You may know their names, or maybe not, but I can assure you all of these celebrities have something to teach you. Hello, and be welcome to my new post, the first of this October 2023.
“I’m passionate about learning. I’m passionate about life.” – Tom Cruise
I haven’t written a post about quotes since 2021, so I thought I may do something different this time instead of the post I was planning to write, that one can wait.
Mark Twain once said that a book of quotations is the best education a young man can have. So, I brought this time 50 of those quotations from my old magazines, books and my days spent online.
Here you have mostly Hollywood actors, some of my favorites, but you will also find business men, a boxing legend, a movie director, musicians, two former US presidents, two former James Bonds and even a daredevil show man.
All of them have very solid opinions and can teach you something about fame, business, creativity, dressing, happiness and life itself.
So, without further ado, let’s begin quoting:
50 – “It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.” – Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe in a cowichan sweater, 1962. (via: google.com)
49 – “Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some talent.” – Kevin Bacon
Kevin Bacon in 2015. (Via: gettyimages.com)
48 – “Just get out there and do your bit.” – Liam Gallagher
Liam Gallagher and his brother Noel playing live in 1996. (Via: esquire.com)
47 – “I should have slept with better producers. I didn’t recognize my worth.” – Julie Newmar
Julie Newmar as Catwoman, circa 1966. (Via: gettyimages.com)
46 – “I'm one of those people you hate because of genetics. It's the truth.” – Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt in 2020. (Via: gettyimages.com)
45 – “I am a good person, nice, smart, witty, trustworthy, know nice people, don't do drugs and earn a lot of money." – Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman in 2023. (Via: gettyimages.com)
44 – “Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them that's still alive.” – Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges as The Dude in The Big Lebowski (1998). (Via: esquire.com)
43 – “Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success.” – Tom Petty
Tom Petty performs live in 1995. (Via: gettyimages.com)
42 – “If you have to tell them who you are, you aren't anybody.” – Gregory Peck
Gregory Peck, circa 1950s. (Via: frenchcx.com)
41 – “I’m passionate about learning. I’m passionate about life.” – Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick (2022). (Via: collider.com)
40 – “The Internet is for lonely people. People should live.” – Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston in Ben-Hur (1959). (Via: collider.com)
39 – “I don’t care how much money you have, free stuff is always a good thing” – Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah in 2019. (Via: gettyimages.com)
38 –“Love and sex? People will die for love.” – Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos in 2018. (Via: gettyimages.com)
37 – “Superman is a big fish in a small pond. He’s Superman on Earth only because he’s in a different solar system. If he’d grown up on Krypton, if Krypton had not been destroyed, he might have been average – nothing special about him. That allowed me to underplay the character and make him quite casual.” – Christopher Reeve
Christopher Reeve as Superman (1978). (Via: listverse.com)
36 – “Discipline is just doing the same thing the right way whether anyone’s watching or not.” – Michael J. Fox
Michael J. Fox in 2021. (Via: google.com)
35 – “Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.” – Carrie Fisher
Carrie Fisher on the set of Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. (Via: gettyimages.com)
34 – “Making movies is a form of narcissism.” – Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas in a publicity still for Spartacus (1960). (Via: gettyimages.com)
33 – “Create the best. The best hotels and clubs and airlines never go bankrupt. The best always succeeds.” – Richard Branson
Richard Branson kitesurfing with a naked girl on his back, 2009. (Via: bosshunting.com)
32 – “We always gonna have racism.” – Ray Charles
Ray Charles performs on stage, Wembley, London, 1996. (Via: gettyimages.com)
31 – “You can fall many times, but you’re never a failure as long as you try to get up.” – Evel Knievel
Evel Knievel makes a motorcycle jump over thirteen AEC Merlin buses at Wembley Stadium in London, 26th May 1975. (Via: gettyimages.com)
30 – “Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos.” – Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola on the set of Apocalypse Now (1979). (Via: gettyimages.com)
29 – “The day your curiosity dies, your life is over.” – Rod Steiger
Rod Steiger in The Pawnbroker (1964). (Via: gettyimages.com)
28 – “Your bullshit detector gets better with time.” – Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds in Smoky and the Bandit (1977). (Via: gettyimages.com)
27 – “I'm not afraid of dying . . . I just don't want to be there when it happens.” – Woody Allen
Woody Allen in 1971. (Via: gettyimages.com)
26 – “God will not place a burden on a man’s shoulders knowing that he cannot carry it.” – Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali in 1962. (Via: gettyimages.com)
25 – “I keep working because I learn something new all the time.” – Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood at the premiere of Sully, 2016. (Via: gettyimages.com)
24 – “Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells.” – Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor, circa 1950s. (Via: google.com)
23 – “I'm entertained more by my own thoughts than by the thoughts of others. I don't mind answering questions. But in an exchange of conversation, I wind up being a pair of ears.” – Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson in New York City, 1974. (Via: gettyimages.com)
22 – “Great artists never know if they’re making the right choice.” – Faye Dunaway
Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway in Bonnie And Clyde (1967) (Via: gettyimages.com)
21 – “Permit me to suggest that you dress neatly and cleanly. A young person who dresses well usually behaves well. Good manners and a pleasant personality, even without a college education, will take you far.” – Cary Grant
Cary Grant in London, 1946. (Via: gettyimages.com)
20 – “It's kind of fun to do the impossible.” – Walt Disney
Walt Disney at his desk in his studio. (Via: gettyimages.com)
19 – “I am an artist. I am interested in life.” – Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin in City Lights (1931). (Via: google.com)
18 –“Very few of the so-called liberals are open-minded . . . they shout you down and won't let you speak if you disagree with them.” – John Wayne
John Wayne in The Searchers (1956). (Via: screenrant.com)
17 – “Money makes your life easier. If you’re lucky to have it, you’re lucky.” – Robert de Niro
Robert De Niro in 2020. (Via: gettyimages.com)
16 – “More than anything else, I'd like to be an old man with a good face, like Alfred Hitchcock or Pablo Picasso. They know that life is not just a popularity contest.” – Sean Connery
Sean Connery poses as James Bond next to his Aston Martin DB5 during the filming of 'Goldfinger', Switzerland, 1964. (Via: gettyimages.com)
15 – “With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.” – Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson in 2003. (Via: gettyimages.com)
14 – “Everybody is nine years old. Starting with me.” – Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis in The Nutty Professor (1963). (Via: goldderby.com)
13 – “If you truly love life, don’t waste time; because time is what life is made of.” – Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee in Game of Death (1978). (Via: screenrant.com)
12 – “Don’t join the book burners. Don’t think you’re going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they never existed. Don’t be afraid to go in your library and read every book.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower, official Presidential portrait by James Anthony Wills (1967). (Via: Wikipedia.org)
11 – “Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm. As you get older, remember you have another hand: the first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.” – Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). (Via: google.com)
10 – “With a suit, always wear big British shoes, the ones with large welts. There’s nothing worse than dainty little Italian jobs at the end of the leg line.” – David Bowie
David Bowie in a cool blue suit, circa 1980s. (Via: fastcompany.com)
9 – “One of the most beneficial things I’ve ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.” – Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton in concert, 1992. (Via: gettyimages.com)
8 – “My definition of freedom is simplicity, really. Anonymity. I’m sure it will be a possibility someday again. Maybe when I get old.” – Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp in 2013. (Via: gettyimages.com)
7 – “A man who has developed wide, broad shoulders feels superior and has a greater sense of security and confidence about him.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger, circa 1970s. (Via: stormfront.org)
6 – “Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken.” – Donald Trump
Donald Trump in Dallas, 2022. (Via: gettyimages.com)
5 – “Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.” – Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster at a premiere in 2018. (Via: gettyimages.com)
4 – “Be either rich or an enemy of the rich. I understand both, but never be envious of the rich and try to please them at the same time.” – Aristotle Onassis
Aristotle Onassis in front of his private yacht, mid 1950s. (Via: gettyimages.com)
3 – “Creative people should never worry about what other people think.” – Daniel Craig
Daniel Craig as James Bond in Spectre (2015). (Via: jamesbondlifestyle.com)
2 – “Once in one's life, for one mortal moment, one must make a grab for immortality; if not, one has not lived.” – Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone in Rocky IV (1985) (Via: gettyimages.com)
1 – “The world is as good as you are. You’ve got to learn to like yourself first. I’m a little screwed up, but I’m beautiful.” – Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen in The Great Escape (1963). (Via: gettyimages.com)
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