Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.
'Alien' is a C film elevated to an A film, honestly, by it being well done and a great monster. If it hadn't had that great monster, even with a wonderful cast, it wouldn't have been as good, I don't think.
No one writes a great book every time out, or even a good book.
To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.
To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.
I have great faith in the future of books - no matter what form they may take - and of science fiction.
Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.
Unemployment is sky-rocketing; deflation is in our future for the first time since the Great Depression. I don't care whose fault it is, it's the truth.
Measured by any standard, white or black, Washington must be regarded today as one of the great men of this country: and in the future he will be so honored.
Shakespeare wrote great plays that we're still watching all these years later. Charlie Chaplin made great comedies and they are still as funny today as they ever were.
To be filled with God is a great thing, to be filled with the fullness of God is still greater; to be filled with all the fullness of God is greatest of all.
I want to create the largest archive of great God debates in existence: a Web site that becomes a great resource for both Christians and atheists.
The privilege of holding the priesthood, which is the power and authority to act in God's name, is a great blessing and privilege and one that carries with it equally great obligations and responsibilities.
Ministers of God's choosing are engaged in a great work. They are warring not merely against men, but Satan and his angels.
They've all been through bad things. So bad things happen to people. They happen to all the great men of God.
With the right mindset, you can turn a painful downfall into a setup for a great success story.
One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.
All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks, in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity.
Ambition is the necessary spur of a great mind to great action; when acting upon a weak mind it impels it to absurdity, or sours it with discontent.
There was no luck. There was only preparation meets opportunity, and recognizing the latter and knowing when to seize it was ninety percent of any great success.
Great change outside, is the outcome of greater chang inside-out from your soul and your mind
