Aaliyah (Musician, 1979—2001) - 28 quotes
Bhumibol Adulyadej (Statesman, 1927) - 17 quotes
Stephen Ambrose (Historian, 1936—2002) - 50 quotes
Jane Austen (Writer, 1775—1817) - 73 quotes
John Abizaid (Soldier, 1951) - 27 quotes
Anaxagoras (Philosopher) - 5 quotes
Berenice Abbott (Photographer, 1898—1991) - 8 quotes
Douglas Adams (Writer, 1952—2001) - 36 quotes
Abigail Adams (First Lady, 1744—1818) - 13 quotes
Carl D. Anderson (Scientist, 1905—1991) - 3 quotes
Aaron Allston (Novelist) - 19 quotes
Avi Arad (Businessman) - 14 quotes
Arthur Alexander (Musician, 1940—1993) - 1 quotes
Aharon Appelfeld (Novelist, 1932) - 3 quotes
Alexis Arguello (Athlete, 1952) - 27 quotes
Ansel Adams (Photographer, 1902—1984) - 34 quotes
Aristophanes (Poet) - 20 quotes
B. R. Ambedkar (Politician, 1891—1956) - 21 quotes
Barbara Amiel (Journalist, 1940) - 25 quotes
Carlos Drummond de Andrade (Poet, 1902—1987) - 1 quotes
Al Alvarez (Poet, 1929) - 12 quotes
Anne Archer (Actress, 1947) - 2 quotes
Saint Aurelius Augustine - 16 quotes
A. R. Ammons (Poet) - 26 quotes
Abu Abbas (Politician, 1948—2004) - 2 quotes
Adam Ant (Musician, 1954) - 6 quotes
Adam Arkin (Actor, 1956) - 19 quotes
Adolf Anderssen (Celebrity, 1818—1879) - 1 quotes
Aeschines (Statesman) - 2 quotes
Aeschylus (Poet) - 103 quotes
Aesop (Author) - 50 quotes
Agathon (Poet) - 1 quotes
Agha Hasan Abedi (Businessman, 1922) - 1 quotes
Ahmed Ali - 3 quotes
Akhenaton (Statesman) - 10 quotes
Akihito (Statesman, 1933) - 2 quotes
Alain-Fournier (1886—1914) - 1 quotes
Alan Alda (Actor, 1936) - 30 quotes
Alan Arkin (Actor, 1934) - 2 quotes
Alan Autry (Actor, 1952) - 24 quotes
Alan Ayckbourn (Playwright, 1939) - 2 quotes
Alcaeus (Poet) - 4 quotes
Alcuin (Clergyman) - 3 quotes
Aldrich Ames (Criminal, 1941) - 38 quotes
Alejandro Amenabar (Director, 1972) - 7 quotes
Alexander Alekhine (Celebrity, 1892—1946) - 10 quotes
Alfred Adler (Psychologist, 1870—1937) - 34 quotes
Alfred Austin (Poet, 1835) - 6 quotes
Alphonse Allais (Writer, 1854—1905) - 2 quotes
Alvar Aalto (Architect, 1898—1976) - 5 quotes

Alvin Adams (Businessman, 1804—1877) - 7 quotes
Alvin Ailey (Dancer, 1931—1989) - 21 quotes
Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud (Businessman, 1955) - 4 quotes
Ama Ata Aidoo (Author, 1942) - 4 quotes
Amos Bronson Alcott (Educator, 1799—1888) - 23 quotes
Amy Alcott (Athlete, 1956) - 4 quotes
Anacharsis (Philosopher) - 5 quotes
Anacreon (Poet) - 2 quotes
Anastacia (Musician, 1973) - 3 quotes
Andre Agassi (Athlete, 1970) - 27 quotes
Anna Akhmatova (Poet, 1889—1966) - 5 quotes
Anouk Aimee (Actress, 1932) - 3 quotes
Anthony Anderson (Actor, 1970) - 31 quotes
Antiphanes (Writer) - 4 quotes
Antisthenes (Philosopher) - 8 quotes
Antoine Arnauld (Theologian) - 1 quotes
Antonin Artaud (Dramatist, 1896—1948) - 13 quotes
Archibald Alexander (Clergyman) - 10 quotes
Archilochus (Poet) - 3 quotes
Archimedes (Mathematician) - 2 quotes
Aristotle (Philosopher) - 144 quotes
Armand Assante (Actor, 1949) - 18 quotes
Arrian (Historian) - 3 quotes
Arthur Adamov (Playwright, 1908—1970) - 4 quotes
Arthur Ashe (Athlete, 1943—1993) - 30 quotes
Asia Argento (Actress, 1975) - 3 quotes
Athenaeus (Author) - 2 quotes
Augustus (Royalty) - 3 quotes
Aurelius August - 1 quotes
Ausonius (Poet) - 5 quotes
Avicenna (Philosopher) - 6 quotes
Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Politician, 1969) - 9 quotes
Barbara de Angelis (Writer) - 24 quotes
Bashar al-Assad (Statesman, 1965) - 33 quotes
Bea Arthur (Actress, 1923) - 15 quotes
Bella Abzug (Lawyer, 1920—1998) - 6 quotes
Ben Affleck (Actor, 1972) - 8 quotes
Ben Joseph Akiba (Clergyman) - 1 quotes
Benny Anderson - 4 quotes
Berthold Auerbach (Author, 1812—1882) - 4 quotes
Beth Anderson (Composer) - 2 quotes
Bettina Arndt - 1 quotes
Bill Alexander (Politician, 1934) - 6 quotes
Bille August (Director, 1948) - 11 quotes
Billie Joe Armstrong (Musician, 1972) - 32 quotes
Bob Anderson - 5 quotes
Brady Anderson (Athlete, 1964) - 4 quotes
Brian Aldiss (Writer, 1925) - 9 quotes
Brody Armstrong (Musician, 1979) - 10 quotes
Brooks Adams (Historian, 1848—1927) - 3 quotes