#great

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#either #enterprises #fortune #given #great

There were scenes that just for length purposes, and knowing that the attention span of kids is not great, don't make it much longer than about 90 minutes. ↗

— John Badham

#about #attention #attention span #great #just

Awards were made in Hollywood, in whatever the time it was created. They're to promote each other's movies. You give me an award, I give you an award and people will believe that we are great movies and they'll go to see them. It's still the same. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#awards #believe #created #each #give

Walt Disney was my great hero. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#great #hero #walt #walt disney

The one thing that I know government is good for is countervailing against monopoly. It's not great at that either, but it's the only force I know that is fairly reliable. ↗

— John Perry Barlow

#either #fairly #force #good #government

Praise now is one of the great duties of the redeemed. It will be their employment for ever. ↗

— Albert Barnes

#employment #ever #great #now #praise

Time is a great conference planning our end, and youth is only the past putting a leg forward. ↗

— Djuna Barnes

#end #forward #great #leg #only

The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him. And he must have a strong sense of the sardonic. This is what uncouples him from belief in his own pretensions. The sardonic is all that permits him to move within himself. Without this quality, even occasional greatness will destroy a man. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#myth #pretension #sardonic #experience

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. ↗

— Frederic Bastiat

#endeavors #everybody #everybody else #expense #fiction

Every day, people settle for less than they deserve. They are only partially living or at best living a partial life. Every human being has the potential for greatness. ↗

— Bo Bennett

#best #day #deserve #every #every day