Great Quotes

"I was always a great bundle of energy. As a child, instead of walking, I would run. And so running, which is a pain to a lot of people, was always a pleasure to me because it was so easy"

Roger Bannister, Athlete

"Nature generally struggles against this treatment for a while, until her powers seem in a great measure exhausted, when she quietly yields to the power of the art"

Robert Fortune, Scientist

"I love working in Canada. The ovation is great. It makes me feel like I'm the top dog"

Owen Hart, Entertainer

"To have the sense of creative activity is the great happiness and the great proof of being alive"

Matthew Arnold, Poet

"In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you're a great writer, you must say that you are"

Gore Vidal, Novelist

"A lot of the really great stuff fell between the tracks"

Eydie Gorme, Musician

"Mention Hubert Sumlin, as well, because Hubert's a great man, and again, you know, I don't play the guitar very good, but when I'm playing this kind of music, I always have him in my mind. I wish I could play like Hubert"

Elvis Costello, Musician

"Nevertheless most of the evergreen forests of the north must always remain the home of wild animals and trappers, a backward region in which it is easy for a great fur company to maintain a practical monopoly"

Ellsworth Huntington, Educator

"Please let me assure you, however, that the keen disappointment and regret which I feel in this regard serve only to enhance my profound appreciation of the great honor which you have done me; and my sincere gratitude for your generous action"

Cordell Hull, Public Servant

"Love is so confusing - you tell a girl she looks great and what's the first thing you do? Turn out the lights!"

Robert Orben, Entertainer

"And I think people who sort of glibly say, 'Well, you know, they're not going to handle security, UAE is a great ally,' four and a half years ago, they were not an ally, they were working with the enemy, and if those same people are still there today that were there then, these are real serious issues"

Peter King, Politician

"For the most part, I have a very manageable celebrity. People recognize me from time to time, and they usually say very appreciative things. It affords me a great deal of pleasure"

Armistead Maupin, Novelist

"Still, the film nearly didn't happen a number of times. There were great arguments with United Artists about how to reduce the cost because they were nothing if not conscious of the price of the film"

John Schlesinger, Director

"But I think the possibility of a black and white society feeding each other's expertises, living harmoniously, will probably go along in fits and starts now but at least it has a great constitution now to back it up"

Janet Suzman, Actress

"I've grown tremendously as an actor by being there. It is comic writing the likes of which I don't know that I'll ever see again and it's been a great, great experience"

Matt LeBlanc, Actor

"A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out"

Cyril Connolly, Journalist

"I think that's what's great about being an actress is you get to learn so many different things like that, like learning a little bit of Tibetan here, learning a Southern accent there"

Jaime King, Actress

"Because I killed a guy in real life, and because my character kills a guy onstage, they said I could never do anything this great again. I resented that"

Charles S. Dutton, Actor

"I always thought that Bill Murray was one of the great actors that I've worked with. And I've worked with all kinds of people who are known primarily for their dramatic work"

Ivan Reitman, Actor

"A soul occupied with great ideas performs small duties"

Harriet Martineau, Writer

"With both Caddyshack and Vacation, it's not like the subjects were serious enough that they engaged my interest for another round. I love the characters, and the actors were great, but I didn't see the need to make another Vacation movie"

Harold Ramis, Actor

"As much as we'd like to believe that our work is great and that we're infallible, we're not. Hollywood movies are made for the audience. These are not small European art films we're making"

Harold Ramis, Actor

"If you're really on top, you probably didn't do that great, 'cause you have to water it down a bit for it to get that mass appeal"

Brad Paisley, Musician

"I'm a radical reformist, because between where we are and where I want to go there's a great deal of work, and I won't see the end of this"

Susan George, Activist

"She was a great lady. We raised three boys, were together as long as she lived, and now she's passed on"

Earl Scruggs, Musician

"Now, of course, the great thing about the solar system as a frontier is that there are no Indians, so you can have all the glory of the myth of the American westward expansion without any of the guilt"

Sarah Zettel, Author

"Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection"

Pindar, Poet

"I've always believed that the facts about dancing are more interesting than the myths, and this was a great chance for me to explore how the human body does such incredible things"

Deborah Bull, Dancer

"In the beginning, we had a great deal of freedom, and Jerry wrote completely out of his imagination - very, very freely. We even had no editorial supervision to speak of, because they were in such a rush to get the thing in before deadline. But later on we were restricted"

Joe Shuster, Artist

"Lyrics are very different. There is a clear line between that and a poem. Something that has been a source of great excitement and delight for me is this idea that I get to rhyme"

Joanna Newsom, Musician

"That's a great feeling to know that I'm going into a project that I have no idea what will become of that movie, but I really trust Ang Lee. And I really trusted Ron. It's just really nice to work with people that you feel that way about"

Jennifer Connelly, Actress

"Dark Water was one of my favourite films to shoot because of Walter. I had seen the previous films he had directed, Central Station and Motorcycle Diaries, and I thought they were great. I really trusted him"

Jennifer Connelly, Actress

"The miserable failures of capitalist economies in the Great Depression were root causes of worldwide social and political disasters"

James Tobin, Economist

"By God's help, and the intelligent use of their own strong right arms they could accomplish great things"

James Larkin, Activist

"A good drama critic is one who perceives what is happening in the theatre of his time. A great drama critic also perceives what is not happening"

Kenneth Tynan, Critic

"Time means a great deal to every runner. It means everything to me, because most days miles don't count; only minutes do"

Joe Henderson, Athlete

"I've talked about sex a great deal in my music for a great while now. I feel very comfortable with it"

Janet Jackson, Musician

"It was a great time to be born, because I got to have my own publishing company right from the beginning, so I made more money than somebody would have doing what I did ten or fifteen years before"

Jackson Browne, Musician

"The great medley of Oregon and California emigrants, at their camps around Independence, had heard reports that several additional parties were on the point of setting out from St. Joseph's farther to the northward"

Francis Parkman, Historian

"But Sneaky Pete was great. I didn't bug him about Gram. Not too much, anyway"

Evan Dando, Musician

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