English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Anton Chekhov Quotes

The past,' he thought, 'is linked with the present by an unbroken chain of events flowing one out of another.' And it seemed to him that he had just seen both ends of that chain; that when he touched one end the other quivered.

Anton Chekhov

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Robert Smith Surtees quote: "Better be killed than frightened to death."
Better be killed than frightened to death. Robert Smith Surtees
There are so many things to be tortured about, sweet pea. So many torturous things in this life. Don't let the man who doesn't love you be one of them. Cheryl Strayed
Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied... That's why they can keep on working. I've been able to work for so long because I think next time, I'll make something good. Akira Kurosawa
One can spend too much of one's life locked in stuffy rooms seeking out obscure truths, searching, researching, until one is too old to enjoy life. Jimmy Sangster
Samantha Bee quote: "It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save..."
It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life. Samantha Bee
David Hilbert quote: "We must know. We will know."
We must know. We will know. David Hilbert
Joan Didion quote: "I don't know what I think until I write it down."
I don't know what I think until I write it down. Joan Didion
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "Avoiding Germans, they were delivering themselves into rural..."
Avoiding Germans, they were delivering themselves into rural silences ever more profound. They ate snow. Kurt Vonnegut
Harry Seidler quote: "It doesn't worry me that people have criticised the building."
It doesn't worry me that people have criticised the building. Harry Seidler
Hesiod quote: "A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great..."
A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage. Hesiod
Edgar Allan Poe quote: "I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its..."
I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror. Edgar Allan Poe
I never danced a step in my life so naturally. My first motion picture was a musical, and Bob Fosse was the choreographer. I didn't exactly dance for Fosse, I just did the best that I could to do what he taught us to do. Dick York
All the people in Star Trek will always be known as those characters. And what characters to have attached to your name in life! The show is such a phenomenon all over the world. Nichelle Nichols
Dick Wolf quote: "I do love television. But the business is accelerating and..."
I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail. Dick Wolf
We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of assuring our future if we remember who our friends are. Henry A. Kissinger