Be Great Quotes

I don't get any parts I don't get offered. There are lots of great things out there I would like to do that I don't get offered.

My great grandma, she's in her 80s, so she tells me a lot about the things she's seen. I learn a lot from her.

I had a great time working on the movies, both the major movies I've done. I've had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot.

[Marlon] Brando's a giant on every level. When he acts it's as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors.

One of the great things about the universe is that it's fair.

The image and the costs of a Berlin-like wall or a Great Wall of China is something that the American people have not accepted to date.

My feeling about work is it's much more about the experience of doing it than the end product. Sometimes things that are really great and make lots of money are miserable to make, and vice versa.

I've always had a great respect for the picture business. It's been good to me

One of the great things about being in a band is that you meet so many other musicians who will turn you on to stuff you would never have otherwise found out about.

Great feelings take with them their own universe, splendid or abject. They light up with their passion an exclusive world in which they recognize their climate.

The artists who the world has always recognized as the greatest are those with the widest sympathy. The greatness of the great artist depends precisely on the width and the intensity of his sympathy.

I think great teachers, which coaches are, are the ones that you hear.

I've learned in my career, it is much better to be recognized for all the great things you do on the field.

My look is pretty low maintenance, I have a great team around me for hair and make-up, and they have also taught me some great tricks over the years for when I'm doing my own.

Hope humbly then; with trembling pinions soar; Wait the great teacher, Death, and God adore; What future bliss He gives not thee to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now.

The '60s were a time of great change in American music.

The only authors whom I acknowledge as American are the journalists. They, indeed, are not great writers, but they speak the language of their countrymen, and make themselves heard by them.

The American story is a story of great moments and dreadful moments.

We all have great ideas. No one ever says, "I've got this terrible idea."

[Exorcist ] is given all of us a great opportunity to show something new on network TV, in terms of the quality of it. It feels much bigger than a network show.

Thoroughly to believe in one's own self, so one's self were thorough, were to do great things.

A great society is a society in which its men of business think greatly of their functions.

Listening to great music and art inspires me and recharges me.

As a lyricist, you love to hear other great lyrics or other great concepts.

One of the great things about being an actor is it serves a short attention span, which is something I have.

My dad's a pastor and a seminary professor, my mom, she has such great faith.

Our allies, Great Britain, Australia, Israel, some of the strongest militaries in the world, allow transgender people to serve openly and have experienced no ill effects from that.

Dress is the great business of all women, and the fixed idea of some.

I always start from scratch with a character - they're never based on anyone else. You get ideas of what people look like, and I'm a great people watcher. You can draw inspiration from people.

Independent film is such a huge deal in the UK. There aren't many big budget studio movies that get greenlit at all. The indie film industy is a great opportunity that I'm trying to seize.

To me, it's all about the song. Songs are what make me excited. You hear a great song and you want to record it or get a great idea and you want to write it.

I get along great with directors, but I think some producers would tell you I'm a pain. They may say I'm tough to work with, but I have a great passion for what I do. I believe in fighting for it.

I used to say that I wanted to make great art with people I love. Now I have an addendum to that goal: to get things on the air.

Great people do things before they're ready...You might find out something about yourself that's really special and if you're not good, who cares? You tried something.

As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.

I just hope to work with great people, and do things that are challenging for me and that I can be proud of and not have to hide my face about. Those are my guidelines.

The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life.

As a fairly innocent teenager, growing up in a village in Wales, I just thought, "God, I would like to go and hang about Soho and write great poetry and try to avoid drinking myself to death."

A great leader cannot worry about being well liked.

If you have a great business, if you're great at your craft people should be coming in there. It shouldn't be this secret.

Great events are the hour-hands of time, while small events mark the minutes.

There is a great responsibility on the team to perform well, because our supporters and the whole of the country are expecting us to do just that.

I love Jimmy Fallon; he's always a great time.

Teachers still command great respect in the families and societies of many Asian cultures.

In 2004, we had a great year, with Samit Patel, Liam Plunkett, Tim Bresnan, Luke Wright, Alistair Cook. Some groups are not quite as strong.

I hate to say it, but I had a great time in World War II.

Whenever there is fear, there is opportunity. When there is great fear, there is great opportunity.

I think kids should go to high school until they're 30. No, really, because people are staying younger now and there's nothing to do. If you stayed longer, then it would be really great.

The fact that people have hijacked it is certainly not something that fills me with great joy. We have to find new ways of addressing people, new ways of getting into contact with people.

We did work together surprisingly well, more than I thought we would, because I didn't know before we met if we would actually work together really well, and we had a great time.