Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.
Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools the exact quality of strength that matters for their work.
It didn't matter that Charlie Chaplin may not have been a great director or a great anything else. He made great movies.
I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
That's the great paradox of living on this earth, that in the midst of great pain you can have great joy as well. If we didn't have those things we'd just be numb.
A great song is a great song, whether it's on vinyl or CD or cassette or reel to reel or mp3. Then again, that might be an overly optimistic view, but I do think that great music will transcend the medium in which it is delivered.
I have a fond place in my heart for Seattle, so I hope that an NBA team comes back to this great city, this great sports city.
That's one of the great things about poetry; one realises that one does one's little turn - that you're just part of the great crop, as it were.
Of all the myriad ways we define love, there is perhaps none more honest and powerful than this: Great love is rooted in great partnership.
I don't see how it's a risky thing to take a great part with a great director and a great script. That, to me, is not really a dangerous, risky proposition. It's actually a really good choice.
If God created great things with a point of vulnerability, it would lie in the reality that great things die in the hands of great ignorance.
If you have a great mission statement from a great vision statement then your greatness will surpass your own generation.
When you're alive hope is smiling for a great life. So don't delay, hope for the best, take actions and have a great life.
Human history is full of great men, great women, individuals, with the will for power - all of them with governesses like her.
Poor presentation can make great art look terrible. Good presentation can make terrible art look great.
If you cannot do great things in life, make sure you do the small things in a great way.
I have four kids, seven grandkids, and four great-grandkids. Maybe I can become a great-great-grandfather if I hang on!
The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist. The need to produce a great work of art makes it hard to produce any art at all.
You have All it takes to be Great, See the unseen, Give the Good in your hand now to Activate that Great Grace for Greatness.
'Game of Thrones' is great. Love it.
Our house was an old Tudor mansion. My father was very particular in keeping the smallest peculiarities of his home unaltered. Thus the many peaks and gables, the numerous turrets, and the mullioned windows with their quaint lozenge panes set in lead...
