When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of hope in the air. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive, Malcolm X was alive; great, great leaders were emerging from the southern freedom movement.
I think the script is the key. Regardless of how great everybody else is working on a film, if you're working on a script that you don't think is great, you're not gonna be able to make a great film. Whereas if the script is great, then you can.
I don't believe in the Great Man theory of science or history. There are no great men, just men standing on the shoulders of other men and what they have done.
Fin: [after Noah and Allie kept saying 'You look great.'] [to Allie] Fin: You look great. [to Noah] Fin: You look great. And I know I look great.
In order to become great we must allows others to become great before us, and not be envious of their greatness but rather rejoice in it. So that when we become great, there will be others who shall rejoice in ours.
Great art direction is NOT the same thing as great film direction!
With great power often comes great confusion.
God is great. God is glorious.
You are capable of great deeds.
The Lord is a great provider.
God is our great helper.
True greatness consists in being great in little things.
It takes a great reader to make a great book.
Pursue great things. You are destiny for greatness.
I know who in the family is a great cook. I know where the great recipes are.
Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God.
Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.
Great American sport. Horseshoes is a very great game. I love it.
I want to work with great people. Great people really make you better.
The great day of the Fire-eater - or, should I say, the day of the great Fire-eater - has passed.
There was never a great man who had not a great mother.
