius is a...

Genius is a promontory jutting out of the infinite.

Source: In Best Quotations for...

More about this quote...

Christopher Isherwood: I'll bet Shakespeare...

Christopher Isherwood: I'll bet Shakespeare...

I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some...

More about this quote...

J B Priestley: I remember coming...

J B Priestley: I remember coming...

I remember coming across him at the Grand Canyon and finding him peevish, refusing to admire it or even look at it...

More about this quote...

J B Priestley: Many a man...

J B Priestley: Many a man...

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of...

More about this quote...

May Sarton: The minute one...

May Sarton: The minute one...

The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

Source: Mrs. Stevens...

More about this quote...

George Herbert: You must lose...

George Herbert: You must lose...

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...

More about this quote...

August Wilson: I might be...

August Wilson: I might be...

I might be a different kind of fool, but I ain't gonna be the same fool twice.

More about this quote...

Beth Henley: That's what I...

Beth Henley: That's what I...

That's what I like about [smoking] . . . taking a drag off of death, Mmm! Gives me a sense of controlling my own...

More about this quote...

Edmond Rostand: My pessimism goes...

Edmond Rostand: My pessimism goes...

My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.

More about this quote...

Philip Massinger: Death hath<br>had a...

Philip Massinger: Death hath
had a...

Death hath
had a thousand doors to let out life,
I shall find one. . . From a loath'd life,
I'll not an hour...

More about this quote...

Philip Massinger: Some undone widow...

Philip Massinger: Some undone widow...

Some undone widow sits upon mine arm,
And takes away the use of it; 1 and my sword,
Glued to my scabbard with...

More about this quote...

Edward Albee: What people really...

Edward Albee: What people really...

What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement.

More about this quote...

Page 566 of 2,002


(C)2026 Quotable Success - All Rights Reserved.

Quotable Success
Harrisonburg, VA