Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
Be it known that we, the greatest, are misthought.
It is utterly astonishing how ordinary a book can be and still be thought the product of omniscience.
I am ultimately convinced that people must first be told that so and so is great, and then, after a period of given time, they come to believe it for themselves.
All the extraordinary men I have ever known were chiefly extraordinary in their own estimation.
When they're standing right in front of you, kings are a kind of speech impediment.
The thing I believe is we are good if our peers think we're great. But we are great if the real world thinks we're good. And there's a huge difference.
It's funny when people don't know you and they meet you for the first time and think you're so great. When fans know you for more than three or four times the magic is gone.
Some people have difficulty telling the difference between something great and something they've simply heard of.
