Quiz quotes from famous persons – Who said it?

Photo. Famous quotes quiz - for fun, wisdom and inspiration. 

These quotes are mostly from persons within rock music, sport and travel. Some of them are my favourite quotes. 

Say what you want about comments from rock stars, soccer players and explorers. Whether you think they are right or wrong, their thoughts and opinions are sometimes fascinating, funny, and brutally true. Some have even grown to be timeless quotes. 

Some quotes that really made history come here. See if you can guess who said it.

1. “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”

2. “When people show you who they are, believe them.”

3. “I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream.”

4. "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

5. Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.

6. I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend.

7. After the band`s was reunited for a charity concert one of the band members said: "It was like sleeping with your ex-wife".

8. But I it doesn't matter who scores the goals so long as we win.

9. “Some people think football [soccer] is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.”

10. “The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.” – Pelé

11. Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.

12. “When it comes to luck, you make your own.”

13. “If you can't support us when we lose or draw, don't support us when we win”.

14. “We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity."

15. “Music is like a psychiatrist. You can tell your guitar things that you can't tell people. And it will answer you with things people can't tell you.”

16. I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.

17. Our most important baggage on our journeys is wisdom!

18. "... I had ambition not only to go farther than anyone had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go ..."

19. "I Keep Six Honest Serving Men ...":  

• I keep six honest serving-men

• They taught me all I knew

• Their names are What and Why and When

• And How and Where and Who.

20. In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds.

21. “Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.”

Which of these quotes is going to be your life motto from now on?

Hope you enjoyed this quotes quiz. If you achieved more that 80 % correct answer, it means that you are quite updated about quotes from famous persons. 

Stein Morten Lund
Moss, Norway
July 2023
- Travel adventurer and rock`n roller