Be Great Quotes

I said I deserved a home fight, either Philly or Puerto Rico, since I'm always going to someone else's place to fight. Everyone thought it was a great idea to go back to Puerto Rico.

My parents always talk about Puerto Rico. My dad's whole family lives in Puerto Rico. My great grandma lives in Puerto Rico and I got to meet her a couple years ago.

My theatrical background was in the great work of the South African playwright Athol Fugard.

It's no great achievement to go along with the crowd. Be the unusual guy, the extraordinary guy.

Almost every great achievement began with someone finally getting ticked off, saying, 'Enough!' and standing up to fight.

A great wine served in fine glassware is beautiful. But it is also seductive and full of strange promise and perhaps the slightest hint of naughtiness, all waiting to be uncoiled.

I loved working on 'Donnie Darko.' I learned a lot from the cast, Jake Gyllenhaal and the producers. I love doing what I do because I get to meet so many great people.

Her [ Onata April] great talent as an actress is that she has the ability to understand and listen to the scenario and what the story is, and then she can pretend and live that.

Take advantage of this great opportunity in your life to live it well, to be good, to have good works, and to influence other people for good.

The American Cancer Society has done the American public a really great disservice.

I've observed a few things about the few really great people I've had a chance to meet and cover...They need to be around people. You and I require sleep. They require people.

Bragging about what a good deal you got is one of the many great art forms that my people, the Jews, have introduced to American culture.

It will be a great day when taxpayers keep the money they earned and DC has to hold a bake sale to to raise the debt limit.

You do what you need to if you're serious about playing great golf.

She was making great money at personal appearances.

Hugh Grant does a great job with his style. Somehow understated yet timeless and seems to get it. He does it on and off camera.

...housing activity will remain healthy for some time to come.

Labour day is a great American holiday that people celebrate by going out and buying products made in China

I know it was more than that. But it was also less than that, too.

Great Britain would spend her last guinea to keep a navy superior to that of the United States or any other power.

To see great actors bring it all to life us exhilerating

Crushing defeat for Great Britain #Euref. History will show no one won today.

I've got a great family and a beautiful house. I feel very lucky as far as my lifestyle is concerned. I'm not really interested in fame and all its trappings.

I identified with Pip from 'Great Expectations,' especially when I was younger; I had the same kind of gaucheness and uncertainty.

The religion itself may have some great ideas, but I can't take it seriously if it's blatantly exclusionary.

It's much easier to hire really great people like that in New York and in Brooklyn in particular, than it is in Washington.

I actually have great hopes for the future.

Roger Scruton is one of our great men of speculation

Your dreams can be realities. They are the stuff that leads us through life toward great happiness.

And because I have a four-year-old son I have become a great baseball pitcher. And, you know, juggler.

Chick Corea was a great influence on me, musically, as I was growing up.

I enjoy wine collecting and great food.

Being the number one pick was a great opportunity and meant a lot to me.

I know writers for whom the act of writing is a necessary chore. They suffer to write great work. I am very lucky that for me writing is a delight.

I have known Tavis Smiley since the 1980s, when we both worked at the same radio station in Los Angeles. He is smart, and he is a gentleman who has accorded me great respect both on and off the air.

He loves power. He loves control because others, you know, dad and stuff like that, but he's just a great guy. He's just a great guy.

Viola [Davis] is one of the great actors of her generation. She has one of these moments in the theater that I don't even know how to describe.

We'll all retire from life at some point. The great thing about acting is you don't necessarily have to retire.

I just want to be remembered as a great actor.

The great thing about being a Yankee is that youre always a Yankee.

I don't know a lot about New Zealand except that it is beautiful! All of my friends in bands who have toured there have said great things about it so I hope I can go perform there soon!

There are two great things that we need to find in life: one is love, probably the most important, and the second is work, and they compete with one another from time to time.

I have always felt that the only great thing about an interview is the questions that are asked.

When you're going broke, it's best to have a great time.

There was no single moment when I thought, Aha! What a great idea! Rather there was a slow and gradual accumulation of numerous small ideas.

History is not reassuring on the subject of the longevity of seemingly lasting great nations, is it?

I haven't ever found any great writing on that wonderful and often unappreciated art form, the insult.

It's kind of hard to find something that will get your juices flowing if you're somewhat critical. I have a hard time finding great things for myself in '94 and certainly in '95.

This is a great opportunity for gear heads to celebrate the holiday, show off their hot rods and visit the aquarium.

I had such a great year I didn't want to forget it.