Quotes

Which historical figures are attributed with the following quotes?

1. “I came, I saw, I conquered.”

Julius Caesar

2. Doctor Livingstone, I presume?”

Henry Morton Stanley

3. “History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.”

Winston Churchill

4. “I know that, like every woman of the people, I have more strength than I appear to have.”

Eva Peron

5. “All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.”

Charlie Chaplin

6. “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.”

Abraham Lincoln

7. “The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.”

Queen Victoria

8. “The unexamined life is not worth living.”

Socrates

9. “An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.”

Mahatma Gandhi

10. “To err is human; to forgive, divine.”

Alexander Pope

1. Who said, “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former”?

Albert Einstein

2. Thomas Jefferson is quoted as having said “I find that the harder I work, the more _____ I seem to have” – What is the missing word?

Luck

3. Who said, “Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right”?

Henry Ford

4. George Bernard Shaw said, “If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you’d best teach it to…”…what?

Dance

5. “The course of true love never did run smooth” is a famous quote originating from which Shakespeare play?

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

6. Jack Nicholson said, “The minute that you’re not learning, I believe you’re…”…what?

Dead

7. “Oh yes, the past can hurt. But you can either run from it or learn from it” – A quote from which film?

The Lion King

8. John Wayne said, “Life’s tough, but it’s tougher when you’re…”…what?

Stupid

9. “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people” – a quote from which First Lady of the USA?

Eleanor Roosevelt

10. Which literary character said, “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends”?

Professor Albus Dumbledore (In Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone)

1. According to Alexander Pope, “To err is human, to forgive…” is what?

Divine

2. Who said “Give me a museum and I’ll fill it!”?

Pablo Picasso

3. Which famous poet spoke the famous last words “I have just had eighteen whiskies in a row. I do believe that is a record.”

Dylan Thomas

4. Who said ‘The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it”?

Oscar Wilde

5. And continuing with Oscar Wilde, on arriving at U.S. customs in 1882 he said “I have nothing to declare except…” what?

My genius

6. According to the opening line of Alice Walker’s ‘The colour Purple’, “You better not never tell nobody but…” who?

God

7. “A forgone conclusion” is a commonly used phrase which was originally penned by which author?

William Shakespeare

8. And continuing with Shakespeare, the phrase “A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!” comes from which play?

Richard III

9. According to Abraham Lincoln “A house divided against itself cannot…” do what?

Stand

10. According to a famous feminist slogan often attributed to Gloria Steinem, “A woman needs a man like…” what?

A fish needs a bicycle