We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory and when the Indians won it was a massacre.
He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause to an ardent generous perhaps an immoderate passion for fame a passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
I think capital punishment works great. Every killer you kill never kills again.
Men are not great or small because of their material possessions. They are great or small because of what they are.
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds though he risk everything.
The very greatest things - great thoughts discoveries inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship often pondered over in sorrow and at length established with difficulty.
I have a great love and respect for religion great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism people who do not choose.
It is not enough to have great qualities We should also have the management of them.
With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
Life is a great big canvas throw all the paint you can at it.
The man who throws a bomb is an artist because he prefers a great moment to everything.
Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
Nothing great is created suddenly any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom then bear fruit then ripen.
The '20s ended in an era of extravagance sort of like the one we're in now. There was a big crash but then the country picked itself up again and we had some great years. Those were the days when American believed in itself. I was happy and proud to be painting it.
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.