A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
He who receives a great many letters demanding answer, sees himself as if engaged in a hopeless struggle of one man against… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A great man is not a man so strong that he feels less than other men; he is a man so strong… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The only reason a great many American families don't own an elephant is that they have never been offered an elephant for… — Mad Magazine Copy Share Image
“The profound paradox is that the great man became more confident in his approach to others, including the man of his own… — Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
Thomas Davis was a great man where poetry is concerned, and a better than Thomas Moore. All over Ireland his poetry is,… — Lady Gregory Copy Share Image
I think what I hope to gain from Rafa, the great manager that he is, is he can give a positive influence… — Miguel Almiron Copy Share Image
A great man is one who seizes the vital issue in a complex question, what we might call the jugular vein of… — Joseph Rickaby Copy Share Image
A great many of the epic fantasies, from The Lord of the Rings onward, are about war, but to my mind, a… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Muhammad was a great man, an intrepid soldier; with a handful of men he triumphed at the battle of Bender (sic); a… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Every celebrity case I've been involved in - I've been involved in a great many - the one thing you can be… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
When it is impossible to stretch the very elastic threads of historical ratiocination any farther, when actions are clearly contrary to all… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
For a great many people, the evening is the most enjoyable part of the day. Perhaps, then, there is something to his… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I think the reason why I'm so alluring to networks is because on the surface I'm like a quintessential relatable, boring white… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
For me, it's just about keeping the standards up. We're a small country, so we have to punch above our weight. I'm… — Brendan Gleeson Copy Share Image
As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; it runs… — Cleveland Abbe Copy Share Image
“It seemed, however, that I had. I didn’t want any more, so I got them. And now I am glad, for if,… — Elizabeth von Arnim Copy Share Image
“We don’t do superstars in our Tough Mudder world—but if we were to, it would be hard to ignore the claims of… — Will Dean Copy Share Image
A great many people never really discover themselves until ruin stares them in the face. They do not seem to know how… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
“ Cavendish was a great Man with extraordinary singularities—His voice was squeaking his manner nervous He was afraid of strangers & seemed… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
“Nor did the Antarctic represent to Shackleton merely the grubby means to a financial end. In a very real sense he needed… — Alfred Lansing Copy Share Image
A great man, who was convinced that the truths of political and moral science are capable of the same certainty as those… — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet Copy Share Image
To say that there is a case for heroes is not to say that there is a case for hero worship. The… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
“system of Leviathan dominates. Right now, Leviathan is running a great many Christian groups. Leviathan is the system of this world. It… — Russell M. Stendal Copy Share Image
We have great managers who havent spent a day in management school. Do we have great surgeons that havent spent a day… — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
Marriage teaches you loyalty, forbearance, self-restraint, meekness, and a great many other things you wouldn't need if you had stayed single. — Paul Tournier Copy Share Image
The career of a great man remains an enduring monument of human energy. The man dies and disappears, but his thoughts and… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
A taste for literature and a turn for business, united in the same person, never fails to make a great man. — John Adams Copy Share Image
“It is a great man that can treat his earthenware as if it was silver, and a man who treats his silver… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
There live a great man named Joe who was belittled by a loudmouth foe. While his rival would taunt and tease Joe… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
In not having an appointment at Harvard, I'm in the company of a great many people whose work I admire tremendously, in… — Catharine MacKinnon Copy Share Image
There are a great many colored people who are ashamed of the cake-walk, but I think they ought to be proud of… — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
“I agree that every saint has a past, but not that every sinner has a future. In this life we see a… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Of course, people will laugh at you, but people laugh at a great many things so there is no need to take… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Truth is not only a man's ornament but his instrument; it is the great man's glory, and the poor man's stock: a… — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
“Women are supposed to control men, isn’t that how it goes? What’s that saying again: ‘Behind every great man is a great… — Sarah A. Denzil Copy Share Image
I earn and pay my own way as a great many women do today. Why should unmarried women be discriminated against -… — Dinah Shore Copy Share Image
What's so great about making television is that it's a collaborative beast. It's created by a great many hands belonging to a… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
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