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.