Great Quotes

"The great hinderance to the development of this continent has lain in the lack of capital"

"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"

William Bell

"Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public opinion controls the courses of the nation"

Charles Evans Hughes, Judge

"Because the sad fact is that the Enron Corporation and others manipulated with unfortunately great effect the energy market in the West Coast starting in 2000"

Jay Inslee, Politician

"It was not always easy because I was always an individual and found it difficult to be one of a group. One person who was very supportive was my father. My mother was great but my father really recognised my individuality and supported me in that"

Sharon Stone, Actress

"We must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other hand, to create a legal form of a kind of homosexual marriage, in reality, does not help these people"

Joseph Ratzinger, Clergyman

"From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you"

Samuel Goldwyn, Producer

"We want the best actor, and that's why Matt Damon worked so well in this role, because he's a great actor"

Bobby Farrelly, Director

"But hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns"

John James Audubon, Scientist

"My parents used to throw great New Year's Eve parties. They invited such an eclectic mix of showbiz people. All those cool people were always hanging out at our apartment"

Ben Stiller, Comedian

"War on terrorism defines the central preoccupation of the United States in the world today, and it does reflect in my view a rather narrow and extremist vision of foreign policy of the world's first superpower, of a great democracy, with genuinely idealistic traditions"

Zbigniew Brzezinski, Politician

"But through world wars and a Great Depression, through painful social upheaval and a Cold War, and now through the attacks of September 11, 2001, our Nation has indeed survived"

Nick Rahall, Politician

"When about fifteen I once made a great scandal by taking out my knife in prayer meeting and assaulting a young man who, while I was kneeling down during the prayer, stood above me and squeezed my neck"

Simon Newcomb, Mathematician

"No great inner event befalls those who summon it not"

Maurice Maeterlinck, Dramatist

"In the United States Senate, we cannot do great things without reaching across the aisle and working together - and I look forward to the challenges ahead"

Richard Burr, Politician

"Then, again, the ability to organize and conduct industrial, commercial, or financial enterprises is rare; the great captains of industry are as rare as great generals"

William Graham Sumner, Businessman

"We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain"

Wendell Willkie, Lawyer

"I have such a great band. We had played all this material on the road. I just wanted to let it fly"

Lucinda Williams, Musician

"It will be great when it's not such a big deal when a woman gets a good job"

Susan Sarandon, Actress

"The Renaissance of the fifteenth century was, in many things, great rather by what it designed then by what it achieved"

Walter Pater, Critic

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both"

Louis D. Brandeis, Judge

"If you pray enough for things, I am proof that they can happen. I feel like a kid on Christmas day now, every day. It's something I have wanted for a long time and I am as happy as anyone to be here. It is great to be back at my first love"

Robbie Fowler, Athlete

"We were a Western civilisation, an English speaking civilisation, both NZ and Australia, and we had all these influences coming from both Great Britain and America to us; sending us their culture in the shape and form of movies and television"

Richard O'Brien, Actor

"Destroy or take away the employment and wages of those artisans - which the corn laws in a great measure do - and you will, ere long, render the land in Great Britain of as little value as it is in other countries"

Joseph Hume, Scientist

"Ummm, there is not just one good thing about being a VJ, it is a package deal. It is a fun job and you get paid to party and have a good time and make people have a good time, which is great"

Nafisa Joseph, Model

"We have already seen evidence that, notwithstanding the addition of substantial resources, we are experiencing great stress in recruiting and not inconsequential retention problems"

John M. McHugh, Politician

"Walt had a marvelous intuition. And because he understood people very well, liked them and had great respect for people, there was nothing cynical about Walt"

John Hench, Artist

"Color is a very critical thing. I've found that architects don't like colors. Engineers too. And so somebody has to stand in. Because this is the finish of it. It is the emotional part of a structure. I had great satisfaction in doing that"

John Hench, Artist

"If my gravy train stops at SAG, honey, it's been a great ride"

Patricia Clarkson, Actress

"I go a lot to see young people downtown in little theaters. It's great. If you start somebody's career, it's so exciting"

Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer

"I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with your artistic plans"

Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer

"Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great"

Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer

"The great classics that, as a professional you don't get to do, you do as a student, when you don't know any better"

Marion Ross, Actor

"Cinema is a director's medium, so you're saying, "What do you want?" Being an actor is about adapting - physically and emotionally. If that means you have to look great for it and they can make you look great, then thank you. And if you have to have everything washed away, then I'm willing to do that too"

Nicole Kidman, Actress

"Even for the most difficult scenes, and there are difficult scenes in the film, and because Michael Haneke is such a great film-maker - I think a great film-maker is not only being inspired, but how to do it, how to make it as real as possible, knowing that it's not real"

Isabelle Huppert, Actress

"The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards"

Irving Babbitt, Critic

"I don't think we're living in great times for movies, to tell you the truth"

Gabriel Byrne, Actor

"It's been amazing to watch, because for 'Thor', which was always a mid-selling book, to be in the top ten for every single issue since the reboot is just a great compliment"

J. Michael Straczynski, Producer

"I think if you look at Andre then and now, you look at two different models. Of course it's personal preference, I think Andre now is a great role model for the kids. He has started training differently than he was before, and so on and so on"

Ivan Lendl, Athlete

"I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun"

Victoria Abril, Actress

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