Celebrity Words of Wisdom Trivia Quiz

Answer: "No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind."

Although best known for her music, Swift has actively engaged in charitable and philanthropic work, which has included making large donations to disaster relief and performing at charity relief events. Additionally, she has visited fans in hospitals and provided them with holiday gifts.

The quoted statement appears on many websites, although I was unable to track down a specific source for it. However, considering her reputation for kindness, it seems in character that she would be quoted as encouraging goodness to other people. The quote about never achieving perfection is attributed to Salvador Dali; the quote about the death of God is of course from nineteenth century philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche; while the quote about happiness comes from eighteenth century Enlightenment thinker Immanuel Kant.

Answer: Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford's role as Han Solo in "Star Wars" was a huge break for the actor that allowed him to launch a phenomenally successful acting career. Despite this, and his willingness to return for several sequels, he never disguised his disdain for the franchise.

In one interview, he said of the Han Solo character, "He's certainly a much less interesting character than Indiana Jones," adding that, "He's dumb as a stump." Although Mark Hamill was the nominal star of the "Star Wars" franchise, his acting career never reached anything like the success of Ford's. Alec Guinness was a veteran actor with a long and successful career before playing the character Obi-Wan Kenobi. James Earl Jones, who voiced the character of Darth Vader, also had a successful voice acting career long before appearing in the "Star Wars" franchise.

Answer: "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."

Mae West began acting professionally at the age of 14 and her career spanned seven decades. She was noted for being sexually provocative and included extremely risqué lines in the scripts, which were frequently subjected to censorship. She certainly knew how to live.

The quote about annoying your enemies by forgiving them is by Oscar Wilde, who was noted for his witticisms. That comparing the talk of wise versus foolish men is by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, while that about standing on the shoulders of giants is by Isaac Newton.

Answer: "Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him."

Marilyn Monroe, despite being one of the most glamorous women of her age, had a very troubled love life and none of her three marriages were long lasting. Her second marriage, to baseball giant Joe DiMaggio, lasted about a year, and that to playwright Arthur Miller just over four years. Whether her quote about marriage reflects her own experience or was a more general observation is unclear.

The quote about both men and women being disappointed by marriage is by Oscar Wilde, who may have been speaking from personal experience as his own marriage to Constance Lloyd proved rather rocky. The quote wondering about whether men and women suit each other is by Katharine Hepburn, whose only marriage, to Ludlow Ogden Smith, ended in divorce, after which she decided not to remarry. The quip about marriage being an institution is by Mae West, whose 32-year marriage to Frank Wallace she managed to keep secret for at least 18 years.

Answer: "We need fantasy to survive reality."

Lady Gaga, real name Stefani Germanotta, has certainly excelled in producing fantasy through her highly imaginative music videos, stage shows, and wacky costumes, such as the infamous meat dress that she wore to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, and which was named by "Time" magazine as the Fashion Statement of the year.

The statement about finding freedom in eccentricity was by David Bowie, who was a major artistic influence on Lady Gaga. The statement about nonsense being relished by wise men is a quote from the movie "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," which originally derived from Roald Dahl's novel "Charlie and the Glass Elevator." The quote about shining like the sun was by Adolf Hitler, who was hopefully not one of Lady Gaga's influences.

Answer: "I see atheists are fighting and killing each other again, over who doesn't believe in any God the most. Oh, no... wait... that never happens."

Ricky Gervais, who is best known for co-creating, writing, and acting in the British television sitcom "The Office," is an outspoken atheist and a patron of Humanists UK, a British charity that promotes the humanist worldview and campaigns for a secular state and on human rights issues.

The quote about never knowing whether something is just a trick of the devil is by French dramatist Jean Anouilh, best known for his 1944 play Antigone. The statement about feeling a blessing from God every day is attributed to the musician Prince.

The quote about inventing God if he did not exist is famously attributed to Voltaire, the French Enlightenment philosopher.

Answer: "If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they do."

Regarded as one of the world's most glamorous actresses, early in her career, Angelina Jolie had a reputation for outspokenness and being a "wild child". In later years, she garnered praise for her involvement in humanitarian causes. She is noted, among many other things, for her many tattoos, including one of the enigmatic Latin proverb, "Quod me nutrit, me destruit," translated as "what nourishes me, destroys me." The statement about living life the way I want is attributed to guitar legend Jimi Hendrix.

The quote about not wanting to be there when death happens is by absurdist funny man, Woody Allen. The assertion about a reason for living being a reason for dying is by French existentialist Albert Camus.

Answer: "If you're going to do something wrong, do it big, because the punishment is the same either way."

Jayne Mansfield was a major Hollywood sex symbol during the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as being an early "Playboy" Playmate. She seemed to know a great deal about doing something wrong in a big way, especially when it came to exposing her ample bosom.

Although her stunts did gain her a great deal of publicity, this often backfired as her notoriety eventually damaged her reputation. The quote about making one of your two faces pretty is from Marilyn Monroe, with whom Mansfield had an ongoing rivalry and, like whom, she had a tragic and premature death.

The quote about being famous before people knew it is by Lady Gaga, also known for outrageous publicity stunts, while that about soaring high and appearing small to others was by Friedrich Nietzsche who was never a sex symbol but could still be quite outrageous in his own way.

Answer: Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp is an extraordinarily successful A-list actor yet has also indicated that he prefers to choose roles that he finds interesting rather than because he thinks they will be commercially successful. He has played some very unusual characters, such as Edward Scissorhands in the film of the same name, the Mad Hatter in "Alice in Wonderland," and Willy Wonka in Tim Burton's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." Depp has been romantically linked to many glamorous women, such as Kate Moss and Vanessa Paradis, and has admitted to a history of substance abuse starting from the age of 11. Gene Wilder was an acclaimed actor, who like, Depp, played a version of Willy Wonka (personally, I prefer Wilder's version to Depp's). Keanu Reeves and Woody Allen have each played some unusual roles, but neither is particularly noted for drug abuse.

Answer: "Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery."

Spike Milligan's career spanned decades and he appeared on radio, TV, and movies, as well as writing many books. He also suffered from severe bipolar disorder and had several serious mental breakdowns. Despite these problems, he retained an ability to joke about the tragic side of life, and his epitaph includes the Irish phrase "Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite," which means "I told you I was ill".

The quote about not being able to remember the saying about forgetting history is by comedian Stephen Colbert. That about half the lies they tell being untrue is by baseballer Yogi Berra. That about needing to choose wisely between hopelessness and extinction is by Woody Allen.