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Famous Quotes Trivia

Subject : trivia
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.






2. The World is a book - and those who do not travel read only a page.






3. A wise man will make more opportunities - than he finds.






4. Woody Allen said: Eighty percent of success _____






5. Always do right-- this will gratify some and astonish the rest.






6. Winston Churchill said: I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me _____






7. Winston Churchill said: Socialism is a philosophy of failure - the creed of ignorance - and the gospel of envy - _____ is the equal sharing of misery.






8. Genius is one per cent inspiration - ninety-nine per cent perspiration.






9. Men are disturbed - not by things - but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things.






10. Socialism is a philosophy of failure - the creed of ignorance - and the gospel of envy - its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.






11. I may be drunk - Miss - but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.






12. If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infants life - she will choose to save the infants life without even considering if there are men on base.






13. Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves - or we know where we can find information upon it.






14. Stephen King said: _____ or get busy dying.






15. There are no facts - only interpretations.






16. If everything seems under control - youre just not going fast enough.






17. The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.






18. Albert Einstein said: Quantum mechanics is certainly imposing. But an inner voice tells me that it is not yet the real thing. The theory says a lot - but does not really bring us any closer to the secret of the old one. _____ am convinced that He doe






19. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hopes of reward after death.






20. William Shakespeare said: If music be the food of love - _____






21. Oscar Wilde said: I can resist everything _____






22. Ask not what your country can do for you-- ask what you can do for your country.






23. Get busy living - or get busy dying.






24. If you woud not be forgotten - As soon as you are dead and rotten - Either write things worth reading - Or do things worth the writing.






25. To find yourself - think for yourself.






26. The most exciting phrase to hear in science - the one that heralds new discoveries - is not Eureka! - but Thats funny ...






27. Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you Don't mind - it doesnt matter.






28. The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.






29. Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.






30. I have not failed. Ive just found 10000 ways that wont work.






31. He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss - the abyss gazes also into you.






32. The world is a dangerous place to live - not because of the people who are evil - but because of the people who Don't do anything about it.






33. There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here - it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that






34. Quantum mechanics is certainly imposing. But an inner voice tells me that it is not yet the real thing. The theory says a lot - but does not really bring us any closer to the secret of the old one. I - at any rate - am convinced that He does not thro






35. If liberty means anything at all - it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.






36. I sent the club a wire stating - PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I Don't WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT PEOPLE LIKE ME AS A MEMBER.






37. Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.






38. C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder - but when you do - it blows away your whole leg.






39. It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world - and moral courage so rare.






40. Fear is the main source of superstition - and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom - in the pursuit of truth as in the endeavour after a worthy manner of life.






41. We didnt lose the game; we just ran out of time.






42. Calvin Coolidge said: Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. _____ nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated de






43. Benjamin Franklin said: _____ than well said.






44. Walt Disney said: _____ to do the impossible.






45. Julius Caesar said: Veni - vidi - vici _____ I saw - I conquered.)






46. Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.






47. He is richest who is content with the least.






48. ob Dylan said: Money doesnt talk - _____






49. I Don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying.






50. What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.