Quotes with great-grandparents

Quotes 1201 till 1220 of 2174.

  • Alfred N. Whitehead No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not act on some sort of high, idealistic motives, and idealism in our time has been shoved aside, and we are paying the penalty for it.
    Alfred N. Whitehead
    English philosopher and mathematician (1861 - 1947)
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  • John Ruskin No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a painter or sculptor, he can only be a builder.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Andrew Carnegie No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.
    Andrew Carnegie
    American industrialist (1835 - 1919)
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  • Thomas Carlyle No sadder proof can be given of a person's own tiny stature, than their disbelief in great people.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • William Hazlitt No truly great person ever thought themselves so.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Carlo Goldoni Noble blood is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great.
    Pamela Fanciulla, Act I, Scene 6
    Carlo Goldoni
    Italian playwright (1707 - 1793)
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  • Alex Haley Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.
    Alex Haley
    American writer (1921 - 1992)
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  • Boomer Esiason Nobody, from that standpoint, is any luckier than I am or will ever be any luckier than I am. It's great.
    Boomer Esiason
    American football player (1961 - )
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  • Nathaniel Hawthorne Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
    Nathaniel Hawthorne
    American short story writer (1804 - 1864)
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  • Edward Young None think the great unhappy, but the great.
    Edward Young
    British poet (1683 - 1765)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Charles Dickens Not in our heads but in our hearts lies the power, that leads us to great deeds.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Cardinal De Richelieu Not the least of the qualities that go into the making of a great ruler is the ability of letting others serve him.
    Cardinal De Richelieu
    French clergyman and nobleman (1585 - 1642)
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  • George Meredith Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never comes when it is gold, And the great price we paid for it full worth: We have it only when we are half earth. Little avails that coinage to the old!
    George Meredith
    British Author (1828 - 1909)
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  • Jane Austen Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • Epictetus Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • Charles de Gaulle Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
    Charles de Gaulle
    French statesman (1890 - 1970)
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  • Plato Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Jeremy Taylor Nothing is greater or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God to the petulancy of an idle tongue.
    Jeremy Taylor
    British churchman and writer (1613 - 1667)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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