Great Quotes

Small: What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of t
E. M. Forster
"What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote"
E. M. Forster, Novelist
Small: To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them
"To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them"
Charles de Montesquieu, Philosopher
Small: Do not look down upon any Muslim, for even the most inferior believer is great in the eyes of God
"Do not look down upon any Muslim, for even the most inferior believer is great in the eyes of God"
Abu Bakr, Leader
Small: We belong to the camp of peace. We believe in peace. We believe that our one God wishes us to live in peace an
"We belong to the camp of peace. We believe in peace. We believe that our one God wishes us to live in peace and wishes peace upon us, for these are His teachings to all the followers of the three great monotheistic religions, the Children of Abraham"
King Hussein I, Statesman
Small: I think computing power is ready to do 3D justice. It was great for shooters and racing games in the past, but
"I think computing power is ready to do 3D justice. It was great for shooters and racing games in the past, but I didn't think it was right for strategy games"
Sid Meier, Scientist
Small: Theologians have a great problem because theyre seeking to speak about God. Since God is the ground of everyth
John Polkinghorne
"Theologians have a great problem because they're seeking to speak about God. Since God is the ground of everything that is, there's a sense in which every human inquiry is grist to the theological mill. Obviously, no theologian can know everything"
John Polkinghorne, Physicist
Small: People assume Im out there having this great life, but money doesnt erase the pain. When youre young you barre
Jennifer Lopez
"People assume I'm out there having this great life, but money doesn't erase the pain. When you're young you barrel through life, making choices without thinking of repercussions. A few years down the line, you wake up in a certain place and wonder how the hell you got there"
Jennifer Lopez, Musician
Small: Al Gore seems to have found a great political ploy: Picking up whatever issue he is most vulnerable on and cha
Barbara Olson
"Al Gore seems to have found a great political ploy: Picking up whatever issue he is most vulnerable on and championing the cause. Perhaps he will start to champion perjury statutes and obstruction of justice"
Barbara Olson, Journalist
Small: We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems
John W. Gardner
"We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems"
John W. Gardner, Educator
Small: Death is really a great blessing for humanity, without it there could be no real progress. People who lived fo
"Death is really a great blessing for humanity, without it there could be no real progress. People who lived for ever would not only hamper and discourage the young, but they would themselves lack sufficient stimulus to be creative"
Alfred Adler, Psychologist
Small: Although, I am proud of all my Symphonies as they all have something special to say, my particular favourite i
"Although, I am proud of all my Symphonies as they all have something special to say, my particular favourite is the Fifth. As the great Mahler expert Donald Mitchell said that if Mahler had written another Symphony, it would have been my Fifth!"
Malcolm Arnold, Composer
Small: Great CEOs are not just born with shiny hair and a tie
"Great CEOs are not just born with shiny hair and a tie"
Marc Andreessen, Businessman
Small: I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me and that, if once it became appare
"I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me; and that, if once it became apparent that we were on the edge, all the Great Powers would call a halt and recoil from the abyss"
Edward Grey, Politician
Small: Great causes and little men go ill together
"Great causes and little men go ill together"
Jawaharlal Nehru, Leader
Small: My motto is: If you want to be great, you have to be willing to sacrifice everything for it
Puff Daddy
"My motto is: If you want to be great, you have to be willing to sacrifice everything for it"
Puff Daddy, Musician
Small: Strong convictions precede great actions
"Strong convictions precede great actions"
James Freeman Clarke, Clergyman
Small: Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensel
Elsa Schiaparelli
"Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship. It is of great importance to the morale"
Elsa Schiaparelli, Designer
Small: Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks they are the summits of ranges
"Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges"
Thomas W. Higginson, Clergyman
Small: Blythe Danner is somebody whose career I admire. Shes a great actress and does good work, but also has a life
"Blythe Danner is somebody whose career I admire. She's a great actress and does good work, but also has a life of her own. I love my job but, at the end of the day, I want to come home and watch a movie and drink a bottle of wine with my husband"
Anna Faris, Actress
Small: The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it
"The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it"
Dorothy L. Sayers, Author
Small: Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than by fiction
"Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than by fiction"
Heinrich Heine, Poet
Small: The great epochs of our life are the occasions when we gain the courage to rebaptize our evil qualities as our
Friedrich Nietzsche
"The great epochs of our life are the occasions when we gain the courage to rebaptize our evil qualities as our best qualities"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal
Friedrich Nietzsche
"What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude
Friedrich Nietzsche
"The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: When one has a great deal to put into it a day has a hundred pockets
Friedrich Nietzsche
"When one has a great deal to put into it a day has a hundred pockets"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: A subject for a great poet would be Gods boredom after the seventh day of creation
Friedrich Nietzsche
"A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: Success has always been a great liar
Friedrich Nietzsche
"Success has always been a great liar"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent
Friedrich Nietzsche
"Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who neer loved them
William Shakespeare
"Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon t
William Shakespeare
"Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: Great acts are made up of small deeds
Lao Tzu
"Great acts are made up of small deeds"
Lao Tzu, Author
Small: All great movements are popular movements. They are the volcanic eruptions of human passions and emotions, sti
Adolf Hitler
"All great movements are popular movements. They are the volcanic eruptions of human passions and emotions, stirred into activity by the ruthless Goddess of Distress or by the torch of the spoken word cast into the midst of the people"
Adolf Hitler, Criminal
Small: A great man is always willing to be little
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"A great man is always willing to be little"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher
Small: It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of
Cicero
"It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment"
Cicero, Philosopher
Small: All great truths begin as blasphemies
George Bernard Shaw
"All great truths begin as blasphemies"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
Small: Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under othe
Mahatma Gandhi
"Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be"
Mahatma Gandhi, Leader
Small: There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the
Victor Hugo
"There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing"
Victor Hugo, Author
Small: God is the great mysterious motivator of what we call nature, and it has often been said by philosophers, that
Frank Lloyd Wright
"God is the great mysterious motivator of what we call nature, and it has often been said by philosophers, that nature is the will of God. And I prefer to say that nature is the only body of God that we shall ever see"
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
Small: Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture. Eventually, I think Chi
Frank Lloyd Wright
"Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture. Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world"
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
Small: A mans work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great
Albert Camus
"A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened"
Albert Camus, Philosopher
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