#great

I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well. ↗

— Robert Benchley

#about #absolutely #absolutely nothing #fairly #great

Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the shouting of crowds, nor by arguments of unbridled passion, nor by the hatred of class against class. ↗

— Annie Besant

#austere #beneficent #celestial #class #crowds

From here it sounds great to say we'll all get together soon, but all I know is this: you can call me fifty days or fifty years from now and I'll be glad to see you. ↗

— Richard Hooker

#days #fifty #get #get together #glad

I feel safe in saying this, and that is that Peter Weir is without a doubt one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. I'd open a door in a movie for him if he asked me to. ↗

— Paul Bettany

#door #doubt #feel #filmmakers #greatest

The fear of failure is so great, it is no wonder that the desire to do right by one's children has led to a whole library of books offering advice on how to raise them. ↗

— Bruno Bettelheim

#books #children #desire #failure #fear

Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one's life. ↗

— Anthony Bourdain

#great #life #meals #memory #play

I'm from the Midwest, and I loved my family. I had a very good time as a child, but I was also - I have a theory about Jews growing up in the Midwest, that there is an ultimately sort of wonderful avoidance of a lot of things, and a great acceptance of whatever is happening. ↗

— Bob Balaban

#acceptance #also #avoidance #child #family

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

— Peter S. Beagle

#goes #great #greatness #half #heroes

In order to consolidate the euro we need to harmonise our economic, fiscal and social policies, hence we are going toward greater integration. ↗

— Francois Fillon

#economic #euro #fiscal #going #greater

Because you are a great lord, you believe yourself to be a great genius. You took the trouble to be born, but no more. ↗

— Pierre Beaumarchais

#believe #born #genius #great #great genius