Nations, like families, have great men only in spite of themselves. — Charles Baudelaire 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
A great nation is like a great man:When he makes a mistake, he realizes it.Having realized it, he admits it.Having admitted it,… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Men worship the shows of great men; the most disbelieve that there is any reality of great men to worship. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what makes a great manager: A great manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than… — Reggie Jackson Copy Share Image
Fairness' is one of the great mantras of the left. Since everyone has his own definition of fairness, that word is a… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Find a great mentor who believes in you, your life will change forever! — Bill Walsh Copy Share Image
I think most people, if I asked, would say, "Yes, of course I believe." But I think for a great many of… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
[At the end of the story, its main character, Tom] is now a great man of science, and can plan railroads, and… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
The possession of a great many things, even the best of things, tends to blind one to the real value of anything. — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share Image
A lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make… — Richard Steele Copy Share Image
There are a great many people who are in favor of conservation no matter what it means. — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
You're not going to become a great manager overnight. You're not going to become a great public speaker or figure out how… — Drew Houston Copy Share Image
“May I leave you with a bit of a riddle, Lord Tyrion?” He did not wait for an answer. “In a room… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
There never was a great truth but it was reverenced; never a great institution, nor a great man, that did not, sooner… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
I believe the calculation of the quantity of probability might be improved to a very useful and pleasant speculation, and applied to… — John Arbuthnot Copy Share Image
“What is personal death? Asking this question and pausing to look inward - isn't personal death a concept? Isn't there a thought-and-picture… — Toni Packer Copy Share Image
In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
The Great Man... is colder, harder, less hesitating, and without fear of 'opinion'; he lacks the virtues that accompany respect and 'respectability,'… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sand… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Ferguson, as a manager, and Ken, as a director, are very similar. One's a great manager, the other a great director, but… — Eric Cantona Copy Share Image
I must use these great men's virtues as a cloak for my weakness. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Lives of great men all remind us, Greatness takes no easy way, All the heroes of tomorrow, Are the heretics of today.… — Yip Harburg Copy Share Image
As for famous men who were not artists, I am beginning to be tired of them. Those poor little scoundrels who are… — Franz Liszt Copy Share Image