Famous Quotes & Sayings

Friedrich Nietzsche

There are people who are so presumptuous that they know no other way to praise a greatness that they publicly admire than by representing it as a preliminary stage and bridge leading to themselves.

Friedrich Nietzsche

The discipline of suffering, of great suffering- do you not know that only this discipline has created all enhancements of man so far? That tension of the soul in unhappiness which cultivates its strength, its shudders face to face with great ruin, its inventiveness and courage in enduring, preserving, interpreting, and exploiting suffering, and whatever has been granted to it of profundity, secret, mask, spirit, cunning, greatness- was it not granted to it through suffering, through the discipline of great suffering?

Friedrich Nietzsche

The genius-in work and in deed-is necessarily a squanderer: the fact that he spends himself constitutes his greatness.

Friedrich Nietzsche

It is the privilege of greatness to confer intense happiness with insignificant gifts.

Friedrich Nietzsche

There is sense in hoping for recognition in a distant future only when we take it for granted that mankind will remain essentially unchanged, and that whatever is great is not for one age only but will be looked upon as great for all time.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

To be a great man it is necessary to know how to profit by the whole of our good fortune.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.

Ian Dury

I'm in love with the person in the sandwich centre. If she didn't exist I'd have to invent her.

Homer

Ajax the great Himself a host.

Larry Brown

If I thought we were disorganized, I would have called time. Jamal just made a great play ... I'm happy for the team they can go home and relax and be energized. In that locker room, they needed something positive to happen.

Larry Brown

If I thought we were disorganized I would have called a timeout. He just made a great play.

Shelden Williams

If I see my teammates getting beat, they can trust that I'm there for a last line of defense. Being there to help them out is a great feeling.

If I can inspire some leaders, that would be great. I don't know if I want to be a leader.

If I could take any other point guard in the league, if I could have anyone, I'd take Adam. He's a great player." ()

Bobby Cox

If he pitches like he has this spring during the regular season, we are in great shape.

If he happened to land a great opportunity and ... could be competitive, he'd take a look at it.

If he's out there running and doing what he's doing and putting up great numbers and we're winning, without a doubt, leave him in there.

John Neal

If he's not scoring, he's still going to do great things. He had some great passes tonight setting us up.

If he's healthy, he's going to have a great year. He looked healthy. He looked strong.

Al Groh

If he's 1-for-30 and we win, he's happy. That's the great thing about him. He's played for his team at whatever position he's been needed and played with as much heart and unselfishness as anybody.

If everyone stays healthy, we've got a great shot to be there and win the division.

I feel like I worked real hard throughout my three years to get where I'm at now. It comes second to winning the national championship, but it's a great award.

Pat Burrell

If I had done half of what I did today (Saturday), we would have won all three. It's great that we won, it's over and we have to get ready for Atlanta.

Jon Jovi

If I look at someone like Sinatra, who toured until he was 80 and made 60 movies, that would be a great life to have.

Henry Rollins

I come from a town of great musicians: Washington, D.C. It's no joke, that history.

I come from a profession which has suffered greatly because of the lack of civility. Lawyers treat each other poorly and it has come home to haunt them. The public will not tolerate a lack of civility.

I can't tell you how much I appreciated their fans' response today. We've had a lot of battles. It was a great day for me and one I'll never forget.

I can't tell you how many times she has made a great hustle play that has lead to a big basket.

John Beilein

I can't think of two better people for this to happen to. Those two are special players. What a great honor for them and for us.

Jenny Lewis

I can parallel park pretty well - I'm a great driver.

Joshua Malina

I can understand that kind of reaction, ... But I think people underestimated or were under uninformed about John Wells' background. Not only has he produced some great blockbuster shows, but he is a great writer.

I couldn't have a better rider or person to work for. He shows up every day and is great with the trainers, owners and the fans. He makes my job very, very easy.