Top 100 Authors

  • Abraham Lincoln - 86 quotes

    16th president of US (1809 - 1865)

  • Aesop - 36 quotes

    Greek slave & fable author (620 BC - 560 BC)

  • Albert Einstein - 140 quotes

    US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)

  • Aldous Huxley - 36 quotes

    English critic & novelist (1894 - 1963)

  • Alexander Pope - 31 quotes

    Letter to Gay, October 6, 1727, English poet & satirist (1688 - 1744)

  • Ambrose Bierce - 984 quotes

    The Devil's Dictionary, US author & satirist (1842 - 1914)

  • Anatole France - 28 quotes

    The Red Lily, 1894, chapter 7, French novelist (1844 - 1924)

  • Anthony J. D'Angelo - 52 quotes

    The College Blue Book

  • Aristotle - 92 quotes

    Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC - 322 BC)

  • Ayn Rand - 38 quotes

    US (Russian-born) novelist (1905 - 1982)

  • Benjamin Disraeli - 48 quotes

    British politician (1804 - 1881)

  • Benjamin Franklin - 123 quotes

    US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 - 1790)

  • Bertrand Russell - 90 quotes

    Impact of Science on Society (1952) ch. 1, English author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)

  • C. S. Lewis - 37 quotes

    'The Pilgrim's Regress', English essayist & juvenile novelist (1898 - 1963)

  • Carl Jung - 33 quotes

    Swiss psychologist (1875 - 1961)

  • Charles Caleb Colton - 39 quotes

    Lacon, 1820, (1780 - 1832)

  • Chinese Proverb - 51 quotes

  • Cicero - 126 quotes

    Cicero Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)

  • Confucious - 83 quotes

    The Confucian Analects, bk. 11:11, Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC - 479 BC)

  • Dan Quayle - 37 quotes

    US Republican politician (1947 - )

  • Douglas Adams - 53 quotes

    English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 - 2001)

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower - 34 quotes

    US general & Republican politician (1890 - 1969)

  • Elbert Hubbard - 37 quotes

    US author (1856 - 1915)

  • Eric Hoffer - 52 quotes

    (1902 - 1983)

  • Euripedes - 44 quotes

    Greek tragic dramatist (484 BC - 406 BC)

  • Fran Leibowitz - 32 quotes

    US writer and humorist (1950 - )

  • Frank Herbert - 26 quotes

    Dune, US science fiction novelist (1920 - 1986)

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt - 149 quotes

    on the eve of his 75th birthday, British politician (1874 - 1965)

  • François de la Rochefoucauld - 54 quotes

    French author & moralist (1613 - 1680)

  • Fred Allen - 27 quotes

    US radio comedian (1894 - 1956)

  • Frederich Nietzsche - 101 quotes

    German philosopher (1844 - 1900)

  • G. K. Chesterton - 42 quotes

    English author & mystery novelist (1874 - 1936)

  • George Bernard Shaw - 177 quotes

    Everybody's Political What's What? (1944) ch. 30, Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)

  • George Carlin - 32 quotes

    US comedian and actor (1937 - )

  • George Orwell - 39 quotes

    "Animal Farm", English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 - 1950)

  • George Santayana - 48 quotes

    Soliloquies in England, 1922, "War Shrines", US (Spanish-born) philosopher (1863 - 1952)

  • George W. Bush - 47 quotes

    Gov. of Texas, 43rd President of US (1946 - )

  • Georges Eliot - 43 quotes

    English novelist (1819 - 1880)

  • Groucho Marx - 44 quotes

    US comedian with Marx Brothers (1890 - 1977)

  • H. L. Mencken - 117 quotes

    US editor (1880 - 1956)

  • Henry David Thoreau - 130 quotes

    Walden, US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862)

  • Henry Ford - 33 quotes

    US automobile industrialist (1863 - 1947)

  • Henry James - 26 quotes

    British (US -born) author (1843 - 1916)

  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 30 quotes

    US poet (1807 - 1882)

  • Henry Ward Beecher - 26 quotes

    Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit, 1887, US abolitionist & clergyman (1813 - 1887)

  • Homer - 57 quotes

    Greek epic poet (800 BC - 700 BC)

  • Horace - 38 quotes

    Roman lyric poet & satirist (65 BC - 8 BC)

  • J. K. Rowling - 29 quotes

    "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", British fantasy author

  • J. R .R. Tolkien - 45 quotes

    British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 - 1973)

  • James Thurber - 30 quotes

    My Life and Hard Times (1933), US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)

  • Jane Austen - 39 quotes

    Northanger Abbey, 1818, English novelist (1775 - 1817)

  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 66 quotes

    German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist (1749 - 1832)

  • John F. Kennedy - 52 quotes

    US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963)

  • Joseph Addison - 35 quotes

    The Spectator, July 12, 1711, English essayist, poet, & politician (1672 - 1719)

  • Josh Billings - 26 quotes

    US Humorist (1818 - 1885)

  • Kahlil Gibran - 32 quotes

    Lebanese artist & poet in US (1883 - 1931)

  • Kurt Vonnegut - 33 quotes

    US novelist (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007)

  • Lois McMaster Bujold - 51 quotes

    "Borders of Infinity", 1989, US science fiction author

  • Louisa May Alcott - 53 quotes

    US blind & deaf educator (1880 - 1968)

  • Mae West - 30 quotes

    US movie actress (1892 - 1980)

  • Mahatma Gandhi - 118 quotes

    Indian ascetic & nationalist leader (1869 - 1948)

  • Marcus Aurelius Antoninus - 39 quotes

    Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD - 180 AD)

  • Martin Luther King Jr. - 42 quotes

    Strength to Love, 1963, US black civil rights leader & clergyman (1929 - 1968)

  • Michel de Montaigne - 36 quotes

    French essayist (1533 - 1592)

  • Muriel Strode - 618 quotes

    "Take Her Deep" by I.J. Galatin, Cdr., US Navy, ret.

  • Napoleon Bonaparte - 27 quotes

    French general & politician (1769 - 1821)

  • Northern Exposure - 51 quotes

    Northern Exposure, Brains, Know-How, and Native Intelligence, 1990

  • Oliver Wendell Holmes - 27 quotes

    US author & physician (1809 - 1894)

  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. - 36 quotes

    US jurist (1841 - 1935)

  • Oprah Winfrey - 60 quotes

    US actress & television talk show host (1954 - )

  • Ovid - 29 quotes

    Roman poet (43 BC - 17 AD)

  • Plato - 76 quotes

    Greek author & philosopher in Athens (427 BC - 347 BC)

  • Publilius Syrus - 73 quotes

    (~100 BC)

  • Ralph Waldo Emerson - 203 quotes

    US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882)

  • Real Live Preacher - 34 quotes

    RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, August 12, 2003, Anonymous author of RealLivePreacher.com

  • Robert A. Heinlein - 45 quotes

    Lazarus Long: Time Enough For Love, US science fiction author (1907 - 1988)

  • Ronald Reagan - 35 quotes

    quoted in Observer, March 29 1981, 40th president of US (1911 - 2004)

  • Salvador Dali - 43 quotes

    Spanish Catalan Surrealist painter (1904 - 1989)

  • Samuel Butler - 34 quotes

    English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 - 1902)

  • Samuel Johnson - 73 quotes

    English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 - 1784)

  • Seneca - 98 quotes

    Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician (5 BC - 65 AD)

  • Sidney Madwed - 29 quotes

    American Speaker, Consultant, Author, Poet and Editor.

  • Sir Francis Bacon - 45 quotes

    English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 - 1626)

  • Socrates - 46 quotes

    Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC - 399 BC)

  • Sophocles - 43 quotes

    Greek tragic dramatist (496 BC - 406 BC)

  • Soren Kierkegaard - 49 quotes

    French existentialist author & philosopher (1913 - 1960)

  • Steven Wright - 36 quotes

    US comedian, actor, painter and writer (1955 - )

  • Tao Te Ching - 39 quotes

    Chinese philosopher (604 BC - 531 BC)

  • Theodore Roosevelt - 39 quotes

    26th president of US (1858 - 1919)

  • Thomas Carlyle - 32 quotes

    Scottish author, essayist, & historian (1795 - 1881)

  • Thomas Jefferson - 73 quotes

    Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (b. April 13, 1743 – d. July 4 1826)

  • Unknown - 100 quotes

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  • Victor Hugo - 31 quotes

    French dramatist, novelist, & poet (1802 - 1885)

  • Virgil - 26 quotes

    Roman epic poet (70 BC - 19 BC)

  • Voltaire - 81 quotes

    French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778)

  • W. Somerset Maugham - 56 quotes

    English dramatist & novelist (1874 - 1965)

  • Will Rogers - 68 quotes

    Illiterate Digest (1924), "Breaking into the Writing Game", US humorist & showman (1879 - 1935)

  • William James - 27 quotes

    US Pragmatist philosopher & psychologist (1842 - 1910)

  • William Shakespeare - 348 quotes

    William Shakespeare, an English poet and playwright. (1564 – 1616)

  • Woody Allen - 77 quotes

    US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 - )