Quotes of Monumental - somelinesforyou

“ I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it. ”

- Samuel Goldwyn

“ Insignificant events can take on monumental proportions when your head is full of practically nothing. ”

- Grace Slick

“ Eschew the monumental. Shun the epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones. ”

- Ernest Hemingway

“ I think this has been an amazing year for American cinema. ”

- Ang Lee

“ I think this has been a historic week. ”

- Trent Lott

“ I don't know what they are going to be, but they are going to be historic. ”

- Jerry Lewis

“ As an athlete, when you least expect it, you may find yourself standing on the threshold of an accomplishment so monumental that it strikes fear into your soul. You must stand ready, at any moment, to face the unknown. You must be ready to walk boldly thru the wall of uncertainty. ”

- John ‘The Penguin’ Bingham

“ Any honest examination of the national life proves how far we are from the standard of human freedom with which we began. The recovery of this standard demands of everyone who loves this country a hard look at himself, for the greatest achievements must begin somewhere, and they always begin with the person… ”

- James Baldwin

“ My definition of success is total self acceptance. We can obtain all of the material possessions we desire quite easily, however, attempting to change our deepest thoughts and learning to love ourselves is a monumental challenge. We may achieve success in our business lives but it never quite means as much if we do not feel good inside… ”

- Unknown

“ The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the "disenchantment of the world." Precisely the ultimate and most sublime values have retreated from public life either into the transcendental realm of mystic life or into the brotherliness of direct and personal human relations… ”

- Max Weber
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