Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - September 12, 2015
Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
[info][add][mail]
Alfred Hitchcock (1899 - 1980)  
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
[info][add][mail]
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)  
Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.
[info][add][mail]
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)  
By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.
[info][add][mail]
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Following the Equator (1897)  
- Get daily quotes on Twitter.

If an author's name is highlighted, you can click it for more quotations by that author. Click on a quotation for more information about it, or click on the icons next to each quotation:

  • [info] View further information about the quote or link to it on its own page
  • [mail] Email the quotation to yourself, or to a friend
  • [notes] View notes about the quotation

Note: These quotes are randomly selected from my collection by an automatic routine once a day. If you want more quotes, try the Quotations by Author page to browse our entire collection, or try the Random Quotations Page, which chooses new quotes each time you load it.