Great Quotes

Richard Nixon had a kind of Walter Mitty fantasy life. He was a man with a grandiose thoughts: dreams of not simply being president but maybe becoming one of the truly great presidents of American history.

~ Robert Dallek

We want an Afghanistan that is shaped by the dreams of the great Afghan people, not by irrational fears and overreaching ambitions of others.

~ Narendra Modi

It's great to see our players get some of their dreams come true.

~ Nick Saban

In my dreams, whatever I am doing, I look down to see if I have prosthetics. It sets my time frame in my dream, I think. I'd have these dreams that I am running and launching myself, and I look down and see that I have prosthetics. I have a lot of those, where I do great, amazing things with my prosthetics.

~ Amy Purdy

Here's the miracle: I grew up thinking, 'Wouldn't it be great to write 'Superman' someday? Wouldn't it be great to create my own show, or work on 'Lensman,' or 'Forbidden Planet?' Those were very literally the goals I set for myself, the dreams that I thought I didn't have a chance in hell of ever actually achieving. But it's happened.

~ J. Michael Straczynski

I think being nice and being safe is unfair to yourself when you have big dreams as a woman. I think you have to prepare yourself that not everyone in this world has the same personality... The one thing I've chosen to be great at in my life is singing - so why not be proud that I'm great at it?

~ Jessie J

I wanted to make a film that wouldn't just appeal to Formula One fans. That's what the great sports documentaries do - 'Hoop Dreams,' 'When We Were Kings' - they're human dramas first, sport second, if at all.

~ Asif Kapadia

Both dreams and myths are important communications from ourselves to ourselves. If we do not understand the language in which they are written, we miss a great deal of what we know and tell ourselves in those hours when we are not busy manipulating the outside world.

~ Erich Fromm

New York is the place that made my and other artists' dreams come true by giving us a chance to realise our ideas and concepts. It was a great place for making a presentation of artistic creation.

~ Yayoi Kusama

When I started writing, I was a great rationalist and believed I was absolutely in control. But the older one gets, the more confused, and for an artist I think that is quite a good thing: you allow in more of your instinctual self; your dreams, fantasies and memories. It's richer, in a way.

~ John Banville

To me, what I love about the draft is; first, you see the young men who are realizing their dreams that they've worked so hard for. That's a pretty cool thing. You saw the emotion from some of these guys the other day. And then, the second thing is this total sense of hope and optimism. And, I think that's great for everybody.

~ Roger Goodell

The interpretation of dreams is a great art.

~ Paracelsus

My mother was really my partner in every project that I had. She was just the great enabler of my dreams.

~ Diane Keaton

Rude contact with facts chased my visions and dreams quickly away, and in their stead I beheld the horrors, the corruption, the evils and hypocrisy of society, and as I stood among them, a young wife, a great wail of agony went out from my soul.

~ Victoria Woodhull

I was a great dreamer of day dreams.

~ Abraham Cahan

Being as it was one of my dreams to sing with one of the world's greatest groups, for me to join 'The Temptations' was a great blessing.

~ Ali-Ollie Woodson

I was raised in the greatest of homes... just a really great dad, and I miss him so much... he was a good man, a real simple man... Very faithful, always loved my mom, always provided for the kids, and just a lot of fun.

~ Max Lucado

I would want my legacy to be that I was a great son, father and friend.

~ Dante Hall

I mean, I look at my dad. He was twenty when he started having a family, and he was always the coolest dad. He did everything for his kids, and he never made us feel like he was pressured. I know that it must be a great feeling to be a guy like that.

~ Adam Sandler

This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.

~ Harlan Coben

I had no expectations about fatherhood, really, but it's definitely a journey I'm glad to be taking. Number one, it's a great learning experience. When my mother told me it's a 24/7 job, she wasn't kidding.

~ Christopher Meloni

Our dad was a great guy and we will never forget him.

~ Lara St. John

I think the sexiest thing about a woman is confidence, but confidence in a humble way, not in an arrogant way. Sense of humor is definitely important. And sunglasses always hide a multitude of sins. Sunglasses and a great pair of heels can turn most outfits around.

~ Victoria Beckham

As a person, he was wonderful. He really was a great person. He was full of life. He had a great sense of humor. Very talented, of course, but very caring to his parents. There was a very endearing quality about Elvis.

~ Priscilla Presley

Denzel Washington has a great sense of humor. He did all those 'Nutty Professor' movies.

~ Seth Macfarlane

Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.

~ Allen Klein

Michael Pollan is a champion. In all ways. A man of great integrity, humor, and common sense and kindness.

~ Maira Kalman

I like art with a sense of humor. I don't have a huge art education to understand everything. I don't think that means that art has to be watered down to the lowest common denominator, though. I don't think you have to go to college to be able appreciate great art, but I like art that doesn't take itself too seriously.

~ Kathleen Hanna

My mother was very funny. My dad had a great sense of humor. My grandmother, too.

~ Carol Burnett

Edward Norton and I have known each other awhile. I just think he's the real deal, supremely talented and smart. He's got a great sense of humor.

~ Kevin Spacey

Sites like Funny or Die and College Humor are great, but I'd say it's appealing to 80% men and 20% women.

~ Zooey Deschanel

I defuse everything I can with it. Humor is such a great shield.

~ Brad Paisley

My dad was very much a John Wayne kind of guy, but he was also a great guy, great sense of humor, a real dedicated dad. I don't think he ever missed a hockey game I was in.

~ Denis Leary

I'm really happy I went to a Catholic school because a lot of the repressive tactics they use make for great senses of humor.

~ Denis Leary

Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

~ George Eliot

The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

I've got a great sense of humor, and if I'm able to say or do something in a movie that people feel like they want to repeat, that's hugely flattering.

~ Matthew Mcconaughey

Anyone who's married to Mariah Carey - I'm pretty sure - doesn't have a great sense of humor. I mean, let's be honest: she's ridiculous. What is her game plan?

~ Chelsea Handler

I have a need to always make people laugh. I have a desperate need. I love a great sense of humor. The people I sort of surround myself with have that.

~ Peter Dinklage

I've got a great sense of humor.

~ Anthony Hopkins