(242 quotes found)
“What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in the ground underneath a giant boulder you can't move, with no hope of rescue. Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far, which given your current circumstances seems more likely, consider how lucky you are that it won't be troubling you much longer.”
Douglas Adams
“Faith sees a beautiful blossom in a bulb, a lovely garden in a seed, and a giant oak in an acorn.”
William Arthur Ward
“I do not accept excuses. I'm just going to have to find myself a new giant, that's all.”
The Princess Bride
“If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.”
Isaac Newton
“Surrounding yourself with dwarfs does not make you a giant”
Yiddish Proverb
“Want is one only of five giants on the road of reconstruction; the others are Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, and Idleness.”
William Beveridge
“Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting.”
Craig Claiborne
“We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyones arguing over where they're going to sit.”
David Suzuki
“Take care, your worship, those things over there are not giants but windmills.”
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
“Disco dancing is just the steady thump of a giant moron knocking in an endless nail.”
Clive James
