memorable quotes
Lines worth repeating
Memorable quotes are phrases or passages that stick in the mind—lines from speeches, films, books, or public figures that people recall and repeat.
They tend to be pithy, striking, or capture something essential: Kennedy's "Ask not what your country can do for you", movie lines like "Here's looking at you, kid".
Collections of memorable quotes fill books and websites, though attribution is notoriously unreliable.
- inaugural addressLeader's first formal oration
- famous last wordsStatement events soon contradict
- Gettysburg Address1863 battlefield dedication speech
- catchphraseSignature line of words
- one-linersBrief comedic remarks
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