No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion.

I am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day rather than a sex symbol.

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write.

No great thing is created suddenly.

Nobody needs to cry for me. I'm going to be great.

Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.

Out of Ireland have we come great hatred little room maimed us at the start. I carry from my mother's womb a fanatic heart.

I try to read for pleasure whenever I can - it's a great way just to shut it off for a while so your brain doesn't get fried.

All great peoples are conservative.

One of the great things about young people is that they do question that they do care deeply about justice and they they have open minds.

The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great conscious and the immeasurably great unconscious.

See everything overlook a great deal correct a little.

I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will.

Through mutual understanding sincerity and goodwill and with great wisdom and broad views the leaders on both sides should jointly initiate new opportunities for peace stability cooperation and mutual benefit.

It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.

A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance.

When you sing with a group of people you learn how to subsume yourself into a group consciousness because a capella singing is all about the immersion of the self into the community. That's one of the great feelings - to stop being me for a little while and to become us. That way lies empathy the great social virtue.

I do live like a rock star but it's not as great as it sounds. It's a lot of traveling.

A lot of Jews are great friends of mine.

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.

There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.

She's probably in denial that she's a great big ball of insecurity and I'm quite well aware that I am one.