Famous Quotes & Sayings

E. O. Wilson

To be a great producer, music has to be a big part of your soul. And when it comes to making music, if I could invent a way to get it from my heart into yours, without doing all that hard work, I would be very happy.

Brian Billick

To be a go-to guy, it's not just a matter of making great plays. It's the quarterback knowing that he can go to you at any situation, and more often than not, you're going to deliver.

Michael P. Anderson

It's a great view from here. I'm having the time of my life.

Brenda Ueland

Families are great murderers of the creative impulse, particularly husbands.

Gbenga Akinnagbe

'The Wire' was a combination of great TV and great theater.

George Carey

I mean, I can look back with great pleasure on what has happened in Sudan, and our commitment to people who are persecuted in that kind of way.

Geoffrey West

A city plays the role of a great big magnet that's sucking people up.

That Rome was comparatively great and wealthy is certain.

George Lois

Nothing great can come of more than three people in a room. If you had 10 incredibly bright people, nothing would come out of it.

George Lois

If you're working, and you're not trying to be great, give up.

Tracy McMillan

I think every woman has this point in her life where she's like, 'I have a great job, great outfits and great friends, but something's missing.'

Tom Hooper

The more and more I work with really great actors, the more it's about opening yourself up to what they bring.

Samuel Smiles

Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action.

Shel Silverstein

There's a great myth about cartoonists, writers and people that are on TV.

William Bell

It's been a rollercoaster ride. There have been some great moments and some low points... like when I was leaving Stax. That's when I actually thought of getting out of the business.

Wang Leehom

I write and do all my arrangements on my Mac. And um, I use Logic Pro, which is a great software program.

Ving Rhames

Snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef, I saw something - I don't know what it was to this day. My mind couldn't relate to what it was... If I saw it and knew it was a shark, I wouldn't be as afraid, but I saw something that looked prehistoric, and I haven't been snorkeling since.

Aubrey O'Day

'Danity Kane' was a wonderful group, and like all things, nothing is forever. We had a great run and we were very successful.

Michael Palin

Travelling, and being paid for it, is just great.

Beeban Kidron

I come from the school who thought the Internet could be the great democratising force, that getting rid of the gatekeepers was a positive move.

Beeban Kidron

I think it is a great gift to make people laugh, and it shouldn't be underestimated.

Tom Ridge

One of America's greatest strengths is the soft power of our value system and how we treat prisoners of war, and we don't torture.

Teri Polo

In some instances, I don't care what people think. In other instances, I do - especially because of the stereotype. People take a look at me and say, 'She's cute. She's blond. She's an actress. She's a bimbo.' You know? So I take great pains to show I'm intelligent, to show I'm not a twinkie.

Ted Sarandos

The real great news is, in the piracy capitals of the world, Netflix is winning. We are pushing down piracy in those markets by getting the access.

Alexander Smith

The truly great rest in the knowledge of their own deserts, nor seek the conformation of the world.

Alexander Smith

The greatness of an artist or a writer does not depend on what he has in common with other artists and writers, but on what he has peculiar to himself.

Alexander Hamilton

Let Americans disdain to be the instruments of European greatness! Let the thirteen States, bound together in a strict and indissoluble Union, concur in erecting one great American system, superior to the control of all transatlantic force or influence, and able to dictate the terms of the connection between the old and the new world!

Adolf Hitler

I am convinced that nothing will happen to me, for I know the greatness of the task for which Providence has chosen me.

Adolf Hitler

Under the guidance of the Reich, Europe would speedily have become unified. Once the Jewish poison had been eradicated, unification would have been an easy matter. France and Italy, each defeated in turn at an interval of a few months by the two Germanic Powers, would have been well out of it. Both would have had to renounce their inappropriate aspirations to greatness. At the same time they would have had to renounce their pretensions in North Africa and the Near East; and that would have allowed Europe to pursue a bold policy of friendship towards Islam. (4th February 1945)

Adolf Hitler

The German countryside must be preserved under all circumstances, for it is and has forever been the source of strength and greatness of our people.

Abraham Verghese

She died chasing greatness and never saw it each time it was in her hand, so she kept seeking it elsewhere, but never understood the work required to get it or to keep it.

Allan Bloom

In America we have only the bourgeoisie, and the love of the heroic is one of the few counterpoises available to us. In us the contempt for the heroic is only an extension of the perversion of the democratic principle that denies greatness and wants everyone to feel comfortable in his skin without having to suffer unpleasant comparisons. Students have not the slightest notion of what an achievement it is to free oneself from public guidance and find resources for guidance within oneself.

Ann Brashares

You hold on to old experiences: injuries, injustices, and great love affairs, too. And you hold them in your joints and your organs, and wear them on your skin.