The best Quotes by Walt Whitman

The best Quotes by Walt Whitman

Walter Whitman Jr. (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.

There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance.

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Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

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Sun Shadows Positive Quotes

The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people.

If you done it, it ain't bragging.

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Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

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This is why you never go to New Jersey!

Donatello-TMNT in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The results of a new study are out this week saying that New Jersey is one of the most livable states in the country. The study has a margin of error of 100 percent.

Conan O'Brien

Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse, we gotta go to Jersey.

Hulk in What If…? - Season 1 Episode 4

I feel like if you're in Jersey, you have to be a Jersey Devils fan. Anybody born within the confines of the border of the state of New Jersey, I feel, should be a Jersey Devils fan.

Kevin Smith

The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves. It's very romantic in that way, but a bit naive. I like to play with that in my work.

Harlan Coben

Los Angeles traffic is just the worst thing in the world. It throws off timing so much. However, it's always warm and sunny. New Jersey has absolutely terrible weather, but the environment is really homey and chill.

Christina Grimmie

Los Angeles New Jersey

You're asking me if I have any gum? That's like asking New Jersey if it has any sl-ts!

Max Black in 2 Broke Girls - Season 1 Episode 21

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to New Jersey - and that's pretty much the same thing.

Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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Power Revolution

If citizens followed their leaders' example throughout history, the human race would have died out centuries ago.

Heather Brewer in Vladimir Tod - Ninth Grade Slays

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Revolution History

Until they became conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.

George Orwell in 1984

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Hope is like the sun. If you only believe in it when you can see it, you'll never make it through the night.

Leia Organa in Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi

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Whoever said happines comes with sunshine, has never danced in the rain!

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Happiness Dancing Sun Rain

Eternal sunshine creates deserts.

Arabian Saying

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Don't depend too much on anyone in this world, because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.

Ibn Taymiyyah

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Shadow and light are two sides of the same coin, one cannot exist without the other.

The Legend of Zelda in The Legend of Zelda - Twilight Princess

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Shadows cannot see themselves in the mirror of the sun.

Evita Peron

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Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.

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Life Optimism Dancing Rain Positive Quotes

Nothing's gonna save our lifes, so... we're breathing borrowed air.

Will Newman in Five Feet Apart

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Positive Quotes

I think the thing to do is enjoy the ride while you're on it.

Johnny Depp

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Moments Positive Quotes

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don’t care for human beings.

Nelson Mandela

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This is America. Anyone can eat what they want, as long as they eat too much.

Homer Simpson in The Simpsons - Season 24 Episode 5

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Thomas Jefferson in Declaration of Independence

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Human Rights USA Famous Quotes Independence Day

Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.

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Bragging Foolishness

Our fingerprints don't fade from the lifes of those we touch.

Remember Me

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Soul Friendship Relationships

You can exist without your soul, you know, as long as your brain and heart are still working. But you’ll have no sense of self anymore, no memory, no... anything. There's no chance at all of recovery. You'll just exist. As an empty shell.

Remus Lupin in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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Some people carry a big bonfire in their souls, without having anyone to enjoy it.

Vincent van Gogh

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Soul Solitude & Loneliness

Lies are comforting. Truth is painful.

Rebecca Yarros in The Empyrean - Fourth Wing

Truth never wins, but its enemies cease to exist.

Plato is my friend; Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.

Isaac Newton

Aristotle Plato Truth Philosophy

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

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