T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“The greatest thing anyone in Britain could do to help the future of the planet would be to have one less child.”
“The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor; it is the one thing that cannot be learnt from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of the similarity in the dissimilar.”
“The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor.”
Source: Pocket Aristotle
“The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor; it is the one thing that cannot be learned from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of the similarity of the dissimilar.”
Source: Pocket Aristotle
“The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances.”
Source: Poetics
“The greatest thing for me football-wise is that it's a test of will.”
“The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.”
“The greatest thing I learned while taking classes at Second City was the very first thing they taught: 'Yes, and...'. In improv, you keep scenes alive but accepting whatever you are given and then adding to it or amplifying it. There is no space on stage for 'No,' 'I'm sorry, you're mistaken,' or 'Yes, but...'. Those transitions kill energy, set up interpersonal conflict, engage the ego in a defensive posture, and stymie the flow of conversation onstage.”
Source: How to Self-Destruct: Making the Least of What's Left of Your Career
“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.”
“The greatest thing in life is health.”
“The greatest thing in life is to die young - but delay it as long as possible.”
“The greatest thing in style is to have a command of metaphor.”
“The greatest thing in the world is for a man to be able to do something well, and say nothing about it.”
“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.”
Source: Complete Essays
“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to someone else.”
Source: First love
“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to live to yourself.”
“The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.”
“The greatest thing is a life of obedience in the routine things of everyday life. No amount of fine feeling can take the place of faithful doing.”
“The greatest thing is not to believe in Santa Claus; it is to be Santa Claus.”
“The greatest thing is the internet and that means that anybody, you have just as much access as I do. And you can make your little tape and work on it and work on it until you got it the way you want it. And then you can put it on the net. And if it's any damn good somebody's gonna notice. That's happened over and over again now. To me that's good. That's good access that isn't controlled by the companies. I think that's a great thing.”
“The greatest thing is to give thanks for everything. He who has learned this knows what it means to live. He has penetrated the whole mystery of life: giving thanks for everything.”
Source: Reverence for Life
“The greatest thing is to have someone who loves you and—and to love in return.”
Source: Ross Poldark
“The greatest thing is to know God.”
“The greatest thing is to love God with all your heart.
The second great thing is to love thy neighbour as yourself.”
“The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.”
“The greatest thing my dad taught me came from when I called him from a phone booth and said, 'Hungry. No bus token. Please. Out of options.' He said, 'Pfft, get a job.”
“The greatest thing my father left me was a love for cutting wood - my love for sawing, especially pine wood.”
“The greatest thing on earth is a good idea!”
Source: This is Earl Nightingale
“The greatest thing," says some one, "a man can do for his Heavenly Father is to be kind to some of His other children." I wonder how it is that we are not all kinder than we are. How much the world needs it! How easily it is done! How instantaneously it acts! How infallibly it is remembered! How superabundantly it pays itself back, -- for there is no debtor in the world so honorable, so superbly honorable, as Love.”
“The greatest thing that can be given to the younger generations is to make them have a universal purpose! Making money, being happy, traveling the world, these are simple trivial individual goals! The young person should have great ideals and gigantic universal goals that will bring him glory and honour beyond all these simple goals.”
“The greatest thing that can happen to the state of Queensland and the nation of Australia would be if and when we get rid of the media. Then we would live in peace and tranquility - but no one would know anything!.”
“The greatest thing that ever happened to (my career) was the breakdown of the record companies, because there were no more stupid questions about how many hits are on the next record. It was very liberating.”
“The greatest thing that I have learned is probably the simplest thing any of us can learn: I am who I am.”
“The greatest thing that prepared me for editing Vanity Fair was having four kids because you just learn to subjugate your ego with the greater interest in mind.”
“The greatest thing that science teaches you is the law of unintended consequences.”
“The greatest thing that we can do for the world is be America.”
“The greatest thing that will please God is that you maintain an attitude of unshakable joy.”
“The greatest thing the Democrats have ever done for me was to defeat me for the governor of Tennessee.”
“The greatest thing to be achieved in advertising, in my opinion, is believability, and nothing is more believable than the product itself.”
Source: Communications of an Advertising Man: Selections from the Speeches, Articles, Memoranda, and Miscellaneous Writings of Leo Burnett
“The greatest thing to conquer is self.”
Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
“The greatest thing to me about Obama is not the individual, it does not have to do with Obama himself - it's really about the people who have elected Obama. It demonstrates that people are ready for change, and I think Obama knows that, because he really came up from the people, the young generation especially. He motivated a lot of African Americans who never voted before to go and vote.”
“The greatest thing we can do is love another.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“The greatest thing we can do to be closer to our own lives and to the freshness of living is to open up again.”
“The greatest thing you can do for another being is to provide the unconditional love that comes from making contact with that place in them that is beyond conditions, which is just pure consciousness, pure essence. That is, once we acknowledge each other as existing, just being here, just being, then each of us is free to change optimally. If I can just love you because here we are, then you are free to grow as you need to grow.”
“The greatest thing you can do for your children is love your spouse.”
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families
“The greatest thing you can do for your competition - hire poorly.”
“The greatest thing you can do in life is to tell a young boy or girl that they're 'the very best' at something - baseball, reading, art. That gives them the wonderful feeling that they can do anything, which they can!”
“The greatest thing you can do in this life is give. Give life, give your love, your compassion, and even forgiveness. When you begin taking more than you give, your life will fall out of balance. Remember that.”
Source: The Vow
“The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.”
“The greatest thing you can give a child is confidence.”