A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits. — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
“A great man shows his greatness,” said Carlyle, “by the way he treats little men.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
The epitaphs on tombstones of a great many people should read: Died at thirty, and buried at sixty. — Nicholas Murray Butler Copy Share Image
Nothing is more becoming in a great man than courtesy and forbearance — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
According to 'M' theory, ours is not the only universe. Instead, 'M' theory predicts that a great many universes were created out… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“When you have done a great many good things, you forget to speak of them. It is those who do very little… — Virginia Sorensen Copy Share Image
Slavisa is a great manager. He has helped me so much. Throughout his career, he has done a really good job. — Aleksandar Mitrovic Copy Share Image
“they used to ride around and plunder people’s belongings. Cyaxares and the Medes invited a great many of them to a feast,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, I dreamed of becoming a great man. Later, a good man. Now, finally, I find it difficult enough… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“I have said that one of the distinguishing characteristics of a great man is that his active intervention makes what seemed highly… — Isaiah Berlin Copy Share Image
I'm lucky to have played for some great managers who can be positive influences on how I work at Watford. — Gianfranco Zola Copy Share Image
In diplomacy, like in great many other things, the rules of engagement survive only until one remarkable person decides to break them. — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
“It is difficult to conceive any situation more painful than that of a great man, condemned to watch the lingering agony of… — T. Babington Macaulay Copy Share Image
The rise to prominence of the Saudi novel in Arabic is the great man-bites-dog of recent world literature. Saudi Arabia is a… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
“A great many of those who ‘debunk’ traditional or (as they would say) ‘sentimental’ values have in the background values of their… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
China is a great manufacturing center, but it's actually mostly an assembly plant. So it assembles parts and components, high technology that… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
She laughed at him then, because he sounded like a small boy, not like a very large grown-up Beast with a voice… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
Nature never rhymes her children, nor makes two men alike. When we see a great man, we fancy a resemblance to some… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I think 'Elbow' were considered successful even before [2008's] Seldom Seen Kid because we were living off the band. We have a… — Guy Garvey Copy Share Image
“Mr. Upchurch,” she fumbled. “I . . . I must take my leave directly. But before I go, allow me to say how sorry I… — Julie Klassen 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
“Hundreds of pounds have I spent on nonsense for her. And I shall never see a penny of it. Put a stop… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
Human experience, which is constantly contradicting theory, is the great test of truth. A system, built upon the discoveries of a great… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“If all (these elements) be taken as Atman, there must be eight Atmans (for each person). More than that! There are many… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Now, Jasper, as a great man once said, 'A brave and steadfast heart can overcome any fear.' So don't worry. I'll be… — Chet Williamson Copy Share Image
“I sat directly in front of him, held my head up, and watched. I watched him, as a clear-eyed witness of what… — Hope Jahren Copy Share Image
“When the pioneers of university training for women demanded that women should be admitted to the universities, the cry went up at… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
The principal, the only, thing a man makes, is his condition of fate. Though commonly he does not know it, nor put… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image