It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share Image
I fear uniformity. You cannot manufacture great men any more than you can manufacture gold. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Great men have been among us; hands that penn'd And tongues that utter'd wisdombetter none: — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Music can help you maintain great mental sharpness, increasing your mind's awareness while reducing risk of mental disorders. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
He [Hitler] is a very great man. "Fuhrer" is the proper name for him, for he is a born leader, yes, and… — David Lloyd George Copy Share Image
All great natures delight in stability; all great men find eternity affirmed in the very promise of their faculties. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
A mother! What are we worth really? They all grow up whether you look after them or not. That poor miserable brat… — Christina Stead Copy Share Image
I believe this is a mistake a great many of us are making; we are trying to do God's work with the… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
Knowledge is like the carrot, few know by looking at the green top that the best part, the orange part, is there.… — Nasreddin Copy Share Image
I landed a job at HBO, working for two years on the 'The Alzheimer's Project,' which aired in May 2009. I was… — Matthew Heineman Copy Share Image
“Napoleon the greatest of the conquerors, is a sufficient proof that great men of action are criminals, and, therefore not geniuses. One… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
“The heights by which great men reach are not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept went toiling upwards… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 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
A great many people wonder why it was that Christ did not come at once to Martha and Mary, whom He loved,… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
“The search for better, for more competent men, from the presidents of our great companies down to our household servants, was never… — Frederick Winslow Taylor Copy Share Image
Roy Orbison was one of the genuinely nicest persons I've ever known. With one of the most beautiful voices in the history… — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
Especially like right now, I'm not shooting a show so you get to act. You get to do that stuff, kind of… — Aaron Tveit Copy Share Image
“Men nearly always follow the tracks made by others and proceed in their affairs by imitation, even though they cannot entirely keep… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
The mob that hounded Christ from Jerusalem to "the place of a skull" has never been dispersed, but is augmenting yet, as… — Thomas De Witt Talmage Copy Share Image
Just as women supplement men in private life, so they will supplement men in public life by concentrating their organized efforts on… — Edward Bernays Copy Share Image
What is a great man who has made his mark upon history? Every time, if we think far enough, he is a… — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
When some one sorrow, that is yet reparable, gets hold of your mind like a monomania,--when you think, because Heaven has denied… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Lives of great men oft remind us as we o'er their pages turn, That we too may leave behind us - Letters… — Thomas Hood Copy Share Image
The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will get himself made out of anything he finds… — Gerald Stanley Lee Copy Share Image
“Great men are strong men with great leadership qualities. They inspire others to be loving and caring like themselves. By this their… — Ellen J. Barrier Copy Share Image
I think that genius comes not just from having great mental processing power. It comes from being able to, as Steve Jobs'… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire. — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
Too often we forget that the great men of faith reached the heights they did only by going through the depths. — Os Guinness 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
The world sees only the reflection of merit; therefore when you come to know a really great man intimately, you may as… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Great men wait for the right moment to abandon caution. The rest of us abandon it when impatience becomes too much for… — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
A great man's manias must be respected, because the time required to combat them is too precious to waste. — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
Great men show politeness in a particular way; a smile suffices to assure you that you are welcome, and keep about their… — John James Audubon Copy Share Image
Those who have never been ill are incapable of real sympathy for a great many misfortunes — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
The moment anyone tries to demean or degrade you in any way, you have to know how great you are. Nobody would… — Cicely Tyson Copy Share Image
I am not sure that God always knows who are his great men; he is so very careless of what happens to… — Mary Hunter Austin Copy Share Image
There are a great many opinions in this world, and a good half of them are professed by people who have never… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have met a great many people on their way towards God and I wonder why they have chosen to look for… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image