Who is the most quoted man in the world?

I am grateful to have recently hosted the most quoted man alive, Steve Maraboli, as a guest. Steve is a global keynote speaker, best-selling author, behavioral scientist, and has been quoted in over three thousand books! Dozens of people have even uploaded tattoos of his quotes.
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Who is the most quoted man of all time?

Oscar Wilde named most quotable figure in the English language.
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Who is the most quoted author?

The most quoted authors were found by looking at the data on Goodreads of the most liked quotes. Jane Austen: Most famous for her work Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen is the most quoted author on Goodreads. William Shakespeare: It's not hard to see why Shakespeare is number two on Goodreads for most quoted author.
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Who is the 1st most quoted writer in the English language?

Shakespeare is the most quoted writer in the history of the English-speaking world after the various writers of the Bible; many of his quotations and neologisms have passed into everyday usage in English and other languages.
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Who is the second most quoted writer in the world?

After Shakespeare, Pope is the second-most quoted author in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, some of his verses having entered common parlance (e.g. "damning with faint praise" or "to err is human; to forgive, divine").
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Who is the second most quoted writer of all time?

According to the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Shakespeare wrote close to a 1/10 of the most quoted lines ever written or spoken in English. What's more, according to the Literary Encyclopaedia, Shakespeare is the second most quoted English writer after the writers of the Bible.
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Who most famous quotes?

Quotes by Famous People
  • The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. - ...
  • The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. - ...
  • Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. ...
  • If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor. -
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What is the most quoted book in the world?

Jesus quoted from Deuteronomy more than any other book in the Hebrew Bible. As you read through Deuteronomy, it is easy to see why.
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What is the most famous line in history?

10 most famous quotes of all time
  • "I have a dream." ...
  • "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - ...
  • "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." - ...
  • "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." -
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Who is Rich Man quote?

Rich Man Quotes
  • A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money. ...
  • I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. ...
  • If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.
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What are famous quotes men?

Men Quotes
  • Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. ...
  • The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. ...
  • A gentleman is simply a patient wolf. ...
  • The less men think, the more they talk. ...
  • It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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What's the most stolen book?

The Bible. Apparently, thieves missed the "Thou shalt not steal" part of the Ten Commandments. According to experts, the Bible is the most commonly stolen book. The Holy Bible is available for free at many places of worship, so perhaps there's less guilt associated with pilfering a copy.
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What Bible did Jesus use?

He would have been familiar with a popular Greek translation of Hebrew Scripture commonly known as the Septuagint, which had already been around for a long time, as well as other Greek and even some Aramaic translations.
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Who is the most written about human being?

For almost thirty years, Muhammad Ali has held the Guinness World Record as the most written-about person in history. Although John Lennon once claimed that the Beatles had become bigger than Jesus, Ali is the one who really deserves such distinction, at least in a literary sense.
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Who failed 1000 Times quote?

Edison Quote: “I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered there are 1000 ways that can cause failure.” Thomas A. Edison Quote: “I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered there are 1000 ways that can cause failure.”
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What are some 3 word quotes?

110 Memorable Three-Word Quotes That Are Short And Sweet
  • “I'll be there.”
  • “I love you.”
  • “Maybe you're right.”
  • “I trust you.”
  • “Go for it.”
  • “Got your back.”
  • “How are you?”
  • “I want you.”
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What is the number 1 movie quote?

A jury consisting of 1,500 film artists, critics, and historians selected "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn", spoken by Clark Gable as Rhett Butler in the 1939 American Civil War epic Gone with the Wind, as the most memorable American movie quotation of all time.
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What makes a man a real man quotes?

Real Man Quotes
  • The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. ...
  • Everybody is responsible for their own actions. ...
  • In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play. ...
  • A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life.
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Who are the best people quotes?

Famous Quotes About Good People
  • "It takes a great man to be a good listener." ...
  • "Try not to become a man of success. ...
  • "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." ...
  • "A winner is a dreamer who never gives up." ...
  • "Good conversations with right people are priceless." ...
  • "He who stops being better stops being good."
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Who made the American Dream quote?

Understanding the American Dream

The term was coined by writer and historian James Truslow Adams in his best-selling 1931 book Epic of America. 1 He described it as "that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement."
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Who has written the most in history?

According to Guinness World Records, L. Ron Hubbard is the most prolific writer of all time. In addition to founding the controversial religion Scientology, the sci-fi author published 1084 works between 1934 and 2006. Of those works, more than 250 were fiction.
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Who wrote more than 500 books?

Isaac Asimov wrote almost 500 books in his lifetime—these are the six ways he did it. A “Foundation” of modern science fiction.
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Who is the best-selling author in history?

According to a commemorative study recently commissioned by Harper Collins and completed by an independent research group, Agatha Christie's novels have sold more than one billion copies in the English language and another billion internationally. She is history's best-selling novelist.
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What was the most valuable thing ever stolen?

The largest art theft in world history occurred in Boston on March 18, 1990 when thieves stole 13 pieces, collectively worth $500 million, from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Among the pieces stolen was Landscape with an Obelisk, which had been attributed to Rembrandt.
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