Top 1200 Great Graduation Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.

You can have a great script, and it can be a great show, but for whatever reason, it just doesn't take the public's interest.

Military school was great and especially great for leadership and then I spent two years in Vietnam.

I'm being offered great movies by great directors and that's what I love, that's what I've dreamed to do, and that's what I do all day long. So I have to do it.

One of the odder byways of nonfiction is the dishy memoir by those who have served the great or the near-great.

You'll be a poorer person all your life if you don't know some of the great stories and great poems.

There's something about having a great bottle of wine and a great cigar. Nothing compares to it.

Born to play? Hmmm. Probably Romeo... or Hamlet, I guess. Also, I'd be a great Alexander the Great.

Every once and a while somebody writes a script, but even regardless of what age you are, most of the actors would all agree that it's all based upon material and the material has got to spark with you. It may be great material but you think it's great material for somebody else. Or it's great material and I'm perfect for it. So, you just have to make that judgment and if you feel in the mood to do it.

My passion has been to build an enduring company where people were motivated to make great products. Everything else was secondary. Sure, it was great to make a profit, because that was what allowed you to make great products. But the products, not the profits were the motivation.

If you read people great then you can become a great No Limit Hold 'Em player.

The notion of what we're trying to do at AMD is about bringing out great technology, great products.

I'm great at washing dishes and I'm great at cleaning the house and all that kind of stuff. I don't like doing it, but I'm.

I've got this thing where I think great shows have great credit sequences. I don't know why that is, exactly.

As for 1994 [ U.S. Open], I didn't do very well, but it was a great occasion for me even though I was not playing the way I had hoped. And it was obviously a very emotional day that last day, but it was a great memory for me and I have had a lot of great memories at Oakmont over the years.

There is a great deal in a name. It often signifies much, and may involve a great principle.

I speak very highly of Jim Thome. Not only is he a great player, but he's a great individual.

It's interesting in the recruiting process because I have recruits and parents that say, 'You're so positive about the other schools!' And I am, because I had a great experience at LSU. I had a great experience at Auburn. I had a great experience at Florida.

I want to be remembered as a great footballer and a great player. When our football days are over, that's all we are - people.

Yoga is a great thing and meditation is also great to get connected to yourself more.

I always root for the bad guy and I don't think you have a great movie without a great villain.

No matter how brilliant an action, it should not be considered great unless it was the result of a great motive.

One thing I always say is being a great chef today is not enough - you have to be a great businessman.

People see Michael Jordan as a great basketball player, but he's a great businessman, too.

The Monte Carlo TV Festival is great because it's a celebration of television and great storytelling.

Life is not one tone: you laugh and you cry, and your heart breaks, and you have great, great happiness.

Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed.

No matter how great you are, the next great one is already sitting there waiting to take your place.

No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.

If you're great, that means you're freaked out that the next day you're not going to be great. You keep trying.

Great women, in partnership with great men, will continue to take us forward.

I believe, indeed, that it is more laudable to suffer great misfortunes than to do great things.

I love Miami: great town, always loved it, a great place to play basketball.

Meditate on enlightenment. Read the exploits of the great teachers, the great saints. They'll inspire you. Their power is there.

Discovering that my great-great-grandfather Harry was Australasian clog-dancing champion in 1871 was extraordinary.

Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.

The only thing that I can do is know that I have great confidence in raising children and being a great mother.

We are learning to do a great many clever things. The next great task will be to learn not to do them.

With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.

WolfCop' is such a great IP, and such a great franchise, that I wouldn't be surprised if it keeps going on and on. I would love to be involved.

Who can attain to anything great if he does not feel in himself the force and will to inflict great pain?

I thought the best route to being the great actor I wanted to be was to play the great classical parts.

You know there's some great folks, great story telling at 'Dateline,' and I'm glad to be a part of it.

The universe begins to look more like a great thought than a great machine.

Mike Wallace's interviews may make great television, but they don't produce great evidence.

Great murderers, like great men in other walks of activity, have blue eyes.

'Big Time Rush' was a great show, and I had some great experiences. It allowed me to become more of a comedic actress, which is also a great skill to have. But there wasn't a whole lot of tragedy in there. Not quite as dark as 'Red Band Society.' So I've been very lucky to have been able to grow in that sense, just through moving to FOX.

Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be great in both in proportion as it is free.

David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer.

To give space when what one most yearns for is closeness, that is both the great test and great tragedy of love.

The only way to remain great is to keep on applying the fundamental principles that made you great.

I've had a great coach, John Norfolk, who has taken me from a novice to a great cyclist.

The tomb is the pedestal of greatness. I make a distinction between God's great and the king's great.

When you get a chance to step back, you notice all these great things you've done and all these great people that you've worked with.

A great future stems from a great present, so I must take things one game at a time.

Sometimes man needs great failures today to accomplish great successes tomorrow!

This league has great players, and it has great images. Sometimes those two things get confused.

I'm working and it's great. Life's great. Believe me on that. So what if I had a stroke? I'm getting on with things.

All over the world, I do business. I make great deals. I've made hundreds of millions of dollars against China. All over the world I make money and I build great things. Who's going to build a wall like me on the southern border? I built a great company.