Great Quotes - page 5

Every great film should seem new every time you see it." Roger Ebert. (Roger Ebert)
We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. View quote
B. F. Skinner
Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of "speculation"; but which ought to be called Gambling. View quote
William Cobbett
All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife.... Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest. View quote
Beatrix Potter
I like the name Atomic Kitten. It's so great. View quote
Bryan Ferry
It does not matter much whom we live with in this world, but it matters a great deal whom we dream of. View quote
Willa Cather
Where there is great love, there are always wishes. View quote
Willa Cather
A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night. View quote
Marilyn vos Savant
It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do. View quote
Benito Mussolini
Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess? View quote
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great prophets of the past. (Karen Armstrong)
The fame of great men ought to be judged always by the means they used to acquire it. View quote
François de La Rochefoucauld
Those who apply themselves too much to little things often become incapable of great ones. View quote
François de La Rochefoucauld
Only great men have great faults. View quote
François de La Rochefoucauld
We confess to little faults only to persuade ourselves we have no great ones. View quote
François de La Rochefoucauld
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist. View quote
Oscar Wilde
Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it. View quote
Oscar Wilde
The great events of the world take place in the brain... View quote
Oscar Wilde
The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history. View quote
Bertrand Russell
Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are. View quote
Henry Fielding
For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones. (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The art of the parenthesis is one of the great secrets of eloquence in Society. View quote
Nicolas Chamfort
America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose. View quote
Herbert Hoover
Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them. View quote
James A. Michener
Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace. View quote
Robert J. Sawyer