Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm. – Charles Caleb Colton
One of the great privileges of being a part of the Senate, it being the greatest deliberative body in the world, is out of the discussions of ideas, hopefully truth can ultimately be achieved. – Bill Nelson
The greatest thing about music is everyone has their own style, and I respect all styles of music. – Adam Hicks
My worst moments as a parent have been much like my greatest moments as a parent: the product of complete and perfect accident. – Brad Meltzer
I’ve usually found that the greatest rewards in my life come from taking on things that are a little bit scary. – Ashton Kutcher
If the greatest god is the stillness all the motions add up to, then we must ineluctably be included. – A. R. Ammons
I wanted to work with Cate Blanchett. She is one of the five greatest movie actresses of her generation. – Alec Baldwin
I think one of the greatest things about the Republican Party is the understanding, we don’t point fingers and we have class. – Angie Harmon
When I first read the script to ‘Black Hawk Down,’ I didn’t think it was the greatest thing in the world – far from it. But I thought the script at least raised some very important questions that are missing from the final product. – Brendan Sexton III
I think the greatest goal I’ve ever scored is the one against Liverpool. It was amazing for me, and it really made my name in the Manchester team. – Anthony Martial
Nothing is so envied as genius, nothing so hopeless of attainment by labor alone. Though labor always accompanies the greatest genius, without the intellectual gift labor alone will do little. – B. R. Hayden
My greatest day is yet to come. Of all the things that I’ve accomplished, my greatest day is yet to come. But it will never come if I don’t pursue it. – Alexander O’Neal
I chose a time in the century which had the greatest moments for novels – the late ’30s and World War II. – Alan Furst
When we were very, very young, I was actually better than Cate was at swimming, and I was not very humble and thought I was the greatest thing ever and rubbed it in her face a bit, and then she started trying really hard and started beating me. – Bronte Campbell
The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person. – Alexander Pope
The Romans thought of themselves as the chosen people, yet they built the greatest army on Earth by recruiting warriors from any background. – Amy Chua
The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident. – Charles Lamb
Health is your greatest wealth, so experiencing a marathon and seeing what you’re capable of is really special. – Christy Turlington
Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end. – Bear Grylls
I think one of the keys to better writing is releasing all of your ideas and to not be afraid. Dream big. This could be the greatest novel in the world you know. – Adora Svitak
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. – Aristotle
The greatest threat facing humanity is a radical Islamist regime meeting up with nuclear weapons. – Benjamin Netanyahu
About 25 years ago, I took a bicycle across the United States. I soon found out that the greatest item of clothing was the trusty bandanna. There were dozens of uses for a bandanna – as a pot holder, a chain cleaner, a sun shield, a headband, a snot rag, a declaration of Kerouacian intent. – Colum McCann
It’s easy to get jaded. It’s easy to get lazy. It’s easy to get too self-centric, like, ‘Why me? What about my needs?’ It has nothing to do with that. But you see, you are the thing you are selling whether you are a director or an actor in this business. It’s very tough. The town doesn’t realize that its greatest resource is its people. – Bill Paxton