Great Ones Quotes

I always thought that Elvis could have been a great actor, and that he was put in a lot of unimportant movies when he could have done a lot of great ones.

Yes, O Great One, I shall do as you command. Then when we come back empty-pawed, you'll admit I was right." - Squirrelflight to Brambleclaw

How many minds--almost all the great ones--were formed in secrecy and solitude!

The truly great ones rely on substance, and not on surface, hold on to the fruit, and not to the flower.

Once I really maximize my potential-I don't know when that'll be, a year from now, three or four years from now-I think I can be one of the great ones.

I've always appreciated great acting performances, but I've even learned to appreciate not so great ones 'cause it's hard.

All organizations start with WHY, but only the great ones keep their WHY clear year after year.

Bold words and bolder deeds are what we want. Awake, awake, great ones! The world is burning with misery. Can you sleep?

The great ones never take fundamentals for granted.

All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at The Washington Post, The New York Times, and the three original TV networks.

I usually set aside a lot of time in advance of a movie with important roles for kids to search, but when you have great ones, they can be a real ace in the hole.

What the great ones do, the less will prattle of

Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.

People like me, LB, the truly great ones ... we are always alone.

Light cares speak, great ones are speechless. -Curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent

Those who give too much attention to trifling things become generally incapable of great ones.

Universal morality is to be found in little everyday penny-events just as much as in great ones.

Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.

Minor artists borrow, great ones steal.

Indianapolis versus Denver would not be a great one gastronomically.

Learn to overrule minor interest in favor of great ones, and generously to do all the good the heart prompts; a man is never injured by acting virtuously.

Songs hold different memories for different people and the great ones are the ones that become a part of you and your story.

Little secrets are commonly told again, but great ones generally kept.

I'm not going to have a perfect career. It's better to be Billy Wilder and make lots of movies and have five or six great ones than to make so few movies that when you make a bad one it crushes you.