Quotes with great-grandfather

Quotes 1581 till 1600 of 2185.

  • Johann Kaspar Lavater The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.
    Johann Kaspar Lavater
    Swiss theologist and mysticist (1741 - 1801)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg The great rule: If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Benjamin Franklin The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of our friends; never to pretend to wit, but to make that of others appear as much as possibly we can; to hearken to what is said and to answer to the purpose.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Albert Schweitzer The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
    Albert Schweitzer
    German physician, theologian, philosopher, musician (1875 - 1965)
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  • Doris Lessing The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.
    Doris Lessing
    British novelist (1919 - 2013)
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  • George Bernard Shaw The great secret, Eliza, is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort of manners, but having the same manner for all human souls: in short, behaving as if you were in Heaven, where there are no third-class carriages, and one soul is as good as another.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • George Bernard Shaw The great secret...is not having bad manners or good manners...but having the same manner for all human souls.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Walter Lippmann The great social adventure of America is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but the absorption of fifty different peoples.
    Walter Lippmann
    American writer, reporter, and political commentator (1889 - 1974)
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  • Lyndon B. Johnson The great society is a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their goods than with the quantity of their goods.
    Lyndon B. Johnson
    American president (1908 - 1973)
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  • Bill Gates The great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn't get bigger or heavier.
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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  • Bill Walton The great thing about being a broadcaster is you have this incredible responsibility to the people that make it all happen, the people that turn on the television set.
    Bill Walton
    American basketball player (1952 - )
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  • Bruce Feirstein The great thing about games is that it's tremendously collaborative, and it opens you up to this other world of thinking and storytelling and how you construct those stories.
    Bruce Feirstein
    American screenwriter and humorist (1956 - )
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  • Billy Connolly The great thing about Glasgow is that if there's a nuclear attack it'll look exactly the same afterwards.
    Billy Connolly
    Scottish stand-up comedian, musician, actor (1942 - )
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  • Carolyn Murphy The great thing about having a child is that it keeps you very grounded. When I decided to have my daughter I was ready to have that responsibility and I made it clear to people that I work with that my job was no longer my priority. My daughter is now my priority. She comes first. Period.
    Carolyn Murphy
    American model and actress (1974 - )
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  • Camilla Belle The great thing about life - I'd rather not know and just hope I'm happy and healthy and I feel as good about my life as I do now.
    Camilla Belle
    Brazilian-American actress, director and producer (1986 - )
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  • Beyonce Knowles The great thing about McDonald's is that they have a lot of different things on the menu. I love their salads.
    Beyonce Knowles
    American singer and actress (1981 - )
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  • Antonio Villaraigosa The great thing about our system of democracy is when they call you for jury duty, you have to come... It's an honor and a privilege. I was called and I've got to be here.
    Antonio Villaraigosa
    American politician (1953 - )
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  • Peter Carey The great thing about using the past is that it gives you the most colossal freedom to invent. The research is necessary, of course, but no one writes a novel to dramatically illustrate what everybody already knows.
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    Peter Carey
    Australian writer (1943 - )
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  • Carl Bernstein The great thing about Watergate is, is that the system worked. The American system worked. The press did its job. We did what we were supposed to do.
    Carl Bernstein
    American investigative journalist and author (1944 - )
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  • Billie Lourd The great thing about women directors is that they're not only involved in the performances - they can gauge where we all are personally and know how to direct us better because of that.
    Billie Lourd
    American actress (1992 - )
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