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Wikiquote. Wikiquote is a (related) project of Wikipedia. It is one of many projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation . Wikiquote was based on an idea by Daniel Alston and made by Brion Vibber. The goal of the project is to produce a large reference of quotations from famous people, books, and proverbs, and to give details about them.
Apr 7, 2024 · List of television shows. This is a list of television shows quoted (or soon to be quoted) in Wikiquote. The main section includes existing articles, indicated by blue links. The second section is a list of shows, indicated by red links, that do not yet have articles, but have been requested by Wikiquote users.
Apr 20, 2024 · Jorge Luis Borges ( 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine writer who is considered one of the foremost literary figures of the 20th century. Most famous in the English speaking world for his short stories and fictive essays, Borges was also a poet, critic, translator and man of letters.
Jan 17, 2024 · Franklin replied: "A Republic, if you can keep it." Benjamin Franklin ( 17 January 1706 – 17 April 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and a diplomatic scientific and ...
Mar 17, 2024 · A [edit]. Philosophy … consists chiefly in suggesting unintelligible answers to insoluble problems. Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams (1907), Ch. XXIV.; Philosophy that satisfies its own intention, and does not childishly skip behind its own history and the real one, has its lifeblood in the resistance against the common practices of today and what they serve, against the ...
May 4, 2024 · Theodore Roosevelt. I have always been fond of the West African proverb "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." In short, in life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard; don't foul and don't shirk, but hit the line hard!
Apr 20, 2024 · The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus ( 26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors (a term coined some 13 centuries later by Niccolò Machiavelli ), and the last emperor of the Pax ...
