Greatest Quotes

While port security remains one of our single greatest vulnerabilities, it makes little sense to give operational control of our ports to a foreign nation without first doing proper investigations.

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.

If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.

Wilde is the greatest force for evil that has appeared in Europe during the last 350 years.

The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation.

The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.

When I got lucky with Dean, I ended up with 16 years with one of the truly great performers of all time. He was the greatest performer I'd ever been around, bar none.

The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.

Helping someone come to a saving knowledge of Christ is the greatest achievement possible.

Naturalism aimed at giving the primitive wishes full play but failed because these wishes are too primitive, too infantile, too inconsistent with themselves to be satisfied even by the greatest license.

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.

The greatest real thrill that life offers is to create, to construct, to develop something useful. Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs.

I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.

I have the greatest sympathy with the growth of the socialist party. I think they understand the evils that surround us and hammer them into people's minds better than we Liberals.

In sheer genius Pascal ranks among the very greatest writers who have lived upon this earth. And his genius was not simply artistic; it displayed itself no less in his character and in the quality of his thought.

The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death.

I don't think playing a villain is my greatest talent.

I attach the greatest importance to an amplification of the peace efforts in the Middle East. I would also like to see a greater dialogue between the U.S. and the EU.

I was also very lucky to be a teammate of two of the greatest players to have ever played the game. I learned very early on by playing for Frank Robinson and with Henry Aaron that even the greatest players in the game were just one of the guys.

My greatest debt will always be to the movie-going public of yesterday and today, without whose love and devotion I would have had no story to tell.

Fear is your greatest obstacle - so question your fear. If it does not serve your greatest life then do not make it your master.

There's no greatest moment in the arts. It's a life, it's a continuity thing. You can't have a great moment because it's spiritual. It's a belief, it's a calling. If you're an artist, doing your own thing on your own, it's while you're doing it that counts. It's a process. If you get too elated, you can get too depressed.

We didn't just want to go out and do that whole greatest hits thing.

On the other hand, I think that the family, the traditional family, has a fundamental social role, because it's there that children are born and the investment in children is the greatest investment a country can make. The benefits of this investment go to everyone.

Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town.

I've done a lot of acting. I'm not saying I'm the greatest, but I'd love to act, I'd love to sing.

I've always said I've wanted to be around forever. I never wanted to be the latest, greatest thing. I want to be like Willie Nelson - touring when I'm 70. To do that, you can't be the latest, greatest thing because those things fizzle out.

The greatest drawback in making pictures is the fact that film makers have to eat.