Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
Theodore RooseveltIf a man can… make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.
Ralph Waldo EmersonHeaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
Alexander the GreatNoise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.
Mark TwainHe who laughs best today, will also laughs last.
Friedrich NietzscheWhat we live by we die by.
Robert FrostIf misery loves company, misery has company enough.
Henry David ThoreauAs a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.
Bob MarleyHe that sows thorns should never go barefoot.
Benjamin FranklinRock stars are good at making noise.
BonoNever give a sword to a man who can’t dance.
ConfuciusLet everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWhoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy and pushy: he guards against them.
Friedrich NietzscheFamiliarity breeds contempt – and children.
Mark TwainEducation forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree’s inclined.
Alexander PopeHe that rises late must trot all day.
Benjamin FranklinLife is like a wheel. Sooner or later, it always come around to where you started again.
Stephen KingHe who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.
Lao TzuAn empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
Albert EinsteinHell isn’t merely paved with good intentions; it’s walled and roofed with them. Yes, and furnished too.
Aldous HuxleyHe that won’t be counseled can’t be helped.
Benjamin FranklinOpportunity makes a thief.
Francis BaconAn ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
George EliotI noticed that when I touched the ball on the field, you could hear this shrill noise in the crowd with all the birds screaming like at a Beatles concert.
George BestThe wheel is come full circle.
William ShakespeareThat is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaIn a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
DiogenesDon’t throw stones at your neighbors if your own windows are glass.
Benjamin FranklinCalumny is only the noise of madmen.
DiogenesAn egg today is better than a hen to-morrow.
Benjamin FranklinWords are more powerful than some noises. Noises won’t last long. Lyrics are so important, and people don’t realise that.
Billie EilishA fool and his money are soon elected.
Will RogersBy gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
Edmund BurkeThe empty vessel makes the loudest sound.
PlatoThe first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.
Andrew CarnegieThe squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.
Henry David ThoreauTruth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.
Francis BaconAction speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
Mark TwainIt is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
Mark TwainA lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
Charles SpurgeonHe that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
Benjamin FranklinThough men determine, the gods doo dispose: and oft times many things fall out betweene the cup and the lip.
Robert GreeneDon’t swap horses in crossing a stream.
Abraham LincolnEven a stopped clock is right twice a day.
Joseph AddisonGood fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again.
Francis BaconTen people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
Napoleon BonaparteBeauty without grace is the hook without the bait.
Ralph Waldo EmersonSome animals utter a loud cry. Some are silent, and others have a voice, which in some cases may be expressed by a word; in others, it cannot. There are also noisy animals and silent animals, musical and unmusical kinds, but they are mostly noisy about the breeding season.
AristotleHow about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
Babe RuthThere are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.
Alexander HamiltonA ‚scream‘ is always just that – a noise and not music.
Carl JungThere is only a finger’s difference between a wise man and a fool.
Diogenes