13 Bits Of Wisdom From Famous People
![13 Bits Of Wisdom From Famous People](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/7/4/702974.jpg?v=2)
The annals of time are forever littered with totally badass quotes. Terrifying men and women beget words that strike fear in the hearts of others, or inspire individuals to do great things. The usual suspects like Presidents and war heroes and civil right leaders leaders always show up on these lists, and deservedly so. Great orators are great orators for a reason. Rihanna is Rihanna and Shy Ronnie is Shy Ronnie, you know? All the world's a stage and we play different parts or some shit, whatever that old guy who wrote plays said.
But sometimes incredibly ballsy quotes come from the unlikeliest of people. Not necessarily Jimmy down the block—although he does have nuggets of wisdom, go talk to him—but people who you might not expect to give a totally badass quote. You could literally put these on a picture of Teddy Roosevelt, and no one would be able to tell the difference.
![The internet is a toilet. It is. It used to be a fantastic resource - but you have to sort through sh*t to find the good stuff. - Lady Gaga](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/2/1/702521.jpg?v=2)
![Ellen Pompeo (Meredith Grey on Grey's Anatomy) once went up to see Harvey Weinstein in his hotel room. He didn't try anything, but if he had, Pompeo w](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/0/9/702509.jpg?v=2)
![It took a lot of courage to be nonviolent, especially when people had clubs, dogs, handcuffs and all that s*t. Bob Neuwirth, singer/ songwriter, tal](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/3/9/702539.jpg?v=2)
![Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. Nora Ephron Journalist, writer, filmmaker CRACKEDOON](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/3/7/702537.jpg?v=2)
![CRACKEDOON Tom Anderson, creator of Myspace, tweeted: Describingyourselfa as classy and elegant is definite proof you are neither. LITAN libe E AWAR](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/3/2/702532.jpg?v=2)
![CRACKED cO COM YOu have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea. - Victor Hugo, quote from his](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/1/0/702510.jpg?v=2)
![It was Hallowe'en last night and was the only one who didn't have to ress up because I'm already there. Helena Bonham Carter, on her way of dressing](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/0/7/702507.jpg?v=2)
![If you're traveling, you can't be racist. Jamestown You can't be homophobic. BISMARCK FARGO city. TH DAKOTA H PID CITY LANSING ASKA North Wsyne Platt](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/0/5/702505.jpg?v=2)
![If enough grains of sand are dropped into one side of a pair of scales they will, in the end, tip it against a lump of lead. We may feel powerless al](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/0/2/702502.jpg?v=2)
![CRACKEDcO When an interviewer asked Jerry Lewis if he ever thought about retiring, he simply replied, Why?'](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/2/4/702524.jpg?v=2)
![CRACKEDCON Vincent van Gogh: Even if I fall down 99 times, the hundredth time, too, I'll get up!](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/0/6/702506.jpg?v=2)
![CRACKED c COM MR R Don't be a pretentious *ckface. - Anna Kendrick](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/2/3/702523.jpg?v=2)
![Tom Hanks doesn't mind working with people who act like dicks, if it's part of their creative process and not a power play. And if it is a power play?](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/0/8/702508.jpg?v=2)