English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Greatly Quotes (page 98)

Pythagoras quote: "Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!"
Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few! Pythagoras
Terry Prachett quote: "And the new day was a great big fish"
And the new day was a great big fish Terry Prachett
Parts are not to be examined till the whole has been surveyed; there is a kind of intellectual remoteness necessary for the comprehension of any great work in its full design and its true proportions; a close approach shews the smaller niceties, but the beauty of the whole is discerned no longer. Samuel Johnson
Victor Hugo quote: "My greatness does not extend to this shelf."
My greatness does not extend to this shelf. Victor Hugo
All of writing is a huge lake. There are great rivers that feed the lake, like Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky. And then there are mere trickles, like Jean Rhys. All that matters is feeding the lake. I don't matter. The lake matters. You must keep feeding the lake. Jean Rhys
T. H. White quote: "Only fools want to be great."
Only fools want to be great. T. H. White
Is Ahab, Ahab? Is it I, God, or who, that lifts this arm? But if the great sun move not of himself; but is an errand-boy in heaven; nor one single star can revolve, but by some invisible power; how then can this one small heart beat; this one small brain think thoughts; unless God does that beating, does that thinking, does that living, and not I. Herman Melville
Katie had a fierce desire for survival which made her a fighter. Johnny had a hankering after immortality which made him a useless dreamer. And that was the great difference between these two who loved each other so well. Betty Smith
It was a great story and I admired her. And I also felt a little envious. Because that bloody tampon had been a secret weapon. And every woman had one. But only a woman like Debby would be brave enough to use it. Augusten Burroughs
Muhammad Ali quote: "To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If..."
To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are. Muhammad Ali
But later that day, the streets of Kweilin were strewn with newspapers reporting great Kuomintang victories, and on top of these papers, like fresh fish from a butcher, lay rows of people - men, women and children who had never lost hope, but had lost their lives instead. Amy Tan
A great commotion immobilized her in her center of gravity, planted her in her place, and her defensive will was demolished by the irresistible anxiety to discover what the orange bells and whistles and the invisible globes on the other side of death were like. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
If it wasn’t for the mist we could see your home across the bay," said Gatsby. "You always have a green light that burns at the end of your dock." Daisy put her arm through his abruptly but he seemed absorbed in what he had just said. Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to him, almost touching her. It had seemed as close as a star to the... F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gordon R. Dickson quote: "live today as if it was ur last and don't ever say it is..."
live today as if it was ur last and don't ever say it is impossible cos nothing great was achieved with ease Gordon R. Dickson
Robert Frost quote: "For I have had too much. Of apple-picking: I am overtired. Of..."
For I have had too much. Of apple-picking: I am overtired. Of the great harvest I myself desired. Robert Frost

Popular Topics

Popular Author