“Adulthood involves learning to conclusively bury a great many of our hopes.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
A great many people fall in love with or feel attracted to a person who offers the least possibility of a harmonious… — Rudolf Dreikurs Copy Share Image
“Gary Tolan is a great man because he stands firm in his purpose, moves with integrity, and builds his life with intention—not… — Gary Tolan aka King Tolan Copy Share Image
“After a great many questions I eventually ascertained that he is suffering from some kind of disorder of the mind. Is there… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
“There is no need to boast of your accomplishments and what you can do. A great man is known, he needs no… — CherLisa Biles Copy Share Image
What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal: what there is to love in man… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Why should it happen that among the great many women whom I see and am fond of, suddenly somebody I meet for… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
Muhammad Ali is a true hero, and the fact there's something wrong with him is his badge of valour. He's a great… — George Foreman Copy Share Image
To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. — Horace Copy Share Image
I lost my father when I was 13 years old. He was a great man, my father, and very intelligent. I love… — Preity Zinta Copy Share Image
One of the less dismaying aspects of race relations in the United States is that their improvement is not a matter of… — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
“If you want to find out what a man is to the bottom, give him power. Any man can stand adversity —… — Robert Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“A tender smile softened his face. "That would be Esme. She's nine and a delight. I haven't seen much of her these… — Tracy Anne Warren Copy Share Image
It was the saying of a great man, that if we could trace our descents, we should find all slaves to come… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Over the weekend the vultures got into the presidential palace by pecking through the screens on the balcony windows and the flapping… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
“Emma has been meaning to read more ever since she was twelve years old. I have seen a great many lists of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Do not try to satisfy your vanity by teaching a great many things. Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds;… — Anatole France Copy Share Image
“THE SENTIMENTALIZATION OF CHILDHOOD has produced a great many paradoxes. The most curious, however, may be that children have acquired more and… — Jennifer Senior Copy Share Image
“If we ask ourselves what is this wisdom which experience forces upon us, the answer must be that we discover the world… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
“The right string had been touched, and even French exercises and piano practice became endurable, since accomplishments would be useful by and… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Keynes was a great economist. In every discipline, progress comes from people who make hypotheses, most of which turn out to be… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“Please-tame me!' he said. 'I want to, very much,' the little prince replied. 'But I have not much time. I have friends… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
“This isn't a courtroom, pal," I said to Nelson, "this is the gutter. No fancy robes, no platitudes engraved in marble, no… — James Conroy Copy Share Image
[The career a young man should choose should be] one that is most consonant with our dignity, one that is based on… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
“In desperate attempt to give meaning to life, many turn to religion, because a struggle in the name of a faith is… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I find any great man, black or white, I'm going to study him, learn him so he can't be great to me… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
A great man represents a great ganglion in the nerves of society, or to vary the figure, a strategic point in the… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr 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
“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
“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
More than four thousand programs produced and consumed. Some of them were pretty good, a great many of them were forgettable; but… — Ted Koppel Copy Share Image
“there is one quality that sets truly great managers apart from the rest: They discover what is unique about each person and… — Harvard Business Review Copy Share Image
I have been fortunate to work under some great managers and I knew I could benefit from that education. I went round… — Chris Sutton Copy Share Image
There are a great many simpletons who know themselves to be so, and who make a very cunning use of their own… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld 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
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
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
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
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