Quotes of: Great-things Keyword

To understand antiquity’s idea of man, we must examine its gods and heroes, myths and legends. In these we find the classical prototype of genuine man. ... the will to greatness, wealth, power and fame. Anything opposed to it falls short of the aut...

The Lord

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all.

Chinese

Even ugly faces are worth looking at -- and that is a great comfort for most people.

Chinese

Of listening children have your fears, for little pitchers have great ears.

Dutch

The little stars will always shine while the great sun is often eclipsed.

Ethiopian

Mules make a great fuss about their ancestors having been donkeys.

German

A hand that is ready to hit may cause you great trouble.

New Zealander

Most people are lucky to have even one great love in their life. You have found two.

Clockwork Princess

All mothers are mothers of great people, and it is not their fault that life later disappoints them.

Doctor Zhivago

As Samson demonstrated, going bald ruins lives.

EMPIRE: How to Succeed with Nothing but Passion, Great Ideas and a Wealthy Family

I didn't do music to live; I lived so that I could do music.

Empty Roads & Broken Bottles; in search for The Great Perhaps

Wisdom... is often an abstraction associated not with fact or reality but with the man who asserts it and the manner of its assertion.

The Great Crash of 1929

He came to destroy sin because it is fatal.

Good News of Great Joy: Daily Readings for Advent

Let the freedom to fail give you the hope to fight.

Good News of Great Joy: Daily Readings for Advent

I will never, ever drink whiskey again. From now on, it's strictly sherry.

A Great and Terrible Beauty

Every natural love will rise again and live forever in this country: but none will rise again until it has been buried.

The Great Divorce

What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.

God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

I hate to admit this, but some days hearing about other people's problems actually cheers me up.

The Great Escape

Sex with Panda was like being in a porno movie but without a third party involved.

The Great Escape

I dream of lost vocabularies that might express some of what we no longer can.

The Great Fires

Always be true to your friends, just as you are to yourself.

Glitter Girls and the Great Fake-Out