B2+ group #2, 29/06/2025, rec: Quotes
- onlinesprakcafe
- Jun 28
- 1 min read
Why do we use quotes? What is useful about them?
Why do we like to quote famous people?
Why do you think people attribute quotes to famous people who never said it?
Is it more important who said it or what was said?
Are there any quotes that you have memorized? From famous people or from people in your own environment.
Read and comment on these quotes. Choose the ones you like the most and explain why.
A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none.
Marilyn Monroe, American actress (1926-1962)
Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it.
Bruce Lee, Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor (1940-1973)
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
Albert Einstein, German-born theoretical physicist (1879-1955)
Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.
Mark Twain, American writer (1835-1910)
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, American president (1882-1945)
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
Oscar Wilde, Irish writer (1854-1900)
Do not follow where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and make a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer and philosopher (1803-1882)