I had the fixation that comes with being a Kennedy to be a great man on the big stage. — Mark Shriver Copy Share Image
There is not in earth a spectacle more worthy than a great man superior to his sufferings. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence. — Barbara Walters Copy Share Image
“No great manager or leader ever fell from heaven. It's learned, not inherited.” — Tom Northup Copy Share Image
It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. . . . We need to feel that behind… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
“no punishment, in my opinion, is too great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country's ruin” — George Washington Copy Share Image
Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacence, if they discover none of the like in themselves. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
a great man always knows better than to explain unless an explanation is demanded. To rush into explanations and excuses is always… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
When a great man has become petrified, and everyone begins to proclaim his greatness, he has already turned into a puppet. — Lu Xun Copy Share Image
A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The question of religion was a matter for each individual's conscience, and in a great many cases was the outcome of birth… — James Larkin Copy Share Image
All the time and effort people devote to picking the right fund, the hot hand, the great manager have, in most cases,… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
If I were to sum up the negative reactions to my work, I think there are two primary causes: one is that… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
A weaver who has to direct and to interweave a great many little threads has no time to philosophize about it, but… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
“Trump grew incensed at the popular notion that Bannon was the one really running the show—that he was, as an infamous Time… — Joshua Green Copy Share Image
Just as a waterfall grows slower and more lightly suspended as it plunges down, so the great man of action tends to… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I don't believe in stereotypes, I prefer to hate people on a more personal basis. The measure of a truly great man… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Villains are always the best roles, but that meant that for months afterwards, all I got offered were absolute cads and bounders… — Tim Pigott-Smith Copy Share Image
In my twisted brain, I truly believe that nobody ever really dies, as long as the people that he or she touched… — CM Punk Copy Share Image
“A great many people in North America believe that Canada and the United States, in a moment of inexplicable generosity, gave treaty… — Thomas King Copy Share Image
A statue lies hid in a block of marble, and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter and… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“Ten things you should always do when you form a group 1. Work with your friends 2. Find like-minded people 3. Have… — Peter Hook Copy Share Image
In times of war, as everyone knows, who has lived through one, or talked to soldiers when they are allowing themselves to… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Just after I dedicated my life to service, I felt that I could no longer accept more than I need while others… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
"The Universe repeats itself, with the possible exception of history." Of all earthly studies history is the only one that does not… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Career" Galileo, the clergy maintained, was a pernicious and stubborn man. But time has a way of demonstrating the most stubborn are… — Yevgeny Yevtushenko Copy Share Image
“...a great man who is vicious will only be a great doer of evil, and a rich man who is not liberal… — Miguel Cervantes Copy Share Image
“Studying the Bible and trying to make sense of it in our own lives has been called "thinking God's thoughts after him."… — Fleming Rutledge Copy Share Image
