Great Quotes

A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great nation.

I fully recognize and appreciate the many substantial contributions of black Americans and other minorities to the creation and preservation and development of our great nation.

More than 26,000 lives may be lost to the effects of drug abuse this year. This tragic impact is felt in communities across this great nation. Sadly many of these deaths occur among our young people.

I had great admiration for the election of President Obama. I believe that the U.S. at that moment showed tremendous capacity to show that it is a great nation, and it surprised the world. It may be very difficult to be able to elect a black president in the U.S. - as it was very difficult to elect a woman president in Brazil.

The Australian people want to help build this country into a great nation. This budget... has not realized the capacity of the Australian people. It has underestimated them. It has let us down.

Japan is a great nation. It should begin to act like one.

If we are to fulfill the promise of this great Nation that everybody in our society has equal access to the law, obviously having the resources to have access to the law is extremely important.

The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.

Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible while operating behind the national scenery.

Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relations between the two great nations on earth.

Keeping small nations enslaved because of the deals between the great nations or because of any pragmatic considerations that might have been there are totally unacceptable.

For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.

Great music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy.

I have teenagers, so I listen to a lot of music. They turn me on to great music.

You have to watch all sides of your advancement, you have to make sure people's bodies and minds are healthy and their morale is cool before you can really go out and play great music.

The Bee Gees who are brilliant, I just love great music.

Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.

I try to greet my friends with a drink in my hand, a warm smile on my face, and great music in the background, because that's what gets a dinner party off to a fun start.

I would never withhold information about the murder of my man Biggie, or anybody else. It's just silly and ridiculous. The accusations are just flying out. All I've been trying to do all my life is to make great music.

All I've been trying to do all my life is to make great music.

I do like Marylin Manson, actually. I think, he's very talented and he did make some great music.

Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

My advice is: if you've got to be miserable to write great music, then drive a truck.

I feel it's my responsibility to turn people on to great music.

Finally, I would like to remind record companies that they have a cultural responsibility to give the buying public great music. Milking a trend to death is not contributing to culture and is ultimately not profitable.

Radio is aimed at the 30-year-old market, so you have to have great music and appeal to get that age group. And you need a record company to believe in you. It's like a bit of the perfect storm.

Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.

It's a bummer sometimes but I always believe that great bands and great music always prevail.

I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music.