Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.
The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
I haven't got ambitions. Actually, I'm determined not to die until I get very old. I want to be a great-great-great-grandmother.
Retaliation retards your excellence. Nelson Mandela would not have been named as a great man if not for his courage to forgive those who schemed and plotted it for him to spend those 10000 bitter days in prison.
Great leaders are most wanted. They are most wanted for what they do with their gifts and talents. Their dreams are so unique in such a way that their presence becomes a source of hope and courage for others to thread on along. Why won't they look fo...
In every little boy child is hidden a great man; in every little girl child is hidden as great woman. God hides great things in little things and it takes the Holy Spirit of God get them unveil!
I'm working harder than ever now, and I'm putting on my pants the same as I always have. I just get up every day and try to do a little better than the day before, and that is to run a great restaurant with great food, great wine, and great service. ...
The energy necessary to create a wormhole or to wrap time into nuts is incredible. It's not for us. It's maybe for our descendants who have mastered the energy of this technology. So if one day, somebody knocks on your door and claims to be your grea...
The human brain is a product of natural selection. In the face of scarcity, our hominid great-great-uncles were unable to compete against our sapient great-great-grandparents' abilities to build more elaborate mental models and orchestrate their bodi...
I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his power. But really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them, but through them. And they see something divine in every other ...
One can only organize so much and then leave the rest to fate.
Highly organized research is guaranteed to produce nothing new.
For the past 21 years, I've been privileged to be part of an amazing organization called the International Women's Media Foundation.
I'd rather do more with the same, then the same with less.
Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.
Love bleeds you dry until the red organ ceases to beat
Organizations get invested into a particular product. And sometimes the best thing is to stop making that product, even though it's profitable, because it has optimized at a local peak.
Frank's audience doesn't care if a girl singer, a comic or an organ grinder with a monkey opens the show. They are there to see HIM.
Suspicion is one of the morbid reactions by which an organism defends itself and seeks another equilibrium.
I get demoralized by organizations that start off with a mission and pull back when they find it's risky.
There is no such thing as a fixed policy, because policy like all organic entities is always in the making.
