Greater may refer to:
- Greatness, the state of being great
- Greater than, in inequality
- In terms of geography and politics it is used in referring to a region or place together with the surrounding area, therefore implying expansive area and/or influence
Famous quotes containing the word greater:
“Those who have been immersed in the tragedy of massive death during wartime, and who have faced it squarely, never allowing their senses and feelings to become numbed and indifferent, have emerged from their experiences with growth and humanness greater than that achieved through almost any other means.”
—Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (b. 1926)
“I never dreamed of any enormity greater than I have committed. I never knew, and never shall know, a worse man than myself.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)