Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Joyce

The artist who could disentangle the subtle soul of the image from its mesh of defining circumstances most exactly and 're-embody' it in artistic circumstances chosen as the most exact for it in its new office, he was the supreme artist.

James Russell Lowell

A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.

Friedrich Schiller

A sublime soul can rise to all kinds of greatness, but by an effort; it can tear itself from all bondage, to all that limits and constrains it, but only by strength of will. Consequently the sublime soul is only free by broken efforts.

Friedrich Schiller

It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.

Jon Meacham

Reagan is the Republican FDR, an exemplar of presidential greatness.

Lucan

Every great man inevitable resents a partner in greatness.

Luc de Clapiers

The mind reaches great heights only by spurts.

Luc de Clapiers

Great men undertake great things because they are great; fools, because they think them easy.

You know. Murray has had great players and great coaches.

You could see signs of greatness in this team. But you can really see it now.

Al Horford

You could just see it in their face. When we see they're tired - we're in great shape, so we aren't going to get tired. That's when we go in for the kill.

Lance Berkman

You can't give the opposing team's pitcher too much credit. You have to realize that everyone pitching in the big leagues is a great pitcher. But that doesn't mean that they can make a great pitch every single time.

George Lois

You can't test great advertising. You can only test the mediocre. Not that I don't care about demographics. You have to understand who you're going after.

Ram Kapoor

You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.

You can't take away the season we've had. I mean, we had a great year.

You can't take anything away from them. They were hungry -- I think a little more hungry than we were today. They made the great plays when they needed to.

Julius Peppers

You can't rush it. You don't rush great things.

You can't really give this team any second chances. They're a great team - especially from the outside. They hit some threes and pretty soon you look at the scoreboard and you're down nine. It's hard to come back from that.

You can't really double-down on N.C. State because they have great shooters, from one to five. You've just got to knuckle down and play one on one in the post.

You can say what you want about his stuff, but his makeup is off the charts. And he has great stuff. That's what I told him.

The magic words for a great relationship are, "I love you just the way you are.

Angelina Jolie

It's a great thing about being pregnant - you don't need excuses to pee or to eat.

Britt Robertson

I tried to play every sport. I wasn't great at most of them, but at least I tried!

The kids did a great job. We couldn't quite get over the hump in the second half, but they battled to the end.

Chad Anderson

The kids did a great job of sticking it out down the stretch. Stanley has waited his turn all season and he hit some big shots for us.

Ron Carter

The kids did a great job; I'm real happy.

Joe Torre

The kid, ... had a really great at-bat.

The jury did a great job for their country. They reaffirmed a law enforcement officer's right to protect himself and the right to be able to do what is necessary to do their job.

Bobby Bowden

Their kid did a great job. He's going to be a great one.

This has been the greatest waste of human resources I've ever seen.

This is a great testament to the support you are sharing.

This is a great opportunity that we would like to see happen.

This is a great opportunity for us. We want to see if we can play with them. We want to see if we've improved.