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"Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee and I'll forgive Thy great big one on me." Robert Lee Frost 4.8462 average rating Rate this Quote
"The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended." Robert Lee Frost Rate this Quote
"It is easy to forget that the most important aspect of comedy, after all, its great saving grace, is its ambiguity. You can simultaneously laugh at a situation, and take it seriously." Stephen Fry 3.6667 average rating Rate this Quote
"Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved." (Sarah) Margaret Fuller 3.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Rigid justice is the greatest injustice." Dr. Thomas Fuller 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men." Dr. Thomas Fuller 4.7500 average rating Rate this Quote
"A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." Walter Gagehot 4.7045 average rating Rate this Quote
"One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know." John Kenneth Galbraith 3.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone." John Kenneth Galbraith 1.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"What's been great about the human race gives you a sense of how great you might get, how far you can reach." Jerry Garcia 3.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied, 'Only stand out of my light.' Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we can do for creative men and women is to stand out of their light." John W(illiam) Gardner 4.5000 average rating Rate this Quote
"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water." John W(illiam) Gardner 4.7368 average rating Rate this Quote
"The most radical division that it is possible to make of humanity is that which splits it into two classes of creatures: Those who make great demands on themselves, piling up difficulties and duties; and those who demand nothing special of themselves, bu" Jose Ortega y Gasset 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do." Jose Ortega y Gasset 3.4000 average rating Rate this Quote
"On a good day, I view the job [of president] as directing an orchestra. On the dark days, it is more like that of a clutch-engaging the engine to effect forward motion, while taking greater friction." A(ngelo) Bartlett Giamatti Rate this Quote
"The light of the stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So is it with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personality." Kahlil Gibran 4.8333 average rating Rate this Quote
"Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children." Kahlil Gibran 4.6522 average rating Rate this Quote
"Keep me away from the wisdom that does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children." Kahlil Gibran 4.9091 average rating Rate this Quote
"The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities." Kahlil Gibran 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk. When once the risk has really been taken, then the greatest danger is to risk too much." Kahlil Gibran 4.5000 average rating Rate this Quote
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