eminent personalities Quotes

Great men are the commissioned guides of mankind, who rule their fellows because they are wiser.

In the world there are four greats, and the king is one of them.

No doubt there are people who are our guests [ in Oh, Hello] who are more famous, but to me, Mel Brooks is the most famous person. So that was really cool.

As for famous men who were not artists, I am beginning to be tired of them. Those poor little scoundrels who are called great men fill me with nothing but overwhelming horror.

Nations, like families, have great men only in spite of themselves.

It is the practice of the multitude to bark at eminent men, as little dogs do at strangers.

The individuals who seem to us most outstanding, who are honored with the name of genius, are those who have proposed to enact the fate of all humanity in their personal existences.

The world cannot do without great men, but great men are very troublesome to the world.

I've met presidents, but I've never performed for one. I said it was the first time in 50 years I actually had butterflies. You know, the Obamas were sitting out there, the Supreme Court, Maya Angelou, and Desmond Tutu for God's sake, all in the front row.