Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Authors by Name: 'Z':

Frank Zappa (12)

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

Emil Zatopek (6)

The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on.

Mao Zedong (12)

The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.

Zhuangzi (6)

I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.

Florenz Ziegfeld (2)

Beauty, of course, is the most important requirement and the paramount asset of the applicant.

Emile Zola (6)

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

Stefan Zweig (2)

In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.

Easter April 21, 2025

The primary source of the appeal of Christianity was Jesus - His incarnation, His life, His crucifixion, and His resurrection. 2 quotes from Kenneth Scott Latourette

2 quotes from Kenneth Scott Latourette

At one time I smoked, but in 1959 I couldn't think of anything else to give up for Lent so I stopped - and I haven't had a cigarette since. 9 wisdom & wit from Ethel Merman

9 wisdom & wit from Ethel Merman