Quotes About Great

Sorrowful and great is the artist's destiny.

Religion has debased the concept man; its ultimate consequence is that everything good, great, true is superhuman and bestowed only through an act of grace—

A nation is a detour of nature to arrive at five or six great men- yes, and then to get around them.

It is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men.

The people told me, however, that the big ear was not only a man, but a great man, a genius. But I never believed in the people when they spake of great men - and I hold to my belief that it was a reversed cripple, who had too little of everything, and too much of one thing.

I love the great despisers. Man, however, is something that must be overcome.

For in one's heart one loveth only one's child and one's work; and where there is great love to oneself, then is it the sign of pregnancy: so have I found it.

I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible.

Like all great divorces, whether they be marital or epistemological, it had its antecedents in history.

Frank Sobotka in 'The Wire' on HBO was one of the greatest characters I've ever played. They cut his throat at the end of that season. There's something about creative coupling that seems to go with great characters, and the fact that you can never play them again once you're done.

'The Wire' was a combination of great TV and great theater.

I love Wisconsin. It's a great place.

It's a great culture to be a part of: there are hockey players all over the world. It has taken me to an education, getting an education at Wisconsin. I've been able to travel the world.

I should like very much to go to America. I have heard so much of the great industrial and economic development of that great land, and I wish to see things for myself.

The success of the storytellers - we're only as good as what we can withhold from the audience. Aspects of surprise and letting things play out for the audience - it's so much a part of their enjoyment. It's one of the great things about working in the movies and being a great storyteller.

One of the privileges of the great is to witness catastrophes from a terrace.

My favorite novels allow me to imagine the characters afterward and what happened, and that I've witnessed a really great story, where the world goes on.

In my years at United, I witnessed some signings who, over their careers, transformed the fortunes of the team. From Eric Cantona, when I was an apprentice, to Dwight Yorke, Ruud van Nistelrooy, and Wayne Rooney. These were great footballers who became great United players.

I am emotional, honest, and sensitive and a great human being because of my dad. Tough and independent woman because of my mom.

One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.

You need to focus on creating the actual value of the company, not just the theoretical value. The actual value comes from a great product that sells well and is ultimately profitable.

One problem with the focus on speculation is that it tends to promote the growth of the great intellectual cancer of our times: conspiracy theories.

One of the strengths of Michael Cohl is he's a big thinker, strategic, great with relationships, artists and big deals.

I'm not a great deep political thinker.