No, I don't admire the genius. But I admire and love the result of the genius's activity in the world, of which… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“What is a great love of books? It is something like a personal introduction to the great and good men of all… — John Bright Copy Share Image
Unlike a lot of British directors, I hadn't done any theater. But, I had a great mentor who said, "What you're looking… — Susanna White Copy Share Image
Great men's errors are to be venerated as more fruitful than little men's truths. — Friedrich Nietzsche 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
In order to become a great man, one must first be a great rascal. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Among the great men who have philosophized about [the action of the tides], the one who surprised me most is Kepler. He… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance, and never to keep his word. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
“Dodrupchen writes: Whenever problems come to us from beings or inanimate objects, if our mind gets used to perceiving only the suffering… — Tulku Thondup Copy Share Image
Proust has listed a great many reasons why it is impossible to be happy, but, in the course of being happy, one… — William Empson Copy Share Image
“Death paused, his hand on the spine of the book. And why do you think I directed you to the stables? think… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I distrust Great Men... I believe in aristocracy, though... Its members are to be found in all nations and classes, and all… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Jim Fregosi was not only one of the most respected men in baseball, he was a great man. He was a player's… — Lenny Dykstra Copy Share Image
A great man need not be virtuous, nor his opinions right, but he must have a firm mind, a distinctive luminous character. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
The world is always full of brilliant youth which fades into grey and embittered middle age: the first flowering takes everything. The… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
Eh, brother, but nature has to be corrected and guided, otherwise we'd all drown in prejudices. Without that there wouldn't be even… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
A great many people do not have the right to their own opinion because they don't know what they are talking about. — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
“It was through the Declaration of Independence that we Americans acknowledged the eternal inequality of man. For by it we abolished a… — Owen Wister Copy Share Image
Although some people felt Adolf Hitler was bad, he was a great man and a real conqueror whose name would never be… — Idi Amin Copy Share Image
“Build your house on granite. By granite I mean your nature that you are torturing to death, the love in your child's… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
Ebonics - or black English, as I prefer to call it - is one of a great many dialects of English. And… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
