The Greatest Thing Quotes

#1. Hair is the greatest thing to experiment with because it's not permanent. If I didn't like my colour, I'd just change it.

Linda Evangelista

#2. In most women's lives, everything, even the greatest sorrow, comes down to a question of 'I haven't got a thing to wear'.

Marcel Proust

#3. The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance.
Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you
find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.

Debbi Fields

#4. The greatest thing about where my life is right now is it's very relaxed and chill. I'm just hanging out, being myself and doing my work.

Lucas Grabeel

#5. When you are doing one thing - talking on your phone, texting, whatever - you are automatically not doing something else. What is the greatest scarcity in the world today? It's not oil. It's time. Time is precious. Don't throw it away.

Martin Cooper

#6. For me, I love food. It's my greatest pleasure and also the thing that could ruin you as well. It's one of those things where, if you're not thoughtful about it, it could be unhealthy. But if there's a mindfulness about it; it actually is a wonderful tool of emotional expression.

Jon Favreau

#7. You take a chance to do something and you realize in your heart it's either going to be the greatest thing that ever happened or the worst thing that ever happened. It won't be an in between, I almost made a hit. It will be an instant flop or an instant success.

Ben E. King

#8. The mightier man, the mightier is the thing That makes him honored or begets him hate; For greatest scandal waits on greatest state.

William Shakespeare

#9. I think the greatest thing about America is the American Dream.

Wyclef Jean

#10. I think the greatest thing about being an actor is that you can become other people ... You have the opportunity to explore ... alternative ways of living for a brief time.

Ian McDiarmid

#11. 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 Frost

#12. That's the thing about running: your greatest runs are rarely measured by racing success. They are moments in time when running allows you to see how wonderful your life it.

Kara Goucher

#13. The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries, that have afflicted the human race have had their origin in this thing called revelation, or revealed religion.

Thomas Paine

#14. We cheer everyone who goes off to Hollywood and tells American stories but telling Australian stories is the greatest thing you can do.

Yahoo Serious

#15. I couldn't walk for almost three years. That was the greatest thing that happened. Instead of dancing, I sang.

Doris Day

#16. You can't be wishy-washy. That's the most boring thing in the world, to be a middle-of-the-road wet noodle. That's my greatest fear, to be like, "Oh, whatever." That's just not who I am.

Chris Black

#17. It's the strongest love that makes the greatest treachery. The worst thing you can say to somebody is that you will be there no matter what and then fail to show.

Walter Mosley

#18. The greatest thing about having done 'Orange' are the doors that have opened for me, and people have been able to see me, like the executives and the casting directors - also, all of the fantastic directors and writers for independent films.

Ruby Rose

#19. I used to think being loved was the greatest thing to think about, but now I know love is never satisfied just thinking about it.

Bob Goff

#20. Being brave meant that though you might be frightened, you would face the greatest danger if you knew it was the right thing to do.

Anne Holm

#21. Of all the Beauties, it is that which attracts the most lasting Admiration, gives the greatest Charm to every thing we say or do, and renders us amiable in every Station, and thro' every Stage of Life.

Eliza Haywood

#22. Our father always made us work. I think that's the greatest thing a parent could ever do.

Eric Trump

#23. But it isn't true," Orville responded emphatically, "to say we had no special advantages . . . the greatest thing in our favor was growing up in a family where there was always much encouragement to intellectual curiosity.

David McCullough

#24. I have lived to see the greatest plague on earth
the condemning of God's word, a fearful thing, surpassing all other plagues in the world; for thereupon most surely follow all manner of punishments, eternal and corporal.

Martin Luther

#25. The happiness of one man and one woman is the greatest thing in all the world.

Agatha Christie

#26. One of the greatest things that Apple and Jobs were very good at doing was daring to do the very different thing. It's what I did with my cookbook, frankly.

Nathan Myhrvold

#27. It is not the thing on which we spend the most time that moulds us, but the thing that exerts the greatest power. Five minutes with God and His Word is worth more than all the rest of the day.

Oswald Chambers

#28. The greatest thing about writing is that you get to shape more than one life.

Katja Michael

#29. Torque was the greatest thing in the world, as far as Lina was concerned.

Jaleigh Johnson

#30. Being a mother has been my greatest teacher and also the most self-sacrificing thing I've ever done.

Katey Sagal

#31. The greatest thing about being a writer is the fact you never have to learn lines - you get to write them!

Neill Bartlett

#32. The greatest thing that we can do for the world is be America.

Marco Rubio

#33. You know, it's a wonderful thing. I have to say that some of the greatest actors I've ever worked with have been doing anime for years. It's not just because of the popularity, either.

Steven Blum

#34. So your first job is to work on yourself. The greatest thing you can do for another human being is to get your own house in order and find your true spiritual heart.

Ram Dass

#35. It may be remarked in passing that success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblances to merit. To the crowd, success wears almost the features of true mastery, and the greatest dupe of this counterfeit talent is History.

Victor Hugo

#36. I will show her that loving her is my greatest truth, and the most beautiful thing I have ever known. - Gem

Stacey Jay

#37. I want women to love Jesus! That is what I would give every single thing I have for, every earthly good I've got. That is the greatest desire of my heart.

Beth Moore

#38. Christians need a new filling of the Holy Spirit to love those who disagree with them. And the greatest expression of love is to share with them the most precious thing a Christian has, which is the good news of the salvation of Jesus Christ.

Brother Andrew

#39. Writing is the greatest thing about really good sitcoms.

Megyn Price

#40. My daughter's the greatest thing that's happened to me in my life and she turned me into a more responsible man, as opposed to just someone who's a perpetual teenager, thinking you're a man when you're not.

Adam Ant

#41. The greatest thing about doing this movie was that Chris and I both were involved in folk music in the '60s. I had a group, but I don't think it was at the same level as Chris, because he's an amazing musician.

Eugene Levy

#42. You could be Charles Manson, or Hitler, or even a lawyer who advertises on television, and your dog will still think you're the greatest thing ever. This tells you something very important about dogs: They are not very bright.

Dave Barry

#43. The greatest thing we can possibly gain from this life is the ability to love, and to love greatly.

Harold Klemp

#44. He said the greatest thing in a man's life is to lie wi' a woman he loves," he said softly. He smiled at me, eyes blue as the sky overhead. "He was right.

Diana Gabaldon

#45. 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.

Aristotle.

#46. I'm sort of a Freudian about theater; it's always a struggle between freedom and security, between 'Do I stay where I am with my family because I love them or do I follow the thing that makes my heart feel the greatest?'

Bartlett Sher

#47. I think the thing that our government lacks - just about more than anything else - is technological competence. We have some of the greatest white-hat hackers in the world here in the U.S., but the government seems to be technologically illiterate.

John McAfee

#48. But the most important lesson to learn from Jobs has nothing to do with aesthetics. The greatest thing Jobs designed was his business. Apple imagined and executed definite multi-year plans to create new products and distribute them effectively. Forget

Peter Thiel

#49. Comedy is the only profession where love from a stranger is better than love from a family member. You need to perform for strangers to see if you're really funny. If they laugh and cheer, it's the greatest thing in the world.

Jay Leno

#50. Somebody sniggered. From Somewhere int he back of the room someone else sneered, "Yeah, Hazel," which was not the greatest insult ever, but one thing Hazel had learned at her new school was when it comes to insults it's the thought that counts

Anne Ursu

#51. The greatest scientists in history are great precisely because they broke with the consensus. There is no such thing as consensus science. If it's consensus, it isn't science. If it's science, it isn't consensus. Period.

Michael Crichton

#52. The greatest of blessings can come from what appear to be the smallest and most insignificant of things. Don't discredit anything or anyone. One person, one tiny thing, one little shift can change your life in enormous ways.

Patience W. Smith

#53. Really, the values under which my generation was raised in the '50s were immigrant values even though we weren't immigrants. The greatest thing you could be was a college-educated Negro.

Henry Louis Gates

#54. The greatest thing about dreams is they don't expire. They can lay dormant for years and when you pull them out and dust them off, they shine like new.

Casi McLean

#55. The internet thing is what I have the greatest problem with. I don't know if anyone in the media gets the internet thing and Harvey Norman. I think they have some strange interpretation of it that bears no resemblance to what actually happens.

Gerry Harvey

#56. You know the greatest thing is passion, without it what have you got? I mean if you love someone you can love them as much as you can love them but if it isn't a passion, it isn't burning, it isn't on fire, you haven't lived.

Diana Vreeland

#57. Goldie [Hawn] is one of the sharpest ladies I've ever worked with. She doesn't miss a thing. She's my greatest audience. She laughs at all my stories and in the right places, too.

Burt Reynolds

#58. What you have to realize when you write poetry, or if you love poetry, is that poetry is just naturally the greatest god damn thing that ever was in the whole universe

James Dickey

#59. If someone could actually prove scientifically that there is such a thing as a supernatural force, it would be one of the greatest discoveries in the history of science. So the notion that somehow scientists are resisting it is ludicrous.

E. O. Wilson

#60. And the greatest tragedy of our age is we don't listen to our consciences. We don't say what we think. We feel one thing and do another.

Vasily Grossman

#61. If there is a devil, his greatest tool is division. He divides us into this group and that group and whispers that the worst, most embarrassing thing we can do is jump sides. The worst thing we can do is change our minds. Now, how silly is that? I change my mind about things every day.

S.T. Rogers

#62. I think I have this thing where everybody has to think I'm the greatest.And if they aren't completely knocked out and dazzled and slightly intimidated by me, I don't feel good about myself.

Roald Dahl

#63. The greatest lesson I've learned in life is "Who knows what's good or bad?" Things come along that you really want, and they turn out to be the worst thing in the world. And some of the worst tragedies that you can conceive turn out to be the best things, the exact medicine you need in that moment.

Denzel Washington

#64. Instead of looking for the success in your life, look for the thing that is going to bring you the greatest joy.

Oprah Winfrey

#65. The greatest thing about tomorrow is, I will be better than I am today. And that's how I look at my life. I will be a better golfer, I will be a better person, I will be a better father, I will be a better husband, I will be a better friend. That's the beauty of tomorrow.

Tiger Woods

#66. The greatest thing for me football-wise is that it's a test of will.

Troy Polamalu

#67. Hope is the greatest thing for moms of autism. Hope is what gets us out of bed in the morning. I'm on a mission to tell parents that there is a way.

Jenny McCarthy

#68. There's nothing else to say right now. I love you, baby, more than life itself. And the greatest thing about it ... our happiest days are still to come.

Sawyer Bennett

#69. I can't imagine going back to long hair. Cutting it was the greatest thing I ever did.

Robin Wright

#70. If there's one thing I'm the world's greatest expert on, it's how it feels to be me. And

Peter Watts

#71. The greatest thing to conquer is self.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#72. Broadway remains the closest thing we have to a national theatre, the place where the greatest number of people can potentially see new work. For an American playwright to say it doesn't matter is simply to capitulate to the current situation.

Tony Kushner

#73. The hardest and greatest thing a human being can do is submit to his Creator.

Habeeb Akande

#74. The Greatest Pregnancy Ever is a treasure. It should be the very first thing a pregnant woman reads - in fact, every woman who intends to have a baby will be thrilled with the empowering message here.

Christiane Northrup

#75. When I got a little bit older I wanted to play piano - that's all I wanted to do. I remember learning how to play a blues progression on the xylophone in music class and thinking "This is the greatest thing I've ever learned."

Zooey Deschanel

#76. People talk about human intelligence as the greatest adaptation in the history of the planet. It is an amazing and marvelous thing, but in evolutionary terms, it is as likely to do us in as to help us along.

Stephen Jay Gould

#77. Our god is the thing, or person, which we think most precious, for whom we would make the greatest sacrifice, and who moves our heart with the warmest love. He is the person or thing that if lost would leave us desolate.

Alan Redpath

#78. I think the greatest thing about making a documentary is your ability to just follow the story and the subject.

Leslie Cockburn

#79. The greatest way to get most husbands to eliminar la celulitis do one thing is to suggest that perhaps they're also old to do it.

Anne Bancroft

#80. The greatest thing in the world is love. But the worst isn't hate, it's ignoringance.

Jarod Kintz

#81. Everything is political. I will never be a politician or even think political. Me just deal with life and nature. That is the greatest thing to me.

Bob Marley

#82. An unprejudiced mind is probably the rarest thing in the world; to nonprejudice I attach the greatest value.

Andre Gide

#83. The goal was never to beat the competition, or to make a lot of money. It was to do the greatest thing possible, or even a little greater.

Walter Isaacson

#84. I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse to watch cartoons.

Green Day

#85. The greatest thing about golf, there's no end to it unless you're dead. You just go from here to the Senior Tour.

Fuzzy Zoeller

#86. Alan Rickman had to drop into a blue screen stretched over a bag. It might have been 30 feet, which is plenty scary. You'd break your back, especially if you were untrained, but this is the thing about it: What you see on his face when he lets go is real fear. It's one of the greatest shots ever.

Brian Abrams

#87. I still believe that standing up for the truth of God is the greatest thing in the world. This is the end (purpose) of life. The end of life is not to be happy. The end of life is not to achieve pleasure and avoid pain. The end of life is to do the will of God, come what may.

Martin Luther King Jr.

#88. Email is the greatest thing.

Wally Amos

#89. The greatest thing about the call-in show is that you always felt like you were on a high wire without a net.

Brian Lamb

#90. I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind, and that mind has yielded me every material thing I want, and much more than I need. But this power of mind is a universal one, available to the humblest person as it is to the greatest.

Andrew Carnegie

#91. 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.

Aristotle.

#92. To me the greatest thing that has happened on this earth of ours is the rise of the human race to the vision of God. That story of the human rise to what I call the vision of God is the story which is told in the Bible.

Jan Smuts

#93. Children must be impressed with the fact that the greatest heroes are those who fight to help others, not those who fight for power or glory. They must be made to understand that victory does not prove that the thing fought for is right, nor that defeat proves that a cause is wrong.

Ellen Key

#94. The greatest thing about being a comedian is knowing other comedians. And you get to talk to them. Its the most fun.

Jerry Seinfeld

#95. The thing is I think vaccines are one of the greatest medical breakthroughs that we have. I'm a big fan and a great fan of the history of the development of the smallpox vaccine, for example.

Rand Paul

#96. The thing was the thing that implied the greatest number of other things of the sort he had had to tackle; and it was queer of course, but so it was - the implication here was complete. Not

Henry James

#97. The greatest understanding of a thing is when you can't reduce it any further

Elizabeth Berg

#98. In all tests of character, when two viewpoints are pitted against one another, in the final analysis the thing that will strike you the most, is not who was right or wrong, strong or weak, wise or foolish ... but who would go to the greatest lengths in considering the other's perspective.

Mike Dooley

#99. Make a pact with yourself today to not be defined by your past. Sometimes the greatest thing to come out of all your hard work isn't what you get for it, but what you become for it. Shake things up today! Be You ... Be Free ... Share.

Steve Maraboli

#100. I think sports for kids is the greatest thing in the world because it teaches you how to share, about winning and losing and pressure. But I don't think you should force your kid to become a professional athlete.

Wayne Gretzky