Quotes of: David-bowie Keyword

Only when a man will not do some things is he capable of doing great things.

Mencius

Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.

Martha Stewart

Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.

Nicolas Chamfort

Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way.

Orison Swett Marden

Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed.

Peter S. Beagle

Celebrities, even insignificant ones like me, are created to be abused by the Great Unwashed.

Poppy Z. Brite

Few great men would have got past personnel.

Paul Goodman

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

Plato

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

Plato

This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.

Plautus

Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.

Quintilian

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

Queen Victoria

I do a great deal of research - particularly in the apartments of tall blondes.

Raymond Chandler

It's great meeting children because you never know what they will say.

Roddy Doyle

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.

Robert Frost

I've been married four times and caused a great deal of hurt and upset around me.

Roger Moore

Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.

Rebecca West

I'm a great believer in the idea of not choosing based on our taste.

Sheena Iyengar

The great thing about being a novelist is that you organize your own day.

Sophie Kinsella

Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

Samuel Richardson

I go to great lengths to make certain situations feel right to the reader.

Sidney Sheldon