“All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.”
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“My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.”
“My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.”
“Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.”
“All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.”
“We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.”
“Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.”
“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.”
“More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.”
“Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.”
“Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.”
“Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.”
“It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice.”
“Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.”
“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.”
“I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.”
“A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.”
“Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment.”
“Power is the great aphrodisiac.”
“When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys.”
“I'm sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this. I never made a political visit to Washington and we had no people here. It wasn't on our radar screen. We were just making great software.”
“There were times when I had great times with my brothers, pillow fights and things, but I was, used to always cry from loneliness.”
“The Bee Gees who are brilliant, I just love great music.”
“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.”