What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?
My greatest challenge has been to change the mindset of people. Mindsets play strange tricks on us. We see things the way our minds have instructed our eyes to see.
And the greatest lesson that mom ever taught me though was this one. She told me there would be times in your life when you have to choose between being loved and being respected. Now she said to always pick being respected.
I’m the keeper of the flame for Whitney Houston. She was the greatest… and I don’t want the world to forget that.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you’ll make one.
You can be watching the greatest film in the world, and if you hear your neighbor getting into a fight, you’re at the window.
The greatest gift that you can give yourself is a little bit of your own attention.
The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.
I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth – certainly greater than sex, although sex isn’t too bad either.
The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.
A key purpose of journalism is to provide an adversarial check on those who wield the greatest power by shining a light on what they do in the dark, and informing the public about those acts.
I think the greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.
Being funny is one of my greatest strengths. I can make girls smile when they’re down, and when they’re having a good time, I can carry on the joke.
You get a lawyer whether you’re in a military tribunal or whether you’re in a federal court, number one. The attorney general decided that the court with the biggest – with the greatest venue, with the best jurisdiction was the New York court. That was the right decision to make.
I personally believe that if you love someone, and you get your heart broken, and you can learn to love someone else just as deeply as the first, then that is the greatest lesson we can learn on this planet.
No one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.
The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.
Our greatest human adventure is the evolution of consciousness. We are in this life to enlarge the soul, liberate the spirit, and light up the brain.
The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.
My daughter’s the greatest thing that’s happened to me in my life and she turned me into a more responsible man, as opposed to just someone who’s a perpetual teenager, thinking you’re a man when you’re not.
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.
I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.
You can’t sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You’ve got to throw the ball over the damn plate and five the other man his chance. That’s why baseball is the greatest game of them all.
Light is the greatest disinfectant in nature and also in organizations.
It is no exaggeration to say that the English Bible is, next to Shakespeare, the greatest work in English literature, and that it will have much more influence than even Shakespeare upon the written and spoken language of the English race.
The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself.
It’s amazing to think how powerful of a force optimism and hope can be. It’s the thing that saves me. I believed that I lived in the greatest country in the world. I still believe that, and consequently, I believed that I had a chance, even though things around me were absolutely crazy and difficult.
The Jews’ greatest contribution to history is dissatisfaction! We’re a nation born to be discontented. Whatever exists we believe can be changed for the better.
I have learned to use the word ‘impossible’ with the greatest caution.
This is the city of dreamers and time and again it’s the place where the greatest dream of all, the American dream, has been tested and has triumphed.
I believe silence is the greatest sound of all.
Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.
I have always used e-mail to the greatest extent possible.
I went to see ‘The Greatest Dancer’ when it was filmed in Birmingham. And they announced the show’s judges’ names and then Curtis’ name. The crowd went wild.
The greatest generation was formed first by the Great Depression. They shared everything – meals, jobs, clothing.
The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough; for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.
I am God’s vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.
I’m a songwriter, and people will tell you the greatest stories about their lives, whether you want to hear it or not.
Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.
The greatest cunning is to have none at all.
The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy.
It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish.
Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century.
The greatest problem for mathematicians now is probably the Riemann Hypothesis.
The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.
Time and again, we have found the ‘idle’ truths arrived at through the process of inquiry to be of the greatest moment for practical human affairs.
I’m the greatest thing that ever lived! I’m the king of the world! I’m a bad man. I’m the prettiest thing that ever lived.
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
My greatest life lesson has been that life can change in a second. This is why it’s important to always live your best possible life and to do what you can for others.
I think that the greatest gift God ever gave man is not the gift of sight but the gift of vision. Sight is a function of the eyes, but vision is a function of the heart.
I would say things like ‘I am the greatest! I’m pretty! If you talk jive, you’ll drop in five! I float like a butterfly, sting like a bee! I’m pretty!’ When white people heard me talking like this, some said, ‘That black man talks too much. He’s bragging.’
The one that achieved the greatest amount of success is the Eagles. And because it was really successful, it was a lot more fun. It still is. We get a chance to play music that a lot of people really relate to, and to play places all over the world. That’s fun.
His father is governor of Media, and though he has the greatest command given him of all the rest of my generals, he still covetously desires more, and my being without issue spurs him on to this wicked design. But Philotas takes wrong measures.
The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.
War is tragedy. The great war stories are tragedies. It’s the failure of diplomacy. ‘War and Peace,’ ‘A Farewell to Arms,’ ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls.’ Those are some of the greatest tragedies.
America is the greatest country in the whole world.
I don’t care for the music when they’re talking bad about women because I think women are God’s greatest gift to the planet – I just like music.
If you are the greatest, why would you go around talking about it?
It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little – do what you can.
Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.
The bicycle might just be the greatest of all inventions. It empowers the human machine, and with no input beyond perhaps a trendy isotonic health drink in a brightly coloured bottle at an inflated price.
The greatest preventative to terrorism is Muslim religious literacy.
Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.
