The only thing I got of my granddaddy's is a necktie.
God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.
The only time we got sugary cereal was when my mom went away for the weekend and she bought us Frosted Flakes because she wanted us to behave. Otherwise, we were eating shredded wheat, granola, or Grape Nuts.
We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.
The only thing that surprised me about 'Lincoln' is that most of the critics who reviewed the film seem not to have grasped what should have been apparent right from the start, which is that 'Lincoln' is at bottom a play with pictures, not a screenplay.
The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.
Let the grassroots turn on the hate because that's the only thing that will make them do their duty.
I never listened to the Grateful Dead as a teen; the only exposure I got was what came through the walls when my sister was listening to them.
I've worked out for years. For a long time, it was my only sense of gratification.
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
When I was in Enschende, beside my apartment there was a field with cows grazing in it. Then, I'm in Milan and discover Fashion Week, the restaurants, the clubs and only beautiful women.
The only freedom supposed to be left to the masses is that of grazing on the ration of simulacra the system distributes to each individual.
The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.
There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing.
To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important thing.
Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.
Only great minds can afford a simple style.
Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.
Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.
There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give you themselves.
