The 80 Best Five Quotes

“You are under no obligation...

“You are under no obligation to be the same person you were five minutes ago.” —Alan Watts

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The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemi...

The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches the other with five. - Dr. Carl Sagan

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"He who asks is a fool for five...

"He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever." — Uma Jolie

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"Every man is a damn fool for at least ...

"Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit." — Elbert Hubbard

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"The best argument against democ...

"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with an average voter" W. Churchill

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“You are under no obligation...

“You are under no obligation to be the same person you were five minutes ago.” —Alan Watts

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He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a...

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question is a fool forever. We are all born ignorant, but to stay ignorant is a choice, without some form of education you are lost. —(Chinese Proverb)

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"Five card stud, nothing wild... and th...

"Five card stud, nothing wild... and the sky's the limit." (Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek The Next Generation, 2371 AD, finale)

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It takes 20 years to build a reputation and ...

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently. - Warren Buffett

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Wherever there is great property, there is great ine...

Wherever there is great property, there is great inequality... for one very rich man, there must be at least five hundred poor. -- Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations

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"The conception of two people living together for twenty...

"The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep." — Alan Patrick Herbert

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"You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started...

"You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today and we don't know where the hell she is." --Ellen Degeneres

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"Writing long books is a laborious and impoverishing act of...

"Writing long books is a laborious and impoverishing act of foolishness: expanding in five hundred pages an idea that could be perfectly explained in a few minutes." - Jorge Luis Borges

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"The best time to plant an oak tree...

"The best time to plant an oak tree was twenty-five years ago. The second best time is today." — James Carville

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There's only five real peo...

There's only five real people in Hollywood. Everyone else is Mel Blanc....Jack Benny

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"I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five ho...

"I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours. I tried to find out what sort of allergy I had but finally came to the conclusion that it must be an allergy to consciousness." — James Thurber

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"The coward dies a thousand ...

"The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man...only five hundred." — Meredith Willson

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"We look for the marriage bed In the baby’s cradle;...

"We look for the marriage bed In the baby’s cradle; we look for the grave in the bed; Not living But rising dead" from the poem rising five ,by norman nicoholson

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"I am the leader of one country which has two alphabets, three languages,...

"I am the leader of one country which has two alphabets, three languages, four religions, five nationalities, six republics, surrounded by seven neighbours, a country in which live eight ethnic minorities." - Josip Broz Tito.

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Albert Einstein once said, "If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depende...

Albert Einstein once said, "If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on it, I would use the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.”

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A man who asks is a fool for fi...

A man who asks is a fool for five minutes. A man who never asks is a fool for life- Chinese Proverb

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"New technology, on Earth, just means something you will l...

"New technology, on Earth, just means something you will laugh at in five years. Value the stuff you won’t laugh at in five years. Like love. Or a good poem. Or the sky." --Matt Haig

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"He who asks is a fool for five m...

"He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever." — Chinese Proverb

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It takes 20 years to build a reputation and ...

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently. - Warren Buffett

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"I never put on a pair of sh...

"I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years." — Samuel Goldwyn

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“The main facts in human lif...

“The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.” E. M. Forster

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"Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is ...

"Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years." — Oscar Wilde

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"My parents only had one argume...

"My parents only had one argument in forty-five years. It lasted forty-three years." — Cathy Ladman

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I am philosophically opposed to quota-systems. . . . It is one thing to say th...

I am philosophically opposed to quota-systems. . . . It is one thing to say that you cannot keep a black man from using this bathroom, and something quite different to say that one out of every five people who use this bathroom must be black.

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“The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the worl...

“The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.” ―Søren Kierkegaard

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"Every man is a damn fool for at least ...

"Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit." — Elbert Hubbard

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voters are slaves if ...

voters are slaves if the same politicians are elected every five years

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“I think there is a world ...

“I think there is a world market for about five computers.” —Thomas J. Watson (1943)

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"The whole world is in revolt. Soon there will be only five Kings...

"The whole world is in revolt. Soon there will be only five Kings left--the King of England, the King of Spades, The King of Clubs, the King of Hearts, and the King of Diamonds." — King Farouk of Egypt

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"America has five percent of the world’s population, and yet 31 percen...

"America has five percent of the world’s population, and yet 31 percent of the world’s mass shootings. We’re worried about people coming to this country. They should be worried about us going to theirs." -Dale Hansen

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"At my lemonade stand I used to give the first glas...

"At my lemonade stand I used to give the first glass away free and charge five dollars for the second glass. The refill contained the antidote." — Emo Phillips

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"I have a theory that the trut...

"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours." — Hunter S. Thompson

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"You are the average of t...

"You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with." - Jim Rohn

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"We live in an age when you say casually to somebody 'What’s the story on that?' and ...

"We live in an age when you say casually to somebody 'What’s the story on that?' and they can run to the computer and tell you within five seconds. That’s fine, but sometimes I’d just as soon continue wondering. We have a deficit of wonder right now." - Tom Waits

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"My grandmother started walking five miles a day...

"My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is." — Ellen DeGeneres

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Believe me, Baldric: Eternity in the company of Beelzebub with ...

Believe me, Baldric: Eternity in the company of Beelzebub with all his hellish instruments of death will seem like a picnic compared to five minutes with me... And THIS PENCIL. -Edmund Blackadder

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“In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you w...

“In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it.” —George Orwell, 1984

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"Wit ought to be five or six degree...

"Wit ought to be five or six degrees above the ideas that form the intelligence of an audience." - Homer Simpson

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"My parents only had one argume...

"My parents only had one argument in forty-five years. It lasted forty-three years." — Cathy Ladman

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"My parents only had one argume...

"My parents only had one argument in forty-five years. It lasted forty-three years." — Cathy Ladman

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My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it. People ...

My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it. People need somebody to watch over them. Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave. Arnold Schwarzenegger

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"Hiroshima took nine seconds. C...

"Hiroshima took nine seconds. Changchun took five months." -Zhāng Zhènglóng, "White Snow, Red Blood"

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It’s always refreshing to rememb...

It’s always refreshing to remember that in five years your life will be in a completely different place.

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Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody fr...

Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth. -Will Rogers

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The best argument against democrac...

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. - Winston Churchill

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“Stop sending people to kill me. We have already captured five of them, one of them...

“Stop sending people to kill me. We have already captured five of them, one of them with a bomb and another with a rifle. If you don't stop sending killers, I'll send one to Moscow, and I won't have to send a second." -Josip Tito in letter to Joseph Stalin.

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“Why don’t they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybo...

“Why don’t they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years we will have the smartest people on earth.”--Will Rogers

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"Remember the five simple rules to be happy:...

"Remember the five simple rules to be happy: Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less."

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"The nuclear arms race is like two sworn ene...

"The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five." -Carl Sagan

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"I'm always soft for you, that's the problem. You could come knocki...

"I'm always soft for you, that's the problem. You could come knocking on my door five years from now and I would open my arms wider and say 'come here, it's been too long, it felt like home with you." Azra T.

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"My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I ...

"My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes." — Ronald Reagan

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"In 1492 Christopher Columbus missed his mark by five thousand miles. He c...

"In 1492 Christopher Columbus missed his mark by five thousand miles. He called Native Americans Indians. He missed the hemisphere. Yet we still make statues to this moron and have named a day after him." -John "Bradshaw" Layfield

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"Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five...

"Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow." - Kay (Men In Black)

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"There are times in your life where you do the best you can, and your best isn't enough. You don'...

"There are times in your life where you do the best you can, and your best isn't enough. You don't get the happy ending. You don't get the high fives and pats on the back. You go home broken and exhausted and wonder what the hell happened. And you don't get an answer. You just have to try again."

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"All your life people will tell you things. And most...

"All your life people will tell you things. And most of the time, probably ninety-five percent of the time, what they'll tell you will be wrong." -Michael Crichton

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"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and...

"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently." -Warren Buffet

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“You are a slow learner, Winston." "How can I help it? How can I help but see what is in front of...

“You are a slow learner, Winston." "How can I help it? How can I help but see what is in front of my eyes? Two and two are four." "Sometimes, Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane.” G.O.

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"Americans are getting stronger. 20 years ago it ...

"Americans are getting stronger. 20 years ago it took 2 people to carry 10 dollars´ worth of groceries. Today a five-year old can do it." - Henny Youngman.

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"The word "good" has many meanings. For example, if a man were to...

"The word "good" has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man." - G.K. Chesterton

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"The nuclear arms race is like two sworn ene...

"The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five."-Carl Sagan

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"In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had fiv...

"In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace – and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock." - Orson Welles as Harry Lime

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"Most people die at twenty-fiv...

"Most people die at twenty-five and aren't buried until they're seventy-five" ―Benjamin Franklin

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Stop sending people to kill me. We've already captured five of them, one of the...

Stop sending people to kill me. We've already captured five of them, one of them with a bomb and another with a rifle. If you don't stop sending killers, I'll send one to Moscow, and I won't have to send a second. — Josip Tito, to Joseph Stalin

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Many people die at twenty five ...

Many people die at twenty five and aren’t buried until they are seventy five.” — Benjamin Franklin.

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“Five percent of people think, ten percent of pe...

“Five percent of people think, ten percent of people think they think, and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.” – Thomas Edison

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"Winston Churchill". "The best argu...

"Winston Churchill". "The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter"

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"The best argument against democrac...

"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill

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“'What time is it?' said the judge to Joey whe...

“'What time is it?' said the judge to Joey when they met./ 'Five to ten,' said Joey. The judge says, 'That’s exactly what you get.'” - Bob Dylan

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All your life people will tell you things. And most of th...

All your life people will tell you things. And most of the time, probably ninety-five percent of the time, what they'll tell you will be wrong. - The Lost World, Michael Crichton

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“All this happened, mor...

“All this happened, more or less” - Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)

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“As for monkeys, I would have five, and they would be named...

“As for monkeys, I would have five, and they would be named: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, Do Pretty Much Whatever The Hell You Want, and Expensive Attorney.” ― Tad Williams

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“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and ...

“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.” - Warren Buffett

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"I have a theory that the truth ...

"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours." -Hunter Stockton Thompson

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"It takes 20 years to build...

"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it." - Warren Buffett

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"Equipped with his five senses, man ...

"Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure science." Edwin Hubble

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