1,083 quotes found
“People are always coming up to me and saying, 'I heard your dad's speech, and it's really great.' And they'll mention some place I didn't even know my dad was going to.”
“My dad was always interested in characters he didn't understand - he was such a great bad guy in movies. And that is really the thing that calls me to the material often: something I struggle to un...”
“I look for strong people. I don't like people who'll say yes to everything I might bring up. I want people who can argue and disagree and have a point of view that's reflected in the magazine. My d...”
“The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Whe...”
“The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.”
“Sooner and later you will see great changes made, dreadful horrors and vengeances. For as the Moon is thus led by its angel, the heavens draw near to the Balance.”
“It's been a difficult thing because some great opportunities have come and I've just been holding my breath and praying... I'm basically gambling hoping something will come along this season and if...”
“I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.”
“Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype, from Holly Golightly re-inventing herself in 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' to Jay Gatsby in 'The Great Gatsby.' It seems like the sort ...”
“A great man stands on God. A small man stands on a great man.”
“Clever men are impressed in their differences from their fellows. Wise men are conscious of their resemblance to them.”
“The world knows nothing of its greatest men.”
“Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.”
“Great and good are seldom the same man.”
“None think the great unhappy but the great.”
“All great men come out of the middle classes.”
“The great are great only because we are on our knees. Let us rise!”
“Only great men may have great faults.”
“Behind every great man there is a surprised woman.”
“Great men are not always wise.”
