Great man Quote by Isaiah Berlin

“He seemed more like a succession of extraordinary events than a person.”

— Douglas Adams

“Only when there are things a man will not do is he capable of doing great things.”

— Mencius

“had come to suspect that the main reason he had had such a wild and successful life was that he never really understood the…

— Douglas Adams

“When the unexpected occurs have confidence that it can be handled well.”

— Steven Redhead

“How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.”

— Anonymous

“In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done, quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it.”

— Anonymous

“He would be painstaking in his approach, meticulous. For there was nothing more dangerous, he thought, than a patient man.”

— Daniel Silva

“A great many people, he had noticed, spent large parts of their time worrying about things they were powerless to alter. Had they concentrated…

— Setterfield Diane

“I have noticed that, with few exceptions, men bungle their affairs. Everywhere I see incompetence rampant, incompetence triumphant...I have accepted the universality of incompetence.”

— Raymond Hull

“He had seen how people came a cropper by giving way to impulse. It was to his judiciousness, at every turn, that he owed…

— Shirley Hazzard

“A mans life is interesting primarily when he has failed. I well know. For its a sign that he tried to surpass himself.”

— Georges Clemenceau

“There was an undeniable charm about the man, not merely the youthful airs of one who hadn’t seen the worst the world has to…

— V.E. Schwab