99 Interesting Quotes That Will Change How You See the World

Sketch of Steve Jobs with his quote on remembering death as a reason to follow your heart

From the bitingly insightful quotes of Mark Twain to the poignant aphorisms of Bruce Lee, enjoy a fresh outlook on life with these interesting quotes that will change how you see the world:

Bruce Lee silhouette on yellow with his quote about limits, plateaus and going beyond them

Bruce Lee silhouette on yellow with his quote about limits, plateaus and going beyond them

Louis C.K. quote saying "I'm bored" is a useless thing to say in a vast world

Winnie the Pooh hugging Piglet with a line about being lucky to have something that makes goodbye hard

The Dalai Lama with his quote that kindness is his simple religion

Oscar Wilde portrait with his quip about always forgiving your enemies

Neil deGrasse Tyson among planets with his quote that our atoms came from exploded stars

Two laughing children with Mark Twain's line that laughter is humanity's one effective weapon

Muhammad Ali with his quote about only counting sit-ups once they start hurting

Tyrion Lannister (Game of Thrones) quote: tearing out a man's tongue shows you fear what he might say

Homer Simpson jumping, with a Simpsons line that someone loved you and someone can love you again

Pier between sea and desert with the "Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company" line credited to Mark Twain

Cat in the Hat drawing with Dr. Seuss's lines on steering yourself in any direction you choose

Tina Fey with her quote that you can tell how smart people are by what they laugh at

Lab flasks with Neil deGrasse Tyson's line that science is true whether or not you believe in it

Albert Einstein portrait with his line that life is like riding a bicycle: keep moving to keep balance

Mountain landscape with an unattributed line on making yourself interesting, since you spend most time with yourself

Robert Downey Jr. sketch with a profane quip about listening, smiling, agreeing, then doing what you planned

Gardener drawing with a line credited to Robert Louis Stevenson: judge each day by the seeds you plant

Child hugging a tree with the "best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago" line, labelled a Chinese proverb

Tall ship at sea with the "teach them to yearn for the sea" line credited to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Walker in a field with Louis C.K.'s reassurance that feeling lost at 25 is part of your path

Feet under a duvet with an unattributed line: people aren't against you, they are for themselves

Empty road with an unattributed line on the risk of postponing what you want to do until later

Seated man in shadow with the Lao Tzu line that conquering yourself is mightier than conquering others

Tugboat in harbour with John A. Shedd's line that a ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are for

Noam Chomsky with his quip that a Martian observer would be amazed humanity has survived this long

Kitten sleeping on a bloodhound with an unattributed line: no one really knows what they are doing

Cartoon Carl Sagan with his quote on skeptical scrutiny separating deep thoughts from deep nonsense

Oscar Wilde photo with his line about the two tragedies: not getting what you want, and getting it

Scales of justice with an unattributed line: people judge you by your actions, not your intentions

Green planet in space with Howard Thurman's quote: ask what makes you come alive and do that

Children silhouetted under palms with Charles Eisenstein's quote that school and life should be loved

Stephen Jay Gould's quote on talented people who lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops

Forest path with Neil deGrasse Tyson's two philosophies: learn more each day and lessen others' suffering

Concert crowd with an unattributed line on caring what others think at 20, 40 and 60

Word-art portrait of Winston Churchill with the "You have enemies? Good" line credited to him

Dark texture with the line credited to Michelangelo about seeing a statue in every block of marble

Albert Einstein with a line that the world is dangerous because of people who do nothing about evil

Cat lying on tiles with an unattributed line advising writers to avoid the lazy word "very"

Ant pushing a water droplet with an unattributed line: you sacrifice a day of your life for what you do today

Crowd with raised arms and the line credited to Mark Twain that anger is an acid harming its vessel

Mike Dooley on a New York street with his quote that happy and sad feelings both seem permanent

Street protest with Albert Einstein's line that great spirits meet violent opposition from mediocre minds

George Carlin with his joke that you have to be asleep to believe the American Dream

Floating tree with the unattributed line: a society grows great when old men plant trees for others' shade

Light bulbs with Mahatma Gandhi's line that an ounce of practice is worth tons of preaching

Guitar on a wall with Tony Robbins quote: if you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten

Couple and a paper heart with an unattributed line: everyone you meet fears, loves and has lost something

Marble bust of Marcus Aurelius with the "live a good life" passage about gods credited to him

Meditating silhouette with an unattributed saying: meditate 20 minutes a day, or an hour if too busy

Tetris blocks with an unattributed joke: errors pile up and accomplishments disappear

Mike Tyson with his line that everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth

Marissa Mayer speaking, with her quote that you can have the things that really matter to you

Abraham Lincoln portrait with the line credited to him that folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be

Woman in a suit with Timothy Leary's quip that women who seek equality with men lack ambition

Notebook page with "Write drunk. Edit sober." credited to Ernest Hemingway

Empty classroom with the proverb that asking makes you a fool for a minute, not asking a fool forever

Railway tracks with an unattributed line on how changing perspective makes worries smaller

Bronze sculpture of two figures with Jean-Paul Sartre's line that commitment is an act, not a word

Running track with an unattributed line: if the path before you is clear, it's probably someone else's

Hunter S. Thompson with his quote on a closed society where the only crime is getting caught

Steve Jobs with his 2005 Stanford advice not to live someone else's life and to follow your intuition

Bird over the sea with Salvador Dalí's line that intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings

Kanye West with his quote refusing other people's one-size-fits-all ideas of happiness

Couple at dusk with the hot-cinder joke about relativity credited to Albert Einstein

Figure under water with Pablo Picasso's line: only put off what you are willing to die leaving undone

Concert crowd with Charles Bukowski's line that some people never go crazy and live horrible lives

Rainy street with Banksy's line that the greatest crimes are committed by people following orders

Rose-tinted sunglasses with the line credited to Anaïs Nin: we see things as we are, not as they are

Doorway to a sunny beach with Banksy's line about people who want to make the world a better place

Noam Chomsky with his quote on pressure to make people feel helpless, able only to ratify and consume

Noam Chomsky with his quote that the US has essentially one business party with two factions

Bruce Lee illustration with his line on daily decrease: hack away at the unessential

Henry Ford portrait with the "faster horses" line credited to him

Walker on a beach with Carl Sagan's line that some geniuses were laughed at, but so was Bozo the Clown

Scribble portrait of Mahatma Gandhi with his line that anger and intolerance block correct understanding

Pointing finger with F. Scott Fitzgerald's Gatsby line about remembering others' lack of advantages

Young Steve Jobs holding an apple, with his quote on focus and simplicity moving mountains

Person leaping on a hill with Chuck Palahniuk's line: find joy in what you choose, love it or change it

Charles Bukowski drawing with the line "Find what you love and let it kill you" credited to him

Pocket watch in water with the line on the value of a moment credited to Dr. Seuss

Penguins on an iceberg with the "we cannot eat money" warning labelled a Native American proverb

Mark Twain photo with the "two most important days in your life" line credited to him

Couple on a bench with a line credited to C.S. Lewis: day by day nothing changes, then everything has

Man slumped in a chair with Albert Camus's line on being so free that your existence is rebellion

Chuck Palahniuk with his profane line that happiness is the best revenge

Clouds with an unattributed line: you die twice, the second time when your name is said for the last time

Chuck Palahniuk portrait with his quote that he is the combined effort of everyone he has known

Bill Hicks with his joke on caffeine and alcohol as the two drugs Western society tolerates

Shouting boy with an unattributed line: you are punished not for your anger but by it

Hand on a mouse with Jeff Hammerbacher's quote on the best minds working on ad clicks

Dark wood with the line "It is never too late to be what you might have been" credited to George Eliot

Fluffy puppy with Bill Burr's profane joke on appreciating how awesome a dog is as an adult

Bill Nye pitching at a baseball game with his line that everyone you meet knows something you don't

Bob Marley stencil with the line credited to him about finding people worth suffering for

Feet above a road with the line "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known" credited to Carl Sagan

Hands on jail bars with Charles Bukowski's line that a jail sentence shows who your friends are

Steve Jobs portrait with Apple's "Here's to the crazy ones" Think Different text

Source: All That Is Interesting

Attribution notes: several famous names on these cards do not hold up.

(Correction: the "live a good life" passage credited to Marcus Aurelius is not in his writings; no printed source exists before 2009 (Source).)
(Correction: the "value of a moment" line is not by Dr. Seuss; it echoes Georges Duhamel's The Heart's Domain (1919) (Source).)
(Correction: no evidence shows Henry Ford said the "faster horses" line; it surfaced decades after his death (Source).)
(Correction: "Here's to the crazy ones" is Apple's 1997 Think Different advertising copy, written by agency creatives Rob Siltanen and Ken Segall, not by Steve Jobs alone (Source).)

Compare two lines that disagree

Choose two quotations that point in different directions and ask when each might be useful. The tension can produce a richer conversation than simply collecting agreeable phrases. If you plan to reuse a line with an author's name, check an identifiable original source first.

Give the saying a situation

A broad line can seem persuasive because the reader supplies a favorable example. Try choosing an actual, modest decision and asking how the saying would apply. What would it encourage, and what might it overlook?

That exercise does not require dismissing the quotation. It gives it a more useful role than serving as an answer to every problem. Several famous attributions in the gallery are doubtful, as the notes above show, so check a line before quoting it under a famous name. A short phrase can begin a thoughtful conversation while remaining open to context, disagreement and a different experience from the person beside you.

A disagreement can make a quotation more useful

A quote gallery need not lead every reader to the same conclusion. Two persuasive lines may point in opposite directions because they answer different situations. Giving each one a concrete setting reveals what it illuminates and what it overlooks, while a reliable attribution remains important regardless of whether the wording feels wise.

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