Top 1200 Becoming Great Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

It's great if a pilot starts off great and if it doesn't start off so great it's not that big a deal: everybody's baby is born ugly. But you want to know, if given the opportunity: Where are we going? What's the story we're trying to tell?

A great artist is a great man in a great child.

The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.

I don't think Steve Jobs nauseated people when talking about how great Apple stuff was. The reason why he didn't nauseate people is because it was true. The start of all great marketing is to have a great product.

Great men are not born great, they grow great . . .

You grow up in a Sicilian household, becoming an actor is not a big leap.

If I were a medical doctor, I would probably be a dermatologist, because they have great work-life balance. Not because I'm passionate about people's skin. They have great hours. I have friends who are dermatologists, and they tell me it's great.

Austrian public-opinion pollsters recently reported that those held in highest esteem by most of the people interviewed are neither the great artists nor the great scientists, neither the great statesmen nor the great sport figures, but those who master a hard lot with their heads held high.

When the darkness gets easier, you know you're sinking deeper, becoming dead yourself.

I wanted to avoid service, because I was on the road to becoming a professional basketball player.

I love the idea of Pro Tools, but it doesn't seem as attractive to me in terms of the music-making side. It's great for recording, but with Logic you get the best of both worlds, the ability to do great tracking and producing something that sounds great as well.

The greatest thing I could do is shoot that ship that's 30 miles offshore right out of the water. Everyone in this country will say, oh, that's so great. That's not great. That's not great. I would love to be able to get along with Russia.

Any of Bette Midler's concerts should be required viewing for every actor/performer. She has the audience in the palm of her hands at all times and can switch emotions on a dime: Great singer, great actress, great comedian - fearless.

She was becoming sad. There is no joy involved in following others' expectations of yourself

We know that a college degree is rapidly becoming the price of admission to the global economy.

Not much happens without a dream. And for something great to happen, there must be a great dream. Behind every great achievement is a dreamer of great dreams. Much more than a dreamer is required to bring it to reality; but the dream must be there first.

When you win sprints, you're a great sprinter, but when you win a great one-day race, you've proved you're a great rider.

all great people are humble because great people have great work and are humbled by the largeness of their dreams.

I read Jilly Cooper when I was on the verge of just growing up and I was becoming a woman.

I grew up with great coaching, and it had nothing to do with sports. I had great parents. I really got some great input from there. They were entrepreneurial, middle-class business people.

Great tragedies have great consequences. They ripple through the fabric of this world and the next. When the loss is too great for either world to bear, Everlost absorbs the shock, like a cushion between the two.

In a strange way, becoming a grandfather is like starting your life over.

Fester has a lot going for him. He's 120 volt AC and DC, and he's great with dynamite. His only trouble is that he's one of the great losers of our time. He would make a great spy, but he kinda stands out in a crowd.

In this new world economy, national boundaries are increasingly becoming obsolete.

Even though I don't write about things that come from my life because I'm lucky, and I live in a great place with great kids and, you know, a great husband, I think you can find threads of me in the characters, so that's really what being a writer is, probably.

How do you catch a beautiful bird without killing it? By becoming the sky.

It is amazing to have the UFC to come here to Perth... it is great for Australian Mixed Martial Arts and great for the sport, and it is going to be great for Perth to have such a world-wide event, through pay-per-view, hosted here.

The Democrats have prevailed because, at heart, we have embodied a great idea, which is that an elected government can be the instrument of the common purpose of a free people; that government can embrace great causes and do great things.

Pop is a little bit theatrical. That's the whole vibe. That's the point - is that it's great music, great melodies, great hooks. But, on top of it, it's a presentation. There's a showmanship about it. And that's why I wanted to be a pop star.

I feel there's something about becoming a character that helps people understand themselves.

We are great and our faults are great and therefore our problems great and great are our consolations.

To be a great nation and a great people, you have to do great things.

I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells... Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.

The Dalai Lama once said that 'If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change!' This is a great thought! And great thoughts belong to great men only!

In the past, great communicators were great orators, but great communicators today sound conversational, and interrupting is common in conversation. And public discourse is now more about entertainment than enlightenment.

Senzo Meyiwa was just a young kid and was already becoming one of the best goalkeepers in Africa.

When a friend puts out a new album and it's really great, it makes you want to do something that great and it makes you get yourself in gear. It's healthy competition that helps make some great music.

I can't deny that there's a great privilege in having parents who are established in the field that I'm pursuing. I try to appreciate the fact that they're so great at it. They've been such great role models, not only talent-wise but also in how they lead their lives and the reasons why they've pursued this.

I've let go of the dream of becoming a UFC champion that I held in my heart my whole life.

I am a very firm believer in Cody Rhodes. I think he is fantastic, an absolute superstar. Unbelievable in the ring, great timing, great pacing - he's in great physical conditioning, can cut a heck of a promo, and just an all-around good guy.

The fear of becoming old is born of the recognition that one is not living now the life that one wishes.

Men should not care too much for good looks; neglect is becoming.

I considered going into business or becoming a lawyer - not for the money, but for the thrill of problem-solving.

Bodies are becoming our personal mission to tame, extend and perfect.

Art is all about becoming a name, a brand; it isn't based on talent or creativity.

We can prevent Europe from becoming a spiritless machine that, in the end, grinds to a halt.

I can tell you, I grew up with great coaching, and it had nothing to do with sports. I had great parents. I really got some great input from there. They were entrepreneurial, middle-class business people.

Great writing attracts great actors. It attracts money. Without a great script, you have nothing.

The biggest thing is becoming a better player and proving your doubters wrong.

'Now I've tasted chocolate I'm not going back'. That's a great line. That's not me, that's all the writing. I mean it's like it doesn't matter who plays it, it's a great role. It's such a funny, tongue in cheek kind of great role.

I want to reach the status of becoming a mogul. And the only way you get there is by work.

The fans get to see you, and you can do great by your record if you have a great performance or a great night there. That's all part of the business. But at their core, awards shows are not really a sincere thing. For a lot of years, the artists had to pay to play their own set.

When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of hope in the air. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive, Malcolm X was alive; great, great leaders were emerging from the southern freedom movement.

Are some people destined for a great fate, or to do great things? Or is it only that they're born somehow with that great passion - and if they find themselves in the right circumstances, then things happen? It's the sort of thing you wonder.

This inability to engage in debate or handle disagreement is becoming the calling card of the left.

Nearly every country in the world is now becoming industrialized as rapidly as it can.

We are a great country, and whatever choice we make we will still be great. But I believe the choice is between being an even greater Britain inside a reformed EU or a great leap into the unknown.

Chose the niche that you enjoy, where you can excel and stand a chance of becoming and acknowledged leader.

Great people have great values and great ethics.

Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric.