Great Quotes

Small: Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer
"Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer"
Alphonso Jackson, Public Servant
Small: But we look back now, and we realize the Great Society was not a success
"But we look back now, and we realize the Great Society was not a success"
Alphonso Jackson, Public Servant
Small: We think that we have great potential but never reach it
"We think that we have great potential but never reach it"
Josh Silver, Musician
Small: I take great pride in the fact that I have lived in a Spanish-speaking country
Christopher Dodd
"I take great pride in the fact that I have lived in a Spanish-speaking country"
Christopher Dodd, Politician
Small: I may have been lucky with some sort of intuition, but I believe in training a great deal
"I may have been lucky with some sort of intuition, but I believe in training a great deal"
David Selby, Actor
Small: Being a songwriter, singer, and a great part of a unit is more important than being Joe Guitar Hero
"Being a songwriter, singer, and a great part of a unit is more important than being Joe Guitar Hero"
Vivian Campbell, Musician
Small: The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them
Amelia Barr
"The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them"
Amelia Barr, Novelist
Small: There isnt a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me combined. Someb
"There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me combined. Somebody is going to dust my records. It might as well be Tiger, because he's such a great kid"
Jack Nicklaus, Athlete
Small: A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations
"A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations"
Ezra Pound, Poet
Small: Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion
"Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion"
Martha Graham, Dancer
Small: A person may rightfully be happy if in this life he could do a great favor for widows and orphans, could assis
"A person may rightfully be happy if in this life he could do a great favor for widows and orphans, could assist support than, and facilitate fate of people"
Islom Karimov, Statesman
Small: History can predict nothing except that great changes in human relationships will never come about in the form
"History can predict nothing except that great changes in human relationships will never come about in the form in which they have been anticipated"
Johan Huizinga, Historian
Small: I have too much respect for the characters I play to make them anything but as real as they can possibly be.
Kyra Sedgwick
"I have too much respect for the characters I play to make them anything but as real as they can possibly be. I have a great deal of respect for all of them, otherwise I wouldn't do them. And I don't want to screw them by not portraying them honestly"
Kyra Sedgwick, Actress
Small: All the great novels, all the great films, all the great dramas are fictions that actually tell us the truth a
"All the great novels, all the great films, all the great dramas are fictions that actually tell us the truth about us or about human nature or about human situations without being tied into the minutia of documentary events. Otherwise we might as well just make documentaries"
Jeremy Northam, Actor
Small: Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have always looked for a great beauty: they al
"Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have always looked for a great beauty: they always gather round her like flies around a fruit stall"
Jean Paul, Author
Small: The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which
Georg Buchner
"The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled"
Georg Buchner, Dramatist
Small: I am a great believer in found families and Im not a great believer in blood
"I am a great believer in found families and I'm not a great believer in blood"
Joss Whedon, Writer
Small: Senator Douglas was very small, not over four and a half feet height, and there was a noticeable disproportion
"Senator Douglas was very small, not over four and a half feet height, and there was a noticeable disproportion between the long trunk of his body and his short legs. His chest was broad and indicated great strength of lungs"
Henry Villard, Journalist
Small: Its not always thankless. Lets face it - its not always thankless. Ive gotten a lot of really great recognitio
Kyra Sedgwick
"It's not always thankless. Let's face it - it's not always thankless. I've gotten a lot of really great recognition and I've worked with amazing people"
Kyra Sedgwick, Actress
Small: All great art is born of the metropolis
"All great art is born of the metropolis"
Ezra Pound, Poet
Small: I came into the world a Jew, and although I did not live my life entirely as a Jew, I think it is fitting that
"I came into the world a Jew, and although I did not live my life entirely as a Jew, I think it is fitting that I should leave as a Jew. I don't want to turn my back on a great and noble heritage"
Felix Frankfurter, Judge
Small: Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree
"Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree"
Ezra Pound, Poet
Small: A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance
Branch Rickey
"A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance"
Branch Rickey, Athlete
Small: I read about this hotel that was great, down in the south of the island, not in a touristy area. I had no part
"I read about this hotel that was great, down in the south of the island, not in a touristy area. I had no particular desire ever to go to Jamaica, but I thought, what the hell? Sounds nice. Let's go!"
Jeremy Northam, Actor
Small: The truth is that there is no terror untempered by some great moral idea
"The truth is that there is no terror untempered by some great moral idea"
Jean-Luc Godard, Director
Small: I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead
"I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead"
Jean Cocteau, Director
Small: I had to go and sing with the musical director of the film, Simon Lee, who is just incredible, and it went gre
"I had to go and sing with the musical director of the film, Simon Lee, who is just incredible, and it went great. I sang with him about five things, things we'd worked on. And then I went to sing for Andrew Lloyd Weber"
Gerard Butler, Actor
Small: People realize that Salieri is not the man we saw in the Amadeus movie. That man had no talent. It was a great
"People realize that Salieri is not the man we saw in the Amadeus movie. That man had no talent. It was a great movie, but the Salieri character was a big fiction"
Cecilia Bartoli, Musician
Small: We need to take advantage of the opportunity we have now to create a vision and become great
"We need to take advantage of the opportunity we have now to create a vision and become great"
Christine Gregoire, Politician
Small: I listen to Helmet - and I love Helmet, theyre a great band - but every song sounds the same
"I listen to Helmet - and I love Helmet, they're a great band - but every song sounds the same"
Adam Jones, Musician
Small: I did a concert... in September with the Berlin Philharmonic... Theyre great musicians, and theres always some
"I did a concert... in September with the Berlin Philharmonic... They're great musicians, and there's always something to learn from them"
Cecilia Bartoli, Musician
Small: Christ would be a national advertiser today, I am sure, as He was a great advertiser in His own day. He though
"Christ would be a national advertiser today, I am sure, as He was a great advertiser in His own day. He thought of His life as business"
Bruce Barton, Author
Small: In my professional work with the Agency, by the late 70s, I had come to question the value of a great deal of
"In my professional work with the Agency, by the late '70s, I had come to question the value of a great deal of what we were doing, in terms of the intelligence agency's impact on American policy"
Aldrich Ames, Criminal
Small: Community colleges are one of Americas great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students
"Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace"
Barbara Mikulski, Politician
Small: By the late 70s I had come to question the point of a great deal of what we were doing, in terms of the CIAs o
"By the late '70s I had come to question the point of a great deal of what we were doing, in terms of the CIA's overall charter"
Aldrich Ames, Criminal
Small: I have a great advantage over many of my colleagues inasmuch as my students bring with them to class their own
"I have a great advantage over many of my colleagues inasmuch as my students bring with them to class their own personal knowledge of national, regional, religious, ethnic, occupational, and family folklore traditions"
Alan Dundes, Educator
Small: In the light of our culture, these are not unreasonable questions and tactics, but if once again, we try to se
"In the light of our culture, these are not unreasonable questions and tactics, but if once again, we try to see the lens through which we look, we can see that there is far too great an emphasis placed on the future"
Alan Dundes, Educator
Small: I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before i
"I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it - not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization"
Harry S. Truman, President
Small: There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego. Diego was by far
Frida Kahlo
"There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego. Diego was by far the worst"
Frida Kahlo, Painter
Small: A man is great by deeds, not by birth
"A man is great by deeds, not by birth"
Chanakya, Politician
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