Peace Quotes
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"'Cause it's a Wednesday night, baby, and I'm alive."Source: Girls | Speaker: Hannah Horvath




"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."Source: Misquote | Speaker: Mahatma Gandhi


"And in that moment, I swear we were infinite."Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Author: Stephen Chbosky



"Book 'em, Danno."Source: Hawaii Five-O | Speaker: Steve McGarrett

"Can we all get along?"Source: Press Conference | Speaker: Rodney King



"Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose."Source: Friday Night Lights | Speaker: Coach Eric Taylor


"Does your dog bite?"Source: The Pink Panther Strikes Again | Speaker: Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau


"Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony."Source: Ebony and Ivory | Speaker: Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder

"Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world."Source: 2003 Speech | Speaker: Nelson Mandela

"Everyone keeps saying that. It must be a conspiracy."Source: Jessica Jones | Speaker: Jessica Jones



"Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes. How do you measure, measure a year?"Source: Seasons of Love | Speaker: Cast of Rent


"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here!"Source: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | Speaker: President Merkin Muffley


"Good night, you princes of Maine, you kings of New England."Source: The Cider House Rules | Speaker: Dr. Wilbur Larch

"Goodnight, John Boy."Source: The Waltons | Speaker: The Waltons


"He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich."Source: "Down Under" | Speaker: Men at Work


"Hello, Clarice."Source: The Silence of the Lambs | Speaker: Hannibal Lecter

"Hey, HEY, hey!"Source: What's Happening!! | Speaker: Dwayne Nelson

"Hope is the thing with feathers—That perches in the soul"Source: Hope Is the Thing with Feathers | Author: Emily Dickinson

"How dreary — to be — Somebody!Source: I'm Nobody! Who are you? | Author: Emily Dickinson
How public — like a Frog —"

"How many ears must one man have before he can hear people cry?"Source: Blowin' in the Wind | Speaker: Bob Dylan

"Hurt no living thing."Source: Hurt No Living Thing | Author: Christina Rossetti

"I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly"Source: John 10:10 | Author: Unknown

"I am Groot."Source: Guardians of the Galaxy | Speaker: Groot

"I believe it is peace for our time."Source: Speech outside 10 Downing Street | Speaker: Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain

"I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing."Source: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Author: Mark Twain

"I don't like work—no man does—but I like what is in the work—the chance to find yourself."Source: Heart of Darkness | Author: Joseph Conrad


"I got you, babe."Source: I Got You Babe | Speaker: Sonny Bono and Cher



"I think to myself: what a wonderful world."Source: What a Wonderful World | Speaker: Louis Armstrong

"I would rather be with the people of this town than with the finest people in the world."Source: Roxanne | Speaker: Mayor Deebs

"I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules."Source: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Speaker: Jefferson Smith

"I'm Nobody! Who are you?Source: I'm Nobody! Who are you? | Author: Emily Dickinson
Are you — Nobody — too?"

"I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay, watching the tide roll away."Source: (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay | Speaker: Otis Redding

"I've got no strings to hold me down, to make me fret, or make me frown."Source: I've Got No Strings | Speaker: Pinocchio


"If no one fought except on his own conviction, there would be no wars."Source: War and Peace | Author: Leo Tolstoy

"If the apocalypse comes, beep me."Source: Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Speaker: Buffy Summers

"If you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth."Source: Gandhi | Speaker: Gandhi


"In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart."Source: The Diary of Anne Frank | Author: Anne Frank

"It don't matter if you're black or white."Source: Black or White | Speaker: Michael Jackson


"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."Source: The Godfather: Part II | Speaker: Michael Corleone



"Look for the bare necessities, the simple bare necessities."Source: Bare Necessities | Speaker: Baloo


"Make it work."Source: Project Runway | Speaker: Tim Gunn

"Mankind must put an end to war—or war will put an end to mankind."Source: Address to the UN General Assembly (1961) | Speaker: John F. Kennedy

"Maybe Christmas, perhaps...means a little bit more!"Source: How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Author: Dr. Seuss


"Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast."Source: The Mourning Bride | Author: William Congreve

"Nip it in the bud!"Source: The Andy Griffith Show | Speaker: Barney Fife

"Not that there's anything wrong with that."Source: Seinfeld | Speaker: Jerry Seinfeld

"Nothing's gonna change my world."Source: "Across the Universe" | Author: The Beatles

"Of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most human."Source: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Speaker: James Kirk


"Rollin' on the river"Source: "Proud Mary" | Speaker: John Fogerty


"Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?"Source: Auld Lang Syne | Speaker: Robert Burns


"That'll do pig. That'll do."Source: Babe | Speaker: Farmer Hoggett

"That's all."Source: The Devil Wears Prada | Speaker: Miranda Priestly

"That's when you know you've found somebody really special. When you can just…comfortably share silence."Source: Pulp Fiction | Speaker: Mia Wallace


"The Dude abides."Source: The Big Lebowski | Speaker: Jeff "the Dude" Lebowski


"The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience."Source: Dune | Author: Frank Herbert

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."Source: FDR's Inauguration Speech | Speaker: Franklin Delano Roosevelt


"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."Source: Diggers (The Bromeliad Trilogy) | Author: Terry Pratchett

"The truth is...I am Iron Man."Source: Iron Man | Speaker: Tony Stark

"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls."Source: The Sound of Silence | Speaker: Simon and Garfunkel

"There is a place where the sidewalk ends."Source: Where the Sidewalk Ends | Author: Shel Silverstein


"There was something in the air that night, the stars were bright, Fernando."Source: Fernando | Speaker: ABBA

"There's something in our world that makes men lose their heads—they couldn't be fair if they tried."Source: To Kill a Mockingbird | Author: Harper Lee

"There’s only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you’ve got to be kind."Source: God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater | Author: Kurt Vonnegut

"This is the people's war!"Source: Mrs. Miniver | Speaker: The Vicar




"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."Source: The Soul of Man Under Socialism | Author: Oscar Wilde

"Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is "Ich bin ein Berliner.""Source: Ich bin ein Berliner Speech | Speaker: John F. Kennedy


"Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious."Source: 1984 | Author: George Orwell


"War—huh yeah—what is it good for? Absolutely nothing!"Source: War | Speaker: Edwin Starr

"We are the world."Source: We Are the World | Speaker: Every Famous Singer Ever


"We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year."Source: "Wish You Were Here" | Speaker: Pink Floyd

"We've got a situation."Source: Jersey Shore | Speaker: Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino


"What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding?"Source: "Peace, Love, and Understanding" | Speaker: Elvis Costello

"Whenever you're wrong, admit it Whenever you're right, shut up."Source: A Word to Husbands | Author: Ogden Nash


"Wrapped up like a douche..."Source: Blinded by the Light | Speaker: Manfred Mann


"You can feel it all over. You can feel it all over, people."Source: Sir Duke | Speaker: Stevie Wonder

"You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change."Source: To Kill a Mockingbird | Author: Harper Lee

