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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. George Bernard Shaw said: You see things; _____ But I dream things that never were; and I sayWhy not?






2. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.






3. Any fool can make a rule. And any fool will mind it.






4. Stephen King said: Get busy living - _____






5. Money is better than poverty - if only for financial reasons.






6. Phyllis Diller said: _____ while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.






7. Thomas Paine said: Government - even in its best state - is but a necessary evil; _____ an intolerable one.






8. If ever time should come - when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government - our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.






9. The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.






10. I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.






11. Genius without education is like silver in the mine.






12. Oscar Wilde said: _____ stab you in the front.






13. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately - so is losing.






14. Mark Twain said: _____ this will gratify some and astonish the rest.






15. C. S. Lewis said: Friendship is unnecessary - _____ like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.






16. Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.






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






18. Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to.






19. Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for thats the stuff life is made of.






20. I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.






21. Float like a butterfly - sting like a bee.






22. There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies.






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






24. I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. Weve created life in our own image.






25. In times like these - it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.






26. History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.






27. Humor is the great thing - the saving thing. The minute it crops up - all our irritation and resentments slip away - and a sunny spirit takes their place.






28. Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.






29. Mother Teresa said: Peace begins _____






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






31. Benjamin Franklin said: _____ but time will not.






32. Voltaire said: _____ proves nothing.






33. Government is not a solution to our problem - government is the problem.






34. The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.






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






36. Once you have flown - you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards - for there you have been - and there you long to return.






37. Its not the size of the dog in the fight - its the size of the fight in the dog.






38. The fight is won or lost far away from the witnesses - behind the lines - in the gym - and out there on the road; long before I dance under those lights.






39. Napoleon Bonaparte said: _____ but obscurity is forever.






40. What we obtain too cheap - we esteem too lightly.






41. The battle - Sir - is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant - the active - the brave.






42. Socrates said: To find yourself - _____






43. The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool.






44. ob Dylan said: Money doesnt talk - _____






45. I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.






46. The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.






47. All great truths begin as blasphemies.






48. To invent - you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.






49. Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.






50. William Shakespeare said: _____ trust a few - do wrong to none.