“You can't define the ache that's in George's voice. It's just something inherently him. It doesn't need definition. It doesn't need clarification. It doesn't need a lot of things. You just sit back and appreciate it. It's just greatness.” NeedsVoiceGreatnessAppreciateDefinitionsAcheClarification Author:Vince Gill
“A President Roosevelt comes only once in a century. I believe God knew and does know of the need of the world at this moment. I don't believe President Roosevelt is an accident in time, or that it is an accident that he is President for a third time. I believe that Franklin D. Roosevelt truly is the voice of liberty in the world.” KnowsWorldNeedsBelieveDoeMomentsI BelievePresidentVoiceLibertyDestinyCenturyGreatnessThirdsDon't BelieveAccidentsBelieve In GodFranklinThird TimePresident Roosevelt Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“In a musically imperfect world, there is still perfection in the voice of Barbara Cook. For anyone eulogizing the historic scores of a long-lost era of Broadway greatness, not to worry. Somebody is still singing them with purity and passion. She is Barbara Cook, and she sings them for the angels to applaud.” WorldLongStillsPassionLostVoiceWorryGreatnessSingingAngelPerfectionErasCooksPurityScoreImperfectBroadwayHistoricBarbaraA Perfect WorldImperfect World Author:Rex Reed
“When Ke$ha tries to rap like L'Trimm, she sounds like any ordinary lonely teenage girl stuck in a nowhere town, singing along to her radio and dreaming of a party where she's the star. Ke$ha's greatness is that in her voice, you can hear both the loser girl and the star. All hail the Queen of Noi$e!” TryingDreamGirlStarsSoundVoicePartyGreatnessSingingOrdinaryLonelyTownsRadioRapStuckQueensLoserTeenageHailTeenage Girl Author:Rob Sheffield
“If we can but tear the blindfold of self-deception from our eyes and loosen the gag of self-denial from our voices, we can restore our country to greatness.” IfsSelfCountryEyeVoiceGreatnessTearsOur CountryDenialDeceptionHypeSelf DeceptionSelf-denialGagsBlindfolds Author:Theodore C. Sorensen
“Hank, this is great." "Yes." He said it simply, openly. There was no flattered pleasure in his voice, and no modesty. This, she knew, was a tribute to her, the rarest one person could pay another: the tribute of feeling free to acknowledge one's own greatness, knowing that it is understood.” PersonsSaidFeelingsVoicePleasurePayKnowingGreatnessUnderstoodAcknowledgeModestyTributeFlattered Book:Atlas Shrugged Source: Atlas Shrugged
“But then there are the van Goghs and Hemingways and Mozarts, those who feel a hunger so deep, so far down, that greatness lies there too, nestled somewhere within it. Those who get their inner voice and direction from the cool mysterious insides of the moon, and not from the earth like the rest of us.” FeelsEarthLyingVoiceGreatnessMoonHungerMysteriousVansInner Voice Book:Wild Roses Source: Wild Roses
“The very strength that protects the heart from injury is the strength that prevents the heart from enlarging to its intended greatness within. The song of the voice is sweet, but the song of the heart is the pure voice of heaven.” HeartSongStrongHeavenVoiceGreatnessSweetPureProtectInjuryBeing StrongGreatness Within Author:Khalil Gibran
“We used to sing along to Judy Garland and Ella Fitzgerald records together. She had the most amazing voice ... She's always encouraged me, and she's still that person who, when things look dire, lifts me up and reminds me of who I am and that we all have a capacity for greatness.” LooksPersonsStillsTogetherUsedMotherVoiceInspiringRecordsGreatnessMomCapacityWho I AmLiftsMothers DayMost AmazingHappy Mothers DayGarlandsLift Me Up Author:Sheryl Crow
“Maybe the greatness we heard in [Richard Manuel]'s voice, that catch in it, came from all that pain. To this day, we don't really know.” KnowsPainVoiceHeardGreatnessThis Day Author:Levon Helm
“In this land of unlimited opportunity, a place where, to paraphrase Woody Allen, any man or woman can realize greatness as a patient or as a doctor, we have only one commercial American filmmaker who consistently speaks with his own voice. That is Woody Allen, gag writer, musician, humorist, philosopher, playwright, stand-up comic, film star, film writer and film director.” MenFilmOpportunitySpeakStarsVoiceRealizingLandGreatnessDirectorsMusicianDoctorsPatientPhilosopherComicFilmmakerConsistentlyUnlimitedPlaywrightWoodyHumoristsGagsFilm DirectorsParaphraseFilm Stars Author:Vincent Canby