Fighter Quote by Bernard Hopkins

What is a great man who has made his mark upon history? Every time, if we think far enough, he is a man who…

— Jane Addams

The person I respect most, in terms of historical figures, is probably Nelson Mandela. I just think that his tolerance in the face of…

— Mark Strong

If you're playing a historical character that's in the public consciousness, then obviously you've got to make an effort to look like that person…

— Colm Meaney

I do tend to look at individuals and whether they do or do not matter in history.

— Margaret MacMillan

No people can be great who have ceased to be virtuous.

— Samuel Johnson

Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and…

— Muhammad Ali

I think the greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

People who behave rarely make history.

— Josh Linkner

“The historical figures who earned the honorific “So-and-So the Great” were not great artists, scholars, doctors, or inventors, people who enhanced human happiness or…

— Steven Pinker

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.

— William Hazlitt

I grew up with J. Edgar Hoover. He was the G-man, a hero to everybody, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation was the big,…

— Clint Eastwood

One cannot be a good historian of the outward, visible world without giving some thought to the hidden, private life of ordinary people; and…

— Victor Hugo