Twenty Thousand Leagues

Famous quotes containing the words twenty thousand, twenty, thousand and/or leagues:

“Mily: You must remember me!?
Tadeusz: I never remember pretty women. It’s so expensive.
My friend, after twenty thousand years murder is still a business that’s mainly in the hands of amateurs.”
—Orson Welles (1915–1985)

“There’s not one wise man among twenty that will praise himself.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Man was born to live with his fellow human beings. Separate him, isolate him, his character will go bad, a thousand ridiculous affects will invade his heart, extravagant thoughts will germinate in his brain, like thorns in an uncultivated land.”
—Denis Diderot (1713–1784)

“Good news about someone never gets past the door, but bad news will travel a thousand leagues away.”
—Chinese proverb.