Great Quotes: Wisdom from the Greatest Minds (Page 3)

"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

"Doctor Who was a big part of my childhood so it was a great honour to be in it"

Simon Pegg, Comedian

"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

"Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than by fiction"

Heinrich Heine, Poet

"Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fantasies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child mind accepts and believes them, and only through great pain and perhaps tragedy can he be in after years relieved of them"

Hypatia, Philosopher

"The great growling engine of change - technology"

Alvin Toffler, Author

"Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes"

Jim Carrey, Comedian

"Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion"

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Philosopher

"Harbour Island in the Bahamas is a wonderful little island with beautiful beaches, a great restaurant culture and friendly, welcoming atmosphere"

Helena Christensen, Model

"My motto is: If you want to be great, you have to be willing to sacrifice everything for it"

Puff Daddy, Musician

"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

"Bob Dylan is quite a songwriter, and a great singer and musician. I won't bother with comparing myself to him, but I will say that I heard his records at a very young age and I still listen to all his records"

Frank Black, Musician

"Great CEOs are not just born with shiny hair and a tie"

Marc Andreessen, Businessman

"If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great"

Tom Hanks, Actor

"Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment"

Morihei Ueshiba, Athlete

"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

"Great causes and little men go ill together"

Jawaharlal Nehru, Leader

"Strong convictions precede great actions"

James Freeman Clarke, Clergyman

"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

"Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges"

Thomas W. Higginson, Clergyman

"Scientific understanding is often beautiful, a profoundly aesthetic experience which gives pleasure not unlike the reading of a great poem"

Paul Nurse, Scientist

"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