Эти цитаты достаточно хорошо известны большинству носителей английского языка. Некоторые из них взяты из литературного английского языка (пъесы, книги или поэмы), другие из фильмов, также вы увидите цитаты выдающихся исторических фигур. Все эти афоризмы можно применять в разговоре, частично или полностью. Они настолько известны, что если цитата очень длинная, то цитируется обычно первая её часть, оставшаяся хорошо всем известна. Однажды выучив цитату на английском, вы увидите, что её можно применять во многих различных ситуациях. Знаменитые цитаты часто видоизменяют ради забавы, поскольку все догадаются, где скрыта настоящая цитата, а где изменённая версия. Их также используют в качестве шуток, когда вы употребляете их в неожиданном контексте.
| Цитата | Автор | Язык |
|---|---|---|
| A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. | William Shakespeare | Английский |
| All that glitters is not gold. | William Shakespeare | Английский |
| All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. | William Shakespeare | Английский |
| Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. | John Kennedy | Английский |
| Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find. | the Bible | Греческий |
| Eighty percent of success is showing up. | Woody Allen | Английский |
| Elementary, my dear Watson. | Sherlock Holmes (герой) | Английский |
| For those to whom much is given, much is required. | the Bible | Греческий |
| Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. | Rhett Butler (герой) | Английский |
| Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. | Thomas Edison | Английский |
| Go ahead, make my day. | Harry Callahan (герой) | Английский |
| He travels the fastest who travels alone. | Rudyard Kipling | Английский |
| Hell has no fury like a woman scorned. | William Congreve | Английский |
| Hell is other people. | Jean-Paul Sartre | Французский |
| Here's looking at you, kid. | Rick Blaine (герой) | Английский |
| Houston, we have a problem. | Jim Lovell (герой) | Английский |
| I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. | Martin Luther King | Английский |
| I have always depended on the kindness of strangers. | Blanche Dubois (героиня) | Английский |
| I love the smell of napalm in the morning. | Lt. Kilgore (герой) | Английский |
| I think therefore I am. | Rene Descartes | Французский |
| If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. | W. E. Hickson | Английский |
| If you are going through hell, keep going. | Winston Churchill | Английский |
| If you build it, they will come. | Joe Jackson (герой) | Английский |
| If you want something done right, do it yourself. | Charles-Guillaume Étienne | Французский |
| If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman. | Margaret Thatcher | Английский |
| I'll be back. | Terminator (герой) | Английский |
| I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse. | Vito Corleone (герой) | Английский |
| I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. | Dorothy (героиня) | Английский |
| Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. | Michael Corleone (герой) | Английский |
| Knowledge is power. | Sir Francis Bacon | Латынь |
| Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get. | Forrest Gump (герой) | Английский |
| Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. | Albert Einstein | Английский |
| May the Force be with you. | Star Wars (многие герои) | Английский |
| No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. | Eleanor Roosevelt | Английский |
| Not all those who wander are lost. | J. R. R. Tolkein | Английский |
| Nothing is certain except for death and taxes. | Benjamin Franklin | Английский |
| Parting is such sweet sorrow | William Shakespeare | Английский |
| Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. | John Dalberg-Acton | Английский |
| Speak softly and carry a big stick | Theodore Roosevelt | Английский |
| That’s one small step for a man, a giant leap for mankind. | Neil Armstrong | Английский |
| The love of money is the root of all evil. | the Bible | Греческий |
| The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Английский |
| The truth will set you free. | the Bible | Греческий |
| There's no place like home. | Dorothy (героиня) | Английский |
| Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead. | Benjamin Franklin | Английский |
| Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. | Alfred Lord Tennyson | Английский |
| To be or not to be, that is the question. | William Shakespeare | Английский |
| To err is human; to forgive, divine. | Alexander Pope | Английский |
| To thine own self, be true. | William Shakespeare | Английский |
| Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference. | Robert Frost | Английский |
| United we stand, divided we fall. | Aesop | Греческий |
| What doesn't kill us makes us stronger. | Friedrich Nietzsche | Немецкий |
| What we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach. | Captain (герой) | Английский |
| Whatever you are, be a good one. | Abraham Lincoln | Английский |
| You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. | Abraham Lincoln | Английский |
| You must be the change you wish to see in the world. | Mahatma Gandhi | Английский |
| You talkin' to me? | Bickle (герой) | Английский |