Great Quotes
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The great thing about the United States is our ability to absorb foreign people and make them a part of us.
S. I. Hayakawa
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I don't want to be precious or weird . It's lovely to be recognized by people who like your work, and it's not as if I've done a Marvel movie. People say that with great power comes great responsibility, but it's more like shitty things will happen if you take certain jobs.
Mackenzie Davis
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Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.
Janet Jackson
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We've got to help each other, seeing as God doesn't help us. Do you see how great Jesus' idea was? Imagine how much it must have irritated God. Forget the devil, Jesus was the only true enemy of God, and he's the only friend us poor wretches have.
Umberto Eco
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From a planning perspective, I thought Compton was phenomenal. It has a huge potential to be a great city, and I always bet on the underdog.
Aja Brown
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My kids have a great dad. I don't really want them to have a stepfather, and I don't think they do, either.
Jane Kaczmarek
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My grandfather is a retired Marine, and I've always had a great deal of respect for anyone who serves our country.
Kellie Pickler
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Fair Greece! sad relic of departed worth! Immortal, though no more! though fallen, great!
Lord Byron
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I know the war in Iraq is controversial in the States, but for us in the Middle East it has made a great and significant impact.
Ehud Olmert
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I've learned many great leasson from my father. Not the least of which was that you can fail at what you dont want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.
Jim Carrey
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You want everyone to be great and funny. I'm not saying I'm great, but I'm funny.
Jon Lovitz
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Germany's greatness makes it impossible for her to do without the ocean, but the ocean also proves that even in the distance, and on its farther side, without Germany and the German Emperor, no great decision dare henceforth be taken.
Wilhelm II
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... for the Doctor observed, that no man takes upon himself small blemishes without supposing that great abilities are attributed to him; and that, in short, this affectation of candour or modesty was but another kind of indirect self-praise, and had its foundation in vanity.
James Boswell
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I've always thought legal addictions are a great way to create a business. Starbucks is a wonderful example.
Nolan Bushnell
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It's asking a great deal that things should appeal to your reason as well as your sense of the aesthetic.
W. Somerset Maugham
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My entire career has been built on the understanding that I am not only not the smartest person in the room, I am definitely not the smartest person in the world. And I am instead going to try to create as many opportunities to connect those great ideas and help them be great.
Alexis Ohanian
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When I look back at it, I'm mostly amazed at how poorly it was shot. David Kelley is a great writer, and I thought the scripts were great, but it just looks so cheap.
Peter Berg
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If the opportunities are not being presented to me, I'm going to take the reins and do it. Brit Marling was not waiting for the phone to ring. The great roles are not there to be had. If you have an idea, do it.
Katie Aselton
