If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life – that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment – that would be the perfect state. – Cate Blanchett
For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight. – Aeschylus
Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly. – Plutarch
Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered. – W. Somerset Maugham
There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain. – R. D. Laing
Great moments are born from great oppurtunities. – Herb Brooks
The internet is a great way to get on the net. – Bob Dole
Life should be great rather than long. – B. R. Ambedkar
High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments. – Christopher Hitchens
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man. – Mencius
The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat. – Sam Snead
I have a great mind to believe in Christianity for the mere pleasure of fancying I may be damned. – Lord Byron
Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks great in wedding pictures and passes the maid of honor his telephone number. – Anna Quindlen
I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people. – Chief Joseph
Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them. – Samuel Johnson
Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles. – Samuel Johnson
Well I think they broke the mould when they made me and being humble is one of my great assets. – Larry Hagman
A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice. – Samuel Johnson
No man was ever great by imitation. – Samuel Johnson
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions reality can be attained only by someone who is detached. – Simone Weil
