All great art is born of the metropolis.
Ezra Pound
A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations.
I also like a great Caesar salad with anchovies, although I don't know why some places say 'with anchovies.' If you're making a... →
Paula Poundstone
And in down times it shakes a lot of the bad SF out, a lot the stuff that was bought for literary reasons, which is neither entertaining nor great... →
Jerry Pournelle
Those placed in the position which I now occupy, commonly feel concern about their worthiness to receive the great honour which has been done them.
Cecil Frank Powell
How much more must this be so in my own case for I am conscious not only of the great names and achievements of those who have preceded me, but also... →
Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.
Colin Powell
In other words, don't expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company... →
Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?
No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer true, then will our... →
Lawrence Clark Powell