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40 Completely Random Quotes

Can you fill in the missing words from these random quotes and aphorisms?
Names with * indicate that the person commonly credited never actually said it
Some quotes paraphrased
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Last updated: February 9, 2021
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First submittedDecember 8, 2017
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Julius Caesar
I came, I saw, I conquered
Forrest Gump
Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.
John Lennon
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans
Niccolò Machiavelli
It is far safer to be feared than loved
Queen Victoria *
We are not amused
John F. Kennedy
We choose to go to the Moon
Andy Warhol
In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes
Idiom
Great minds think alike, and fools seldom differ
Princess Diana
Well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded
Idiom
One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter
Sherlock Holmes
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains,
however improbable, must be the truth
Lord Acton
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely
Albert Einstein *
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and
expecting different results
Idiom
The three most important things in real estate are location, location, location
Winston Churchill *
The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation
with the average voter
Mae West *
A hard man is good to find
Groucho Marx
I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception
Martin Luther King, Jr.
I have a dream that my children will be judged
on the content of their character, not the color of their skin
Pablo Picasso *
Good artists copy, great artists steal
H. L. Mencken
No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people
P. T. Barnum *
There's a sucker born every minute
Oscar Wilde
A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
Idiom
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Dorothy Parker
Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses
Friedrich Nietzsche
God is dead
Mark Twain
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
Theodore Roosevelt
Speak softly and carry a big stick
Al Capone *
You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you
can with a kind word alone
Sigmund Freud *
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
Percy Shelley
My name is Ozymandias, king of kings, look on my works ye mighty, and despair
John Betjeman
Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough
Idiom
Two wrongs don't make a right but three lefts do
Ernest Hemingway *
Write drunk, edit sober
Zen Proverb
What is the sound of one hand clapping?
Eleanor Roosevelt *
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent
Harper Lee
Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember
it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird
William Gibson
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed
L. Ron Hubbard
If a man really wanted to make a million dollars, the best way to do it
would be start his own religion
William Shakespeare
Cry "Havoc!", and let slip the dogs of war
Jessica Simpson
Is this chicken, what I have, or is this fish? I know it's tuna, but
it says "Chicken by the Sea"
brandybuck96
+3
Level 83
Dec 9, 2017
Why is the Oscar Wilde quote starred? Isn't it from Lady Windermere's Fan?
ColoHarpare
+3
Level 50
Feb 17, 2018
It absolutely is. Lord Darlington says it, in Act III, although it's phrased as the answer to "What is a cynic?" "A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing." So Wilde didn't say it in quite the way it's presented here.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Feb 9, 2021
Fixed.
SundarIsaacs
+3
Level 59
Dec 9, 2017
New series starting I hope!
ander217
+1
Level 75
Feb 16, 2018
+1
TenThousand
+5
Level 76
Dec 21, 2017
Looking forward to the sequel: 40 Slightly Random Quotes
kalbahamut
+3
Level 82
Feb 16, 2018
The word terrorism, when used correctly, is a description of a tactic. It is not a value judgment. Some freedom fighters might use the tactic of terrorism. Others might be better than that. I've heard the idiom before, it's just a stupid idiom.
WLicky
+1
Level 18
Feb 26, 2021
and i said enemy
quizwhizz
+4
Level 67
Feb 16, 2018
All these great names throughout history and then Jessica Simpson at the end... 😂
kalbahamut
+3
Level 82
Feb 16, 2018
a step down from Forrest Gump
samiamco
+4
Level 69
Feb 18, 2018
Although in general Jessica Simpson's words are not deserving of preservation for posterity, nor is the quote profound or even noteworthy as written, but the video footage of the scene (complete with her then-husband's absolutely stupefied expression), is such an epic example of human idiocy that it really deserves its place in the annals of history.
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Apr 23, 2018
^ Amen to that! - It is the one commercial that I could watch over an over again when I need a good laugh!
PantsLobbyist
+5
Level 95
Aug 20, 2018
But wasn't it Chicken OF the Sea? We don't have that brand here, but I seem to remember it being "of."
jmellor13
+2
Level 67
Feb 24, 2021
The brand is called "Chicken of the Sea." Jessica Simpson says "chicken by the sea."
Elan
+6
Level 65
Feb 16, 2018
For the Princess Diana one, I tried "automobile." Then I realized how stupid I was.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Feb 17, 2018
Given what passes for a car in Europe that could actually make a lot of sense. Not that anyone would quote you for saying it...
samiamco
+1
Level 69
Feb 18, 2018
One would think the royals would have somewhat more spacious cars though!
EcceHomo
+1
Level 79
Nov 9, 2020
What? Now European cars are no good? Wow!
sihollett
+4
Level 86
Feb 16, 2018
Too many people are lucky enough to never have been to Slough. While Betjamin put the words in a nice poem, it's everyone's natural reaction!
blinky
+2
Level 58
Feb 18, 2018
Only knew Slough because of The Office.
TheodoreE45
+1
Level 93
Feb 16, 2018
That Pablo Picasso quote was actually said by Igor Stravinsky first.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Feb 9, 2021
If so, Wikiquote doesn't seem to know about it.

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Igor_Stravinsky

mikeyp
+1
Level 60
Feb 16, 2018
Please accept clown car.
samiamco
+1
Level 69
Feb 18, 2018
Oh snap! I would have bet real money that "Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans" was said by Ferris Bueller.
jlhawley
+2
Level 72
Feb 18, 2018
Who else got some of these from Civ 4 technologies???
scott4real
+2
Level 67
Feb 20, 2018
I have realized after many quizzes, that I apparently obtained more knowledge from the Civ games than school.
jmellor13
+1
Level 67
Feb 24, 2021
Most of my knowledge of high culture comes from references buried in the Simpsons.
QatariFerrari
+3
Level 89
Feb 14, 2019
Funny how similar the Capone and Roosevelt quotes are...
Yoshimano
+1
Level 64
Feb 24, 2021
Great quiz. One to do over and over.

Thanks!

whatmeworry
+1
Level 69
Feb 24, 2021
Life *is* a box of chocolates
thegoatisgoaty
+2
Level 71
Feb 24, 2021
I am a new quizmaker, please try my quizzes
jayhiatt
+4
Level 70
Feb 24, 2021
Did anybody else try "money, money, money" for the real estate one?
bostjan
+3
Level 72
Feb 24, 2021
Technically, Forrest Gump said "My momma always said, 'Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.' " The reason I point that out is because of all the Mandela Effect stuff going around about whether it was "is" or "was."
sumokitty
+1
Level 82
Feb 24, 2021
Consider accepting "bomb" (singular) for the Betjeman one?
Historyman0
+1
Level 38
Feb 24, 2021
so that's where it all started, with Friedrich Nietzsche. he was the original Nikolae Carpathia
jmellor13
+4
Level 67
Feb 24, 2021
I think the Dr. King quote is a bit mangled. He said "...they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." I know the quiz says some quotes are paraphrased, but the original quote is so poetically phrased, I think it deserves to be presented verbatim.
pinkysbrain
+3
Level 83
Feb 24, 2021
Never understood the Forrest gump quote ,in Ireland and the UK boxes of chocolates have a picture/written description of each type of chocolate usually printed under the lid. is this not done in USA ?.
jmellor13
+2
Level 67
Feb 25, 2021
The old-fashioned boxes didn't. You'd open the top, and there would be like 20 little chocolates of varying shapes and colors in the box. You couldn't tell until eating what the chocolate would taste like and whether there was anything (nuts, fruit, etc.) inside. They are still popular gifts at Valentine's Day.
TheRockObanga
+1
Level 39
Feb 25, 2021
I still feel like the Forrest Gump one should be Pokémon cards.
Ilovequizzes1993
+2
Level 45
Feb 26, 2021
The actual quote should say, "Life *WAS* like a box of chocolates! Not life is like a box of chocolates! Thanks!
Froststar101
+1
Level 74
Nov 26, 2021
MLK is definitely misquoted here, can you please fix; it is better to be accurately quoted than paraphrased.
Mikipedia
+2
Level 73
May 23, 2022
I've never understood why in English you translate "veni, vidi, vici" as "I came, I saw, I conquered".

Vici is from "vincere", i.e. to win. Shouldn't be better "I came, I saw, I won"?

Cristv8
+1
Level 66
Mar 24, 2024
Although vici can mean "to win", conquer is a more appropriate translation because of context. Caesar used it in a report about his conquests during the civil war, and it would be more appropriate to saw that he "conquered" the enemy then he "won". Conquer implies force and military victory, which was what Caesar was trying to convey.
TurkeyCookTime
+1
Level 76
Mar 28, 2023
I find it strange that you put Forrest Gump (a fictional character) for the box of chocolates quote, yet you didn't put Atticus Finch for the mockingbird quote.
EconomicSnake
+1
Level 67
Mar 22, 2024
Yeah, the quiz is inconsistent in general about whether it puts the author or the character. I'd say it makes more sense to always be the character.
BryceBelhumeur
+1
Level 66
May 1, 2023
Wow this guy idiom sure does make a lot of famous quotes :D))))))))))))))
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