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






2. We make a living by what we get - but we make a life by what we give.






3. I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own - so both of them together is certain death.






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






5. We have it in our power to begin the world over again.






6. Where the spirit does not work with the hand - there is no art.






7. Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.






8. Government - even in its best state - is but a necessary evil; in its worst state - an intolerable one.






9. Socrates said: Wisdom begins _____






10. Glory is fleeting - but obscurity is forever.






11. Aristotle said: _____ dwelling in two bodies.






12. A stupid mans report of what a clever man says is never accurate because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.






13. Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.






14. In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.






15. To err is human; to forgive is divine.






16. It aint over till its over.






17. Mother Teresa said: _____ with a smile.






18. Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.






19. What is now proved was once only imagined.






20. Yoda said: _____ There is no try.






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






22. The only way to keep your health is to eat what you Don't want - drink what you Don't like - and do what youd rather not.






23. Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.






24. Oscar Wilde said: I am not young enough _____






25. Be more concerned with your character than your reputation - because your character is what you really are - while your reputation is merely what others think you are.






26. Louis Pasteur said: Chance favors _____






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






28. 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. And the Macintosh - of all the machines Ive ever seen - is the only one that meets that st






29. There are only two tragedies in life. One is not getting what one wants - and the other is getting it.






30. Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.






31. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.






32. 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.






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






34. Winston Churchill said: I have nothing to offer _____ tears and sweat.






35. Be thankful were not getting all the government were paying for.






36. I think; therefore I am.






37. The journey of one thousand miles begins with a single step.






38. When you come to a fork in the road - take it.






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






40. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written - or badly written.






41. It aint over till its over.






42. Alexander Pope said: _____ where angels fear to tread.






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






44. Rene Descartes said: I think; _____






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






46. Yogi Berra said: _____ till its over.






47. Aristotle said: Hope _____






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






49. Socrates said: _____ who is content with the least.






50. Nobody goes there anymore; its too crowded.