Short Quotes (5 Words)

Getting old ain't for sissies.
Bette Davis, American actress (1908–1989)

The melancholy of everything completed!
Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (1844–1900)

The wine is bottled poetry.
Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist and poet (1850-1894)

Protect the light of consciousness
Elon Musk, businessman and entrepreneur (born 1971)

Die Weltgeschichte ist das Weltgericht.
Friedrich Schiller, German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian (1759–1805)

SSDD Same Shit Different Day
Stephen King, American novelist and writer (born 1947)

Equations are the devil's sentences.
Stephen Colbert, American comedian and writer (born 1964)

Written words can also sing.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan writer (1938–2025)

You have to be someone.
Bob Marley, Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

Enduring power comes from empathy.
Dacher Keltner, American psychologist

All learned, and all drunk!
William Cowper, English poet and hymnodist (1731–1800)

Fiat iustitia et pereat mundus.
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor of the Habsburg dynasty and king of Bohemia, Croatia and Hungary (1503–1564)

Success is dependent on effort.
Sophocles, ancient Greek playwright

I teach Sunday School, motherfucker.
Stephen Colbert, American comedian and writer (born 1964)

Always be true to yourself.
Aaliyah, American R&B singer (1979–2001)