Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme to be sublimely great or to be nothing. – Shakti Gawain
The great thing about the United States and the historically magnetic effect it has had on a lot of people like me is its generosity, to put it simply. – Christopher Hitchens
Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life. – Bette Davis
Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection. – Pindar
His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours. – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. Anthropological Commentary The opposite of a trivial truth is false the opposite of a great truth is also true. – Niels Bohr
I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is a shortcut of the process. – Shelby Foote
Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision. – Henry A. Kissinger
I played a great horse yesterday! It took seven horses to beat him. – Henny Youngman
Mankind is made great or little by its own will. – Friedrich Schiller
So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar. – Matthew Henry
A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions. – James Russell Lowell
A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a story are better than any drugs. – Wentworth Miller
A great wind swept over the ghetto, carrying away shame, invisibility and four centuries of humiliation. But when the wind dropped people saw it had been only a little breeze, friendly, almost gentle. – Jean Genet
We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well – to be a great father, to be a good husband, to be a good lover, you know, to try to do things the best you can is very important to me. – Matthew Modine
He was as great as a man can be without morality. – Alexis de Tocqueville
A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard as they can. – Jeff Bridges
I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when the only thing you got from Japan was a really bad cheap transistor radio that some aunt gave you for Christmas. – Cher
Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness. – Nathaniel Hawthorne
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of. – Joseph Addison
