Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joe Paterno

I thought we showed some greatness last night.

William Cobbett

It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent so much as the smallness of his wants

Robert Collier

You can do anything you wish to do, have anything you wish to have, be anything you wish to be.

William J. H. Boetcker

You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.

William Jennings Bryan

Service is the measure of greatness; it always has been true; it is true today, and it always will be true, that he is greatest who does the most of good. Nearly all of our controversies and combats grow out of the fact that we are trying to get something from each other--there will be peace when our aim is to do something for each other. The human measure of a human life is its income; the divine measure of a life is its outgo, its overflow--its contribution to the welfare of all.

William Saroyan

Human greatness is a rather difficult thing to account for, and more often than not one is mistaken in one's hunches about somebody one has met.

William J. Clinton

America's greatness depends on the ability of its citizens to make the most of their lives. Americans with disabilities are an enormous, often untapped reservoir of that potential.

William Gilmore Simms

Distinction is an eminence that is attained but too frequently at the expense of a fireside.

Samuel Smiles

The career of a great man remains an enduring monument of human energy. The man dies and disappears, but his thoughts and acts survive and leave an indelible stamp upon his race.

Bryan Ball

I was just battling. Trying to give us a chance.

Kevin Madden

It can be done without trying to browbeat people.

Jennifer Fallon

I actually started writing publishable stuff the day I decided I'd actually like to write something I'd like to read, and stopped trying to think what does everyone actually want.

Derek Stafford

He comes out every day. He comes out just like we do. He's just trying to get better.

Drew Brees

We're trying to be that franchise that year-in and year-out is competing for a championship.

Mark Krikorian

I think it's going to implode. They're trying to do too much.

Steve Foley

It hurts, man. We've done everything we can do to this point; trying not to aggravate it.

Estelle

I think the one group I am trying to appeal to is the world. That would be big enough.

Keith Cooper

I was ducking this way, then ducking that way, trying to get away. I had no idea what was going on.

Antoni Gaudi

Form does not necessarily follow function

Robert Collier

The headline of an advertisement accounts for 60% of the pull of that ad. In the same way, the start of a letter makes or breaks the letter, because if the start does not interest your reader, he never gets down to the rest of your letter.

Rob Zombie

As far as directors, I'm a big fan of any kind of Billy Wilder stuff. Anything he does.

Richard P. Feynman

Nature does not care what we call it, she just keeps on doing it.

Richard Dawkins

The Universe does not owe us meaning.

Richard Dawkins

Of course, we would love to know more about the exact moment of Big Bang, but interposing an outside intelligence does nothing to add to that knowledge, as we still know nothing about the creation of that intelligence.

Richard Dawkins

The argument from improbability, properly deployed, comes close to proving that God does not exist.

Richelle Mead

I've lost someone, too; someone I loved. I know how you feel." - Does it get easier? "Yes. But you'll never be the same again.

Richelle Mead

I know," she said, guessing my thoughts. "I know exactly how you feel." "Does it get easier?" I asked. Unlike Sydney, Olena had an answer. "Yes. But you'll never be the same.