Great Things Quotes - Page 7

• Before death overpowers us, we have great things to accomplish by performing right actions.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Before Death, Action, Accomplish

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• The great thing about Ticketmaster is that it's seen as the comprehensive site for ticketing, artist information, venue information. We're a marketing platform, not just a technology platform, and we're going to build on it.

  Irving Azoff

  Artist, Technology, Marketing

  "Business Matters: Irving Azoff On Battling Business Models; Spotify; YouTube + RightsFlow" by Glenn Peoples, www.billboard.com. February 10, 2011.

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• In the United States Senate, we cannot do great things without reaching across the aisle and working together - and I look forward to the challenges ahead.

  Richard Burr

  Challenges, Working Together, Looks

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• Our world was Northern, black and white, so it was a great thing for my sisters and me to sit down at Christmastime and watch these fabulous MGM musicals. All that color, all those beautiful costumes.

  Tracie Bennett

  Beautiful, Black And White, Our World

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• I want to be a part of great things.

  Don Cheadle

  Want

  "'I'm gonna grab that Oscar'". Interview with Xan Brooks, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2005.

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• The great thing about using the past is that it gives you the most colossal freedom to invent. The research is necessary, of course, but no one writes a novel to dramatically illustrate what everybody already knows.

  Peter Carey

  Writing, Past, Giving

  "An Interview With Author Peter Carey". Interview with Ben Evans, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 6, 2010.

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• I'm kind of spoiled, but the great thing about life is that you never know what's around the corner.

  Stockard Channing

  Kind, Life Is, Spoiled

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's actually cool to be positive and optimistic and idealistic. It's cool to see yourself doing beautiful, great things.

  Tom DeLonge

  Beautiful, Optimistic, Being Positive

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• One of the great things about Ben & Jerry's for me is that not only is it delicious, but I get it for free.

  Jerry Greenfield

  Jerry, Delicious

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• I'm happy with the success I've had, and I feel like there's been a lot that I've learned this year, and that's a great thing going into the future.

  Rory McIlroy

  Golf, Years, I've Learned

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• The great thing I think when you do independents is that people are really there for the same reason. They're not there because they got a lot of money and they want to just go home and get it over with. They're there because they believe in the script or the director or the cast or whatever it is, and they want to make it work.

  Famke Janssen

  Believe, Home, Thinking

  "Interview: Ray Romano and Famke Janssen". Interview with Todd Gilchrist, uk.ign.com. October 20, 2004.

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• I think teen-age love is a great thing. There's nothing quite like it and never will be for the rest of your life.

  Tom Jones

  Love Is, Thinking, Age Love

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• The great thing as an actor is that I don't know what my agent is going to call me with next.

  Matthew Lewis

  Actors, Agents, Next

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I never even dreamt of being a writer because I didn't feel allowed. When I was a child I was terribly ambitious, but I didn't know at all what this great thing would become.

  Amelie Nothomb

  Children, Ambitious, Amelie

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• I've written some great things. That's a gift, but there's consequences. Yeah, you get this great work, but you suffer. You really, really suffer.

  Frank Ocean

  Suffering, Great Work, Yeah

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• I feel challenged every day, when I come to work. I feel like I have to step up my game, and that's a great thing.

  Eric Ladin

  Games, Steps, Step Up

  "Eric Ladin Exclusive Interview the Killing". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 18, 2011.

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• The great thing about 'Friday Night Lights,' unlike so many other shows and movies, is that it doesn't take the obvious beats to pull your heartstrings or manipulate you.

  Scott Porter

  Friday, Night, Light

  "Scott Porter: Nobody wants to watch guys ride a mechanical bull". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. February 19, 2010.

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• Castle Rock and New Line each have their strengths, but the great thing about New Line is that they are a real focused-market, niche-market player who understand franchises. They probably understand the franchise business in motion pictures better than anyone else out there.

  Fred Seibert

  Real, Player, Rocks

  "Q&A with Hanna-Barbera president Fred Seibert". Interview with Phil Gallo and Richard Setlowe, variety.com. March 23, 1994.

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• That's one of the great things about comedy: we can - and should - say the things that other people aren't supposed to say. If we didn't do that, if we didn't push against those limits, we'd just be standing around onstage and yelling.

  Zach Galifianakis

  Yelling, People, Limits

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• That's such a great thing about New York, after growing up in a place and being there for twenty plus years, there's still a whole island to discover.

  Steven Strait

  New York, Growing Up, Islands

  "Son of the City: Steven Strait". Interview Magazine Interview, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 19, 2010.

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• One of the great things about my job is I get to do all of these things that I may not experience had I not been an actor.

  Hilary Swank

  Jobs, Actors, May

  "Hilary Swank and Mira Nair Get Airborne with Amelia". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. October 21, 2009.

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• It's always just a great thing to see your kids connecting and you see the different stages.

  Christine Taylor

  Kids, Different, Stage

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Every player that plays for any organization, having great fans on your side every night is a great thing.

  Jim Thome

  Player, Night, Your Side

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I tell you one of the great things about this movie is, with all that's going on around the world right now, it's just good to go to a movie where you don't have to think too hard, just have a good time, and relax and be crazy.

  Blair Underwood

  Crazy, Thinking, Relax

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• The great thing about our system of democracy is when they call you for jury duty, you have to come... It's an honor and a privilege. I was called and I've got to be here.

  Antonio Villaraigosa

  Honor, Democracy, Privilege

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