Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Caleb Colton

Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds.

Charles Caleb Colton

Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause without obtaining it, than obtain without deserving it. If it follow them it is well, but they will not deviate to follow it.

Charles Caleb Colton

In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.

Charles Caleb Colton

Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.

Charles Dickens

The secret was such an old one now, had so grown into me and become a part of myself, that I could not tear it away.

Charles Dickens

So new to him," she muttered, "so old to me; so strange to him, so familiar to me; so melancholy to both of us!...

Charles Dickens

But, in this separation I associate you only with the good and I will faithfully hold you to that always, for you have done far more good than harm, let me feel now what sharp distress I may.

Charles Dickens

Let me feel now what sharp distress I may.

Charles Simmons

True greatness consists in being great in little things.

Alan Bean

One of the great things about the universe is that it's fair.

We want to show people how they can look great for very little money.

Chris Colfer

You can't shy away from your greatness just because you're afraid you're not great enough

Chinua Achebe

You cannot plant greatness as you plant yams or maize. Who ever planted an iroko tree — the greatest tree in the forest? You may collect all the iroko seeds in the world, open the soil and put them there. It will be in vain. The great tree chooses where to grow and we find it there, so it is with the greatness in men.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Greatness depends on where you are coming from.

Dave Chappelle

The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.

Carl Sagan

For all our failings, despite our limitations and fallibilities, we humans are capable of greatness.

Lisa Cholodenko

Not only does Annette Bening have a really lovely, deep voice, but she's also a great articulator. I think I'm more of a mumbler.

Michael Reagan

I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son. What a great honor.

Michael Specter

Universal vaccination may well be the greatest success story in medical history.

the potential to inflame is greater than the value of the piece itself.

Seymour Cassel

The people who know my work like my work. And that's great.

unnecessary, inappropriate and inconsistent with the values of a great university.

We are seeing a market that has experienced extraordinary rates of growth. We are seeing those rates moderate. That pace of moderation has been slightly greater than we expected.

We are pleased to report another increase in our stock price. This is great news for our associates.

We've always been proud Saskatoonians and Saskatchewanians, ... There really are so many things to celebrate. It's the greatest place in the world.

Charlie Rowe

'West Side Story' I used to watch all the time - I don't know why. Well, I do - it's a great movie. I love the music in it. I love the actors.

Miguel Tejada

We are going to show that the Dominican Republic has a great talent for baseball.

Andrus Veerpalu

We are a very small country, so it's a great day for the country.

Natalie Cole

There are some great human beings out there. That's all I can say.

Karl Hobbs

We're in position to have a great season. That's all we've done, put ourselves in position to possibly have a great finish.

We're in great shape there. But we've got to get them more room. I think our line's getting a little better.

Mark Patterson

We're in a period of great greed right now,

O. Henry

We're talking about a great opportunity for the club. I think it's always a shame that people single me out and talk about other things but that's up to you.