Apt Quote by Lois McMaster Bujold Download Open image ““...a great man. But...not quite great enough.”” — Lois McMaster Bujold ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Apt Great man Great men Not good enough The sad truth Unfortunate
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“It was not only that he was a great man, but, oh, there was such fun in being led by him.” — Edward Renehan Copy Share Image
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“Well, he gets told he's great a lot. He just doesn't often get told he's good enough.” — Casey McQuiston Copy Share Image
“Many men can be what the world calls great: very few men are what God calls good.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Never do yourself, what you can con professionals into doing for you. — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“It reminded him of that definition of his father's. A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind. The mind was… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“I was imagining the most bizarre things befalling you.” “Did they include a six-hundred-pound ice bear and a pirate poet?” “No…” “Then they weren’t… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
There is a sad disconnectedness that overcomes a library when its owner is gone. — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“No, amusing me only, I wonder if they realize how they are used?" "Not a bit. They think they are the emperors of creation."… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“You bastards are on the top of Imperial Lord Auditor Miles Vorkosigan's very own shit list now, you bet. But under what name? Only… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“Anyway, if the Cetagandans really wanted to assassinate you, they'd hardly do it here. They'd slip something subtle under your skin that wouldn't go… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
Endure pain, find joy, and make your own meaning, because the universe certainly isn't going to supply it. — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
Your Reverence, I do not hate any man in this world enough to inflict the results of my prayers upon him. — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“I always thought my parents could fix anything. Now it's my turn. Dear God, how did this happen?” — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“I think it is not so much the growth of virtue, as simply the replacement of prior vices with an addiction to one’s god.”… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
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The people who work in intelligence work are more conscious, more apt to be attentive. — William Hedgcock Webster Copy Share Image
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We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching. — Roy L. Smith Copy Share Image
For many, the recent disclosure of massive warrantless surveillance programs of all citizens by the Obama administration has brought back memories of George Orwell's… — Jonathan Turley Copy Share Image
