Sentence examples for great flaws from inspiring English sources

Bobby Fischer might have hated America (and, apparently, so much more), but whether greatness was achieved in spite of or because of great flaws almost seems beside the point.

One of Goodell's great flaws as a commissioner is his habit of ruling by public relations, overreacting to the biggest cases by delivering outrageous sanctions that don't fit the crime.

It's testament to the sheer brilliance of much of the songwriting on 1969's Stand! - I Want to Take You Higher's thrilling psychedelic soul, the breezy, undidactic protest song Everyday People, the taut funk of Sing a Simple Song - that you barely notice its two great flaws.

Most people think that the human spine is one of evolution's great flaws.

For Peruvian indigenous leader Juan-Carlos Jintiach, the additionality requirement is one of REDD's great flaws.

This soldier's assessment of the role Saddam Hussein played in the great scheme of things is central to exposing one of the Iraq War's great flaws: having assuming the responsibility of "steam control," we can see just how badly Hussein was hogtied and hamstrung in maintaining his own power, and how little capability he had where posing an imminent threat to the United States is concerned.

"And have poor eyesight, a great flaw, like their parents".

Günter Grass had one great flaw: his self-righteous moralism.

"And it's her great flaw, it's what killed health care".

As a leader, this messianic style has often been Gingrich's great flaw.

There was still another great flaw: the empire was half Roman (or Latin), half Greek.