We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre. Dick Gregory
Seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them. Joseph Henry
A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. George Eliot
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations. Charles R. Swindoll
What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness second, their imagination, and third, their industry. Salman Rushdie
We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another. Richard M. Nixon
In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first. Harry S. Truman
If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great. Tom Hanks
My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories. Bjorn Borg
Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane. Honore de Balzac
Rugby is great. The players don't wear helmets or padding they just beat the living daylights out of each other and then go for a beer. I love that. Joe Theismann
There is something great and terrible about suicide. Honore de Balzac
No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law? The law is stationary. The law is fixed. The law is a chariot wheel which binds us all regardless of conditions or place or time. Emma Goldman
We are witnessing an enormous shift of collective consciousness throughout the world. We are at the precipice of great transformation within our culture and government. Zachary Quinto
You speak of Lord Byron and me there is this great difference between us. He describes what he sees I describe what I imagine. Mine is the hardest task. John Keats
I ran into Isosceles. He had a great idea for a new triangle! Woody Allen
God gave me a great body and it's my duty to take care of my physical temple. Jean Claude Van Damme
Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions. E. O. Wilson
Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy. Edmund Burke
Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls. Edmund Burke