A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind. Lafcadio Hearn examinationgreatimagine Change image and share on social
A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature. John Henry Newman dictionarygreatliterature Change image and share on social
A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise. John Henry Newman calldictionarygreat Change image and share on social
A great mind becomes a great fortune. Lucius Annaeus Seneca fortunegreatmind Change image and share on social
A great movie evolves when everybody has the same vision in their heads. Alan Parker evolvegreathead Change image and share on social
A great nation like the United States has many and varied interests, and we need both to do business with tyrants and to engage constantly in multilateral diplomacy. Elliott Abrams businessconstantlydiplomacy Change image and share on social
A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior decoration. Richard Schickel adaptationcharacterconcern share on social
A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct result of literature and the allied arts. It is our belief that no human being who devotes his life and energy to the manufacture of fantasies can be anything but fundamentally inadequate. Christopher Hampton allyartbelief share on social
A great number of the women are victims to falling of the womb and weakness in the spine; but these are necessary results of their laborious existence, and do not belong either to climate or constitution. Fanny Kemble belongclimateconstitution share on social
A great opera house isn't run by a director, but by a great administrator. Steven Berkoff administratordirectorgreat Change image and share on social