Great Quotes
239 quotes
"Life in abundance comes only through great love."
"Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges."
"When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony."
"I've got a great sense of humor."
"Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life."
"A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas."
"The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other."
"Norway or Switzerland are two marvelous countries, I very much admire, the most advanced countries in the world in fact with great qualities of life."
"For the Puritans, the God-centered life meant making the quest for spiritual and moral holiness the great business of life."
"The guys in my band are great-we watch movies, we eat pizza, take walks, read books. Everybody has a really great sense of humor. And my boyfriend comes and visits me on the road."
"My great hope would be that Quebec would realize itself fully as a distinct part of Canada, and stay Canadian, bringing to Canada a part of its richness."
"I think there are those individuals who are intimidated by really smart, talented people. But for me, surrounding yourself with great talent is the key to success."
"My parents have always had a great sense of humor. And I really appreciate good humor in songs, witty lyrics that sneak up on you and then you listen again, and say: 'That's so funny.' John Prine's songs have always had this really witty tone."
"The 'Twilight' movies are great in their own right, but they certainly don't have any sense of humor to them."
"The joy which answers to prayer give, cannot be described; and the impetus which they afford to the spiritual life is exceedingly great."
"Love is understood, in a historical way, as one of the great human vocations - but its counterspell has always been infidelity. This terrible, terrible betrayal that can tear apart not only another person, not only oneself, but whole families."
"Michael Pollan is a champion. In all ways. A man of great integrity, humor, and common sense and kindness."
"Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good."
"A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art."
"President Ford used humor a great deal."
"Sites like Funny or Die and College Humor are great, but I'd say it's appealing to 80% men and 20% women."
"Edward Norton and I have known each other awhile. I just think he's the real deal, supremely talented and smart. He's got a great sense of humor."
"You see, that's another thing that my parents gave me: an enormously great sense of humor."
"When I travel, I draw and paint sketches which is great fun. And as long as you are fully aware that it has nothing to do with actual art, I think that's all right."
"I think humor is important for all of us, and a great comedian is a great treasure."
"It's the word 'artful'; it's such a great word, with its dark and its light side, its art and its cunning, the craft and the crafty of it - I've been preoccupied with the word 'artful' and the twin notions of 'cornucopia' and 'pickpocket' it suggests for quite some time."
"A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain."
"Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor."
"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."
"The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion."
"No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist."
"I admired Stephen Daldry very much; I think he's a brilliant director, and also, I feel close to him because he has a lot of theater behind him. He's also a man of great imagination and a lovely sense of humor."
"I've always been a fan of a Johnny Carson because he was so great with an audience and not afraid of self-deprecating humor."
"I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation. I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy."
"Albert Camus, a great humanist and existentialist voice, pointed out that to commit to a just cause with no hope of success is absurd. But then, he also noted that not committing to a just cause is equally absurd. But only one choice offers the possibility for dignity. And dignity matters. Dignity matters."
"I really subscribe to that old adage that you should never let the audience get ahead of you for a second. So if the film's abrasive and wrongfoots people then, y'know, that's great. But I hope it involves an audience."
"I learned early in my career to not let myself get in the way of humor but, instead, find what is great in a talented person."
"No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger."
"My fans have great senses of humor and eat too much chocolate."
"I wish I could be as thin as Jessica Simpson. I think she looks gorgeous! I have had Jessica on my show several times, and I can tell you that girl is genuine and funny with a great self-deprecating sense of humor."
"A lot of my life happened in great, wonderful bursts of good fortune, and then I would race to be worthy of it."
"I try to find humor in everything I do, because I think all great plays - even great tragedies - have enormous humor in them."
"My mother was Irish; she had this great sense of humor, and both my parents loved films. There was a very vibrant discourse about politics and everything that was going on in the world where I grew up. So I was genetically predisposed to go into the performing arts."
"A dream is the bearer of a new possibility, the enlarged horizon, the great hope."
"A lot of people say, 'Hey, God doesn't have a sense of humor.' Yes, He does. God has a great sense of humor."
"Summer is a great time to visit art museums, which offer the refreshing rinse of swimming pools - only instead of cool water, you immerse yourself in art."
"I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if the subject matter gets a little too close to home."
"I love Sell Out, I think it's great. I love the jingles. The whole thing as an album is a wonderful piece of work. The cover. Everything about it. It's got humor, great songs, irony."
"The great hope of society is in individual character."
"Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love."
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