Great Quotes

And then a great thing in my life was going to India.

Now, of course, the great thing about the solar system as a frontier is that there are no Indians, so you can have all the glory of the myth of the American westward expansion without any of the guilt.

Well, the great thing for me about poetry is that in good poems the dislocation of words, that is to say, the distance between what they say they're saying and what they are actually saying is at its greatest.

The great thing about The Clash of course is that they keep searching for answers beyond that.

It was a great thing to be a human being. It was something tremendous. Suddenly I'm conscious of a million sensations buzzing in me like bees in a hive. Gentlemen, it was a great thing.

That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we may likewise judge so from the conduct of the white-people, in the late war.

The great thing about the Internet is that it allows people to find and consume music.

Yes, but the great thing about all the people - and I don't think there is any exception - who I've worked with is they've all been very, very talented musicians.

The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.

The great thing about baseball is when you're done, you'll only tell your grandchildren the good things. If they ask me about 1989, I'll tell them I had amnesia.

The great thing about Stephen is that he sees the movie as a separate thing, I think. He wants it to capture the essence of the book, and if he feels that's been done, then he's not too particular about the details. I think that's why he's happy.

Maybe it will be a great thing when the Baby Boomers finally die out. In real life, it's not a matter of the good guys or the bad guys. Rather, it's big numbers and small numbers that do the counting.

The great thing about social movements is everybody gets to be a part of them.

It's always just a great thing to see your kids connecting and you see the different stages.

The great thing is that whether we have faith or not, we are by and large very tolerant of people, whatever their particular view.

I think the legacy we leave is our family. I don't think it's money. I don't think it's - I'm not saying that charity isn't a great thing. I just think that it's my family. Even now I look and I think, God, I'm lucky if I lost it all.

You never know who will win and I think that is the great thing about this league (as a player) because it gives you a lot of hope that this could be your year.

That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them.

I was concerned about that, because I've always been so specific about doing independent films, but I've never done anything that's so genuinely and ridiculously fun. And that's a great thing, for me to discover that that's possible.

The great thing about being a writer is that you are always recreating yourself.

The great thing about film is you start and finish. It's a journey that lasts so long, TV lasts a long time.

Being typecast is a great thing for an actor. I was considered one of the New York mob actors.

I think Linux is a great thing, because Linux is an alternative to Windows, and because, of all the operating systems that are at all relevant today, Unix is the best of a bad lot.

I think Linux is a great thing, in the big picture. It's a great hacker's tool, and it has a lot of potential to become something more.

A great thing happening now in art is that artists are using the figure, the body, clothing, life.

It's such a great thing to work with people and not have a plan.

Every player that plays for any organization, having great fans on your side every night is a great thing.

The great thing about having spent all this time on film sets is that I've been able to watch directors and how they work. I now know that this is what I want to do as well: to tell stories visually. But it's definitely my vision that I want to put across, nobody else's.

People will love something very much or hate something very much. But the great thing about a sketch show is that if something comes along that you don't like, something else will come along in a minute that hopefully you might like that.

The great thing about our system of democracy is when they call you for jury duty, you have to come... It's an honor and a privilege. I was called and I've got to be here.