He is lofty, and I am eminent.

There are few things quite so effortlessly enjoyable as watching an eminent person getting in a huff and flouncing out of a television interview,…

— Craig Brown

Not a few other very eminent and scholarly men made the same request, urging that I should no longer through fear refuse to give…

— Nicolaus Copernicus

“The eminent strategy had won yesterday, but defeat will be felt by enemy tomorrow.”

— Toba Beta

Eminent station makes great men more great, and little ones less.

— Jean de la Bruyere

The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for their end,…

— Adam Clarke

The first scholarly edition of Magna Carta was published by the eminent jurist William Blackstone. It was not an easy task. There was no…

— Noam Chomsky

Thanksgiving, our eminent moral holiday, doesn't have much for children. At its heart are conversation, food, drink, and fellowship - all perks of adulthood.

— Rosecrans Baldwin

An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.

— Tacitus

Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Even the most eminent persons are subject to the laws of gravity.

— Winston Churchill

I never see myself as the famous person. It never was a part of my life, and I hope this doesn't become the most…

— Ayelet Zurer

Vincent Lingiari, I solemnly hand to you these deeds as proof, in Australian law, that these lands belong to the Gurindji people and I…

— Gough Whitlam

I was profoundly embarrassed by it (the White Australia Policy) and did all I could to change it.

— Gough Whitlam

Ladies and gentlemen, well may we say 'God Save the Queen', because nothing will save the Governor-General. The proclamation you have just heard was…

— Gough Whitlam

Poverty is a national waste as well as individual waste. We are all diminished when any of us are denied proper education. The nation…

— Gough Whitlam