“I understood then why it is that Paris attracts the tortured, the hallucinated, the great maniacs of love.” — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
Joe Jackson is a great man. The problem that people have with my father is that he tells it like it is.… — Tito Jackson Copy Share Image
“Wellington once told a junior officer that timing was everything in life, and who was Hugo to disagree with the victor of… — Jeffrey Archer Copy Share Image
There never was a great truth but it was reverenced; never a great institution, nor a great man, that did not, sooner… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
If you have a great many desires, you will gradually eliminate them one by one, until you allow certain desires to dominate… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“There are a great many aspects to feline life, but the three most important - the Holy Trinity, if you will -… — Jem Vanston Copy Share Image
Ridley Scott is a cinematic master and a great man. It was a real honour working with him on 'Prometheus.' — Benedict Wong Copy Share Image
I would gladly say 'Heil Hitler!' and at once part company with him, realizing what a pitiable insult it is to such… — William Joyce Copy Share Image
We should find ourselves committed to killing a great many people whom we now leave living, and to leave living a great… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Among a great many other things that chess teaches you is to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
“Although this table contains a great many elements, from the element oxygen, which is found in the air, to the element aluminum,… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“Oliver has long since grown stout and healthy; but health or sickness made no difference in his warm feelings to those about… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what makes a great manager: A great manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than… — Reggie Jackson Copy Share Image
Here is a truism about the psychology of politicians: there is almost nothing so soul-definingly traumatic for them as losing an election.… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
...the case for individual freedom rests largely on the recognition of the inevitable and universal ignorance of all of us concerning a… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
“What would you have me do? Seek for the patronage of some great man, And like a creeping vine on a tall… — Edmond Rostand Copy Share Image
The defect in wisdom and taste which exists among the majority of dancers is due to the bad education which they generally… — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
“There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter were… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
Only a great man, believe me, and one whose excellence rises far above human failings, will not allow anything to be stolen… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
“He thirsted for this resurrection and renewal. The vile bog he had gotten stuck in of his own free will burdened him… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“In the opinion of this researcher, a great many of the people who have researched the Carrie White matter - either for… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
This leads to a question - if a great many people are for a certain project, is it necessarily right? If the… — Frances Perkins Copy Share Image
“The trick is to learn to believe that it's a disconnected world, a lunatic world, where what is true now was not… — Sloan Wilson Copy Share Image
When a great man has some one object in view to be achieved in a given time, it may be absolutely necessary… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Love can make up for a great many things that are missing in your life. But, if you dont have love, no… — Strawberry Copy Share Image
Obama is a great man who's just beginning to understand the realities. And I'm not just saying that because he reads my… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
A great many complimentary things have been said about the faculty of memory, and if you look in a good quotation book… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
There are big men, men of intellect, intellectual men, men of talent and men of action; but the great man is difficult… — Margot Asquith Copy Share Image
“Behind every great man is a great woman' but in front of every great man should be a spectacular woman” — josh stern Copy Share Image
“My species has a great many good reasons for making war, though none of them is as good as the reason for… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
The Jews don't like Farrakhan, so they call me Hitler. Well, that's a good name. Hitler was a very great man. — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
To deny that human beings are filled with anti-social passions betrays a denial of reality and a lack of self-awareness. One has… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
“Being called "dangerous" by a cat could mean a great many things, but it was generally delivered as something of a compliment.” — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
A small amount of power corrupts a small man absolutely. A little knowledge is dangerous to a little man. To a great… — Leonard J. V. Compagno Copy Share Image
Every great man is always being helped by everybody, for his gift is to get good out of all things and all… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both; and I believe they both get paid in the end;… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
“Thus it is that the Great man abides by what is solid, and eschews what is flimsy; dwells with the fruit and… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“No one lies on his deathbed wishing he’d had the time to reply to one more e-mail, but a great many people… — Todd Henry Copy Share Image
How majestic is naturalness. I have never met a man whom I really considered a great man who was not always natural… — Charles G. Dawes Copy Share Image
