Updated June 5, 2025 |
Infoplease Staff
Join us whilst we take you on a journey through 150 of the most famous quotes from history. Our collection of famous quotes brings together lines from some of the most influential people throughout history; including political leaders like Winston Churchill and Frank Roosevelt, scientists like Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton and Elon Musk.
If you’ve ever heard a phrase and wondered where it came from, look no further as we’ll have it covered for you here. Whether you're here to tackle that nostalgia craving or you're just working on a pub night quiz, these famous quotes will leave you inspired, entertained and maybe even a little bit wiser!
150 of the Most Famous Quotes!
- “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein
- “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” – Elon Musk
- “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” – Isaac Newton
- “I don't care that they stole my idea… I care that they don't have any of their own.” – Nikola Tesla
- “I’m the king of the world!” – Leonardo DiCaprio
- “Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.” – John Lennon
- “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.” – Clark Gable
- “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” – Thomas Edison
- “If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.” – Nikola Tesla
- “I think, therefore I am.” – René Descartes
- “May the Force be with you.” – Harrison Ford
- “I’ll be back.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
- “Houston, we have a problem.” – Tom Hanks
- “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” – Neil Armstrong
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
- “We accept the love we think we deserve.” – Stephen Chbosky
- “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Do or do not. There is no try.” – Mark Hamill
- “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
- “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
- “Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers
- “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” – Mae West
- “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
- “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle.” – Marilyn Monroe
- “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” – Albert Einstein
- “A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” – Charles Darwin
- “It always seems impossible until it's done.” – Nelson Mandela
- “Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine.” – Alan Turing
- “You can't handle the truth!” – Jack Nicholson
- “To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.” – Mark Twain
- “Stay hungry, stay foolish.” – Steve Jobs
- “I have a dream.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “To infinity and beyond!” – Tim Allen
- “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein
- “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” – Albert Einstein
- “If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney
- “It's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “You talking to me?” – Robert De Niro
- “I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.” – Marlon Brando
- “Here's looking at you, kid.” – Humphrey Bogart
- “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.” – Al Pacino
- “That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” – Neil Armstrong
- “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” – Muhammad Ali
- “I'm the king of the world!” – Leonardo DiCaprio
- “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.” – Michael Douglas
- “Why so serious?” – Heath Ledger
- “I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan
- “The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand
- “If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.” – Bill Gates
- “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” – Alan Kay
- “You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” – Winston Churchill
- “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein
- “You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.” – Indira Gandhi
- “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” – John F. Kennedy
- “It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.” – Christian Bale
- “Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” – Jimi Hendrix
- “Get busy living or get busy dying.” – Morgan Freeman
- “There is nothing impossible to him who will try.” – Alexander the Great
- “A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.” – Bruce Lee
- “They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!” – Mel Gibson
- “I am serious... and don't call me Shirley.” – Leslie Nielsen
- “Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?” – Clint Eastwood
- “Just keep swimming.” – Ellen DeGeneres
- “I drink your milkshake!” – Daniel Day-Lewis
- “It’s alive! It’s alive!” – Colin Clive
- “Here's Johnny!” – Jack Nicholson
- “There’s no place like home.” – Judy Garland
- “Snap out of it!” – Cher
- “I see dead people.” – Haley Joel Osment
- “I'm walking here! I'm walking here!” – Dustin Hoffman
- “You can't fight in here! This is the War Room!” – Peter Sellers
- “I feel the need—the need for speed!” – Tom Cruise
- “Elementary, my dear Watson.” – Basil Rathbone
- “To me, you are perfect.” – Andrew Lincoln
- “You had me at hello.” – Renée Zellweger
- “There's no crying in baseball!” – Tom Hanks
- “Hasta la vista, baby.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
- “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.” – Patrick Swayze
- “I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way.” – Kathleen Turner
- “I volunteer as tribute!” – Jennifer Lawrence
- “Why don't you come up sometime and see me?” – Mae West
- “Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night.” – Bette Davis
- “The stuff that dreams are made of.” – Humphrey Bogart
- “If you build it, he will come.” – Kevin Costner
- “I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!” – Peter Finch
- “I'm having an old friend for dinner.” – Anthony Hopkins
- “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” – Al Pacino
- “Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys.” – Robin Williams
- “You're gonna need a bigger boat.” – Roy Scheider
- “The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club.” – Brad Pitt
- “I'm the dude, so that's what you call me.” – Jeff Bridges
- “Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” – Tim Robbins
- “What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.” – Paul Newman
- “Say 'hello' to my little friend!” – Al Pacino
- “They’re here!” – Heather O’Rourke
- That'll do, pig. That'll do.” – James Cromwell
- “Elementary, my dear Watson.” – Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
- “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” – Neil Armstrong
- “E.T. phone home.” – Henry Thomas
- “You shall not pass!” – Ian McKellen
- “Here's looking at you, kid.” – Humphrey Bogart
- “Bond. James Bond.” – Sean Connery
- “I'm Batman.” – Michael Keaton
- “To boldly go where no man has gone before.” – William Shatner
- “Hasta la vista, baby.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
- “Say hello to my little friend!” – Al Pacino
- “Keep calm and carry on.” – Winston Churchill
- “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” – Leonard Nimoy
- “Live long and prosper.” – Leonard Nimoy
- “Life finds a way.” – Jeff Goldblum
- “You can’t handle the truth!” – Jack Nicholson
- “Here's Johnny!” – Jack Nicholson
- “Why so serious?” – Heath Ledger
- “I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is.” – Tom Hanks
- “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” – Judy Garland
- “I'll have what she's having.” – Estelle Reiner
- “A martini. Shaken, not stirred.” – Sean Connery
- “You're tearing me apart, Lisa!” – Tommy Wiseau
- “Just keep swimming.” – Ellen DeGeneres
- “To infinity and beyond!” – Tim Allen
- “We’re gonna need a bigger boat.” – Roy Scheider
- “This is Sparta!” – Gerard Butler
- “I feel the need—the need for speed.” – Tom Cruise
- “I see dead people.” – Haley Joel Osment
- “You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” – Viola Davis
- “Houston, we have a problem.” – Tom Hanks
- “With great power comes great responsibility.” – Tobey Maguire
- “It’s not personal, Sonny. It’s strictly business.” – Al Pacino
- “I am Iron Man.” – Robert Downey Jr.
- “Wakanda forever!” – Chadwick Boseman
- “You talking to me?” – Robert De Niro
- “Freedom!” – Mel Gibson
- “It's alive! It's alive!” – Colin Clive
- “Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.” – Christopher Lloyd
- “You're gonna hear me roar.” – Katy Perry
- “Don’t stop believin’.” – Steve Perry
- “I want to break free.” – Freddie Mercury
- “We will rock you.” – Brian May
- “I will survive.” – Gloria Gaynor
- “Hit me baby one more time.” – Britney Spears
- “Oops!... I did it again.” – Britney Spears
- “Just beat it.” – Michael Jackson
- “I’m bad.” – Michael Jackson
- “What’s love got to do with it?” – Tina Turner
- “I’m every woman.” – Whitney Houston
- “All you need is love.” – John Lennon
