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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. Mother Teresa said: Intense love does not measure - _____






2. I can picture in my mind a world without war - a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world - because theyd never expect it.






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






4. Socrates said: _____ is not worth living.






5. Knowledge speaks - but wisdom listens.






6. More than any time in history mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness - the other to total extinction. Let us pray that we have the wisdom to choose correctly.






7. Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.






8. Ill be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when theres evidence of any thinking going on inside it.






9. Benjamin Franklin said: Be civil to all; sociable to many; _____ friend to one; enemy to none.






10. I think it is the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.






11. You cant build a reputation on what you are going to do.






12. Isaac Asimov said: The most exciting phrase to hear in science - the one that heralds new discoveries - _____ - but Thats funny ...






13. Thomas Edison said: To invent - you need a good imagination _____






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






15. Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.






16. Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. Its the transition thats troublesome.






17. Julius Caesar said: Veni - vidi - vici (I came - I saw - _____






18. Opportunities multiply as they are seized.






19. Maybe this world is another planets hell.






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






21. Dance like nobodys watching; love like youve never been hurt. Sing like nobodys listening; live like its heaven on earth.






22. John Donne said: Any mans death diminishes me - because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; _____






23. Glory is fleeting - but obscurity is forever.






24. Muhammad Ali said: Float like a butterfly - _____






25. Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.






26. When they call the roll in the Senate - the Senators do not know whether to answer Present or Not guilty.






27. I was angry with my friend I told my wrath - my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe - I told it not - my wrath did grow.






28. Benjamin Franklin said: _____ than well said.






29. Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which one's to keep.






30. Speak softly and carry a big stick.






31. John Donne said: No man is an island - _____ every man is a piece of the continent.






32. There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately - no one knows what they are.






33. Those who deny freedom to others - deserve it not for themselves; and - under a just God - can not long retain it.






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






35. Benjamin Franklin said: _____ than well said.






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






37. Bill Gates said: To create a new standard it takes something thats not just a little bit different. It takes something thats really new and really captures peoples imagination. _____ of all the machines Ive ever seen - is the only one that meets that






38. Thomas Paine said: Government - even in its best state - is but a necessary evil; in its worst state - _____






39. Go to Heaven for the climate - Hell for the company.






40. Yoda said: Do - or do not. _____






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






42. A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.






43. Give me the liberty to know - to utter - and to argue freely according to conscience - above all liberties.






44. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.






45. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.






46. An unexamined life is not worth living.






47. Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.






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






49. If you tell the truth - you Don't have to remember anything.






50. Alan Kay said: The best way to predict the future _____