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| 1 | To be, or not to be, that is the question. |
| 2 | Stop in the name of love, before you break my heart. |
| 3 | It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. |
| 4 | I never saw a purple cow, I never hope to see one; But I can tell you, anyhow, I'd rather see than be one. |
| 5 | In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. |
| 6 | A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. |
| 7 | Good fences make good neighbors. |
| 8 | Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. |
| 9 | If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. |
| 10 | Yesterday All my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they're here to stay. Oh, I believe in yesterday. |
| 11 | All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others. |
| 12 | Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. |
| 13 | You've got to ask yourself one question: do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk? |
| 14 | How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. |
| 15 | Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. |
| 16 | Oh, say, can you see By the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed At the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars, Through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, Were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red flare, The bombs bursting in air, Gave proof, through the night, That our flag was still there. Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free, And the home of the brave? |
| 17 | Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me. |
| 18 | Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. |
| 19 | Alas, my love, you do me wrong, to cast me off discourteously. |
| 20 | In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. |
| 21 | Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands! |
| 22 | Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. |
| 23 | This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper. |
| 24 | My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. |
| 25 | I say it's spinach, and I say the hell with it. |
| 26 | Old soldiers never die; They only fade away. |
| 27 | I do not like green eggs and ham; I do not want them, Sam-I-am! |
| 28 | What shall we do with a drunken sailor, early in the morning? Hooray, up she rises, early in the morning. |
| 29 | Absence makes the heart grow fonder. |
| 30 | We are the champions, my friends, And we'll keep on fighting till the end. We are the champions, We are the champions! No time for losers, 'Cause we are the champions of the world. |
| 31 | Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. |
| 32 | It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. |
| 33 | "The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes – and ships – and sealing-wax – Of cabbages – and kings – And why the sea is boiling hot – And whether pigs have wings." |
| 34 | You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am. |
| 35 | Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast. |
| 36 | My loneliness is killing me, and I, I must confess, I still believe. When you're not with me I lose my mind. Give me a sign; hit me baby one more time. |
| 37 | No news is good news. |
| 38 | It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known. |
| 39 | The Queen of Hearts She baked some tarts, All on a summer's day; The Knave of Hearts He stole the tarts, And took them clean away. |
| 40 | Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. |
| 41 | Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive! |
| 42 | In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let all who worship evil's might beware my power – Green Lantern's light! |
| 43 | That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. |
| 44 | Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. |
| 45 | I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul. |
| 46 | I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. |
| 47 | The road goes ever on and on, Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say. |
| 48 | Open the pod bay door, Hal. |
| 49 | So I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell, "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" I want you to get up right now, sit up, go to your windows, open them and stick your head out and yell - "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" |
| 50 | Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying. |
| 51 | Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin. |
| 52 | We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. |
| 53 | What light through yonder window breaks? |
| 54 | I want to be where the people are; I want to see, want to see them dancing, Walking around on those – what do you call them – oh, feet. Flipping your fins you don't get too far; Legs are required for jumping, dancing, Strolling along down a – what's that word again – street, Up where they walk, Up where they run, Up where they stay all day in the sun, Wandering free – Wish I could be Part of that world... |
| 55 | To see a World in a grain of sand, And a Heaven in a wild flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand, And Eternity in an hour. |
| 56 | Climb high Climb far Your goal, the sky Your aim, the star. |
| 57 | I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth I knew not where. |
| 58 | We are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. |
| 59 | My mama always said, "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get." |
| 60 | Drink to me only with thine eyes And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine. |
| 61 | Hush-a-bye, baby, in the tree top, When the wind blows, the cradle will rock; When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall, And down will come baby, cradle and all. |
| 62 | On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me A partridge in a pear tree. |
| 63 | Give me liberty or give me death. |
| 64 | I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. |
| 65 | To err is human; to forgive, divine. |
| 66 | Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape! |
| 67 | Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip That started from this tropic port, aboard this tiny ship. The mate was a mighty sailing man, the Skipper brave and sure Five passengers set sail that day for a three-hour tour, a three-hour tour. |
| 68 | The paths of glory lead but to the grave. |
| 69 | We shall not flag or fail. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. |
| 70 | Neither a borrower nor a lender be. |
| 71 | Come live with me, and be my love; And we will all the pleasures prove That hills and valleys, dales and fields, Woods or steepy mountain yields. |
| 72 | Hope springs eternal in the human breast. |
| 73 | Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds, Baked in a pie. |
| 74 | If a man write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door. |
| 75 | One man's meat is another man's poison. |
| 76 | Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room! |
| 77 | Three blind mice, three blind mice, See how they run, see how they run! They all ran after the farmer's wife, Who cut off their tails with a carving knife, Did you ever see such a sight in your life, As three blind mice? |
| 78 | Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best. |
| 79 | A little learning is a dangerous thing. |
| 80 | Sticks and stones may break my bones, But words can never hurt me. |
| 81 | With great power comes great responsibility. |
| 82 | Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead. |
| 83 | We have nothing to fear but fear itself. |
| 84 | Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. |
| 85 | I am the very model of a modern Major-General, I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral, I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical, From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical. |
| 86 | That's what I want to find out. I want you to tell me the names of the fellas on the St. Louis team. I'm telling ya. Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third. You don't know the fella's name? Yes. Well then, who's playing first? Yes. I mean, the fella's name on first base. Who. The fella playing first base for St. Louis? Who. The guy on first base. Who is on first! |
| 87 | Actions speak louder than words. |
| 88 | Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. |
| 89 | He who pays the piper may call the tune. |
| 90 | I welcome this kind of examination, because people have got to know whether their president is a crook. Well, I am not a crook. |
| 91 | There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. |
| 92 | Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings. |
| 93 | They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty. |
| 94 | How many roads must a man walk down before they call him a man? How many seas must a white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand? How many times must the cannonballs fly before they're forever banned? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind. The answer is blowin' in the wind. |
| 95 | She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies, And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes. |
| 96 | There's a sucker born every minute. |
| 97 | How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child. |
| 98 | The road to hell is paved with good intentions. |
| 99 | Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound – look! Up in the air! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superman! |
| 100 | There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, She had so many children she didn't know what to do. |
| 101 | You talking to me? You talking to me? You talking to me? Then who the hell else are you talking to? You talking to me? Well, I'm the only one here. Who do the fuck do you think you're talking to? |
| 102 | The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. |
| 103 | Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. |
| 104 | An apple a day keeps the doctor away. |
| 105 | Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes; Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. |
| 106 | A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. |
| 107 | There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. |
| 108 | With the lights out it's less dangerous. Here we are now, entertain us. I feel stupid and contagious. Here we are now, entertain us. A mulatto, an albino, A mosquito, my libido. Yeah! |
| 109 | As I was going up the stair I met a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today. I wish, I wish he'd go away. |
| 110 | It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. |
| 111 | I am large, I contain multitudes. |
| 112 | It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. |
| 113 | Here's looking at you, kid. |
| 114 | Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa la la la la, la la la la! 'Tis the season to be jolly, fa la la la la, la la la la! Don we now our gay apparel, fa la la, la la la, la la la! Troll the ancient yuletide carol, fa la la la la, la la la la! |
| 115 | Make hay while the sun shines. |
| 116 | So long, and thanks for all the fish. |
| 117 | Twinkle, twinkle, little star; How I wonder what you are, Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. |
| 118 | Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage. |
| 119 | I can resist anything except temptation. |
| 120 | Tiger, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? |
| 121 | I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too! |
| 122 | Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bubble. |
| 123 | I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils. |
| 124 | So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. |
| 125 | Oh, proudly rise the monarchs of our mountain land, With their kingly forest robes to the sky, Where Alma Mater dwelleth with her chosen band, And the peaceful river floweth gently by. The mountains! the mountains! we greet them with a song, Whose echoes, rebounding their woodland heights along, Shall mingle with anthems that winds and fountains sing, Till hill and valley gaily, gaily ring! |