"Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives."
"Great minds discuss ideas average minds discuss events small minds discuss people."
Eleanor Roosevelt on Great"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
Albert Einstein on Great"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."
William Shakespeare on Great"One sees great things from the valley only small things from the peak."
Gilbert K. Chesterton on Great"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."
Winston Churchill on Great"Do you remember when you were 10 or 11 years old and you really thought your folks were the best? They were completely omniscient and you took their word for everything. And then you got older and you went through this hideous age when suddenly they were the devil, they were bullies, and they didn't know anything."
"People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone."
"Why is it you feel like a dope if you laugh alone, but that's usually how you end up crying?"
"The most boring scenes are the scenes where a character is alone."
"If anything I try to write something that would be more difficult to film. I tend to see film as competition and would like instead to do what books do best."