--- title: "10 Small Scale Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Small Scale quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Small Scale sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/eric-ries-2911_think-big_think-big-start-small-scale-fast-1747983_1747983.png" --- > [“Think big. Start small. Scale fast.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-ries/think-big-start-small-scale-fast/) [Eric Ries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-ries/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/eric-ries-2911_think-big_think-big-start-small-scale-fast-1747983_1747983.png) > [In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candice-olson/in-tight-quarters-it-s-important-to-choose-small-scale-items/) [Candice Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candice-olson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8c/candice-olson-15184_choose_in-tight-quarters-it-s-important-to-choo_391256.png) > [Of course, DeMille never did anything on a small scale.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-walker/of-course-demille-never-did-anything-on-a-small-scale/) [Clint Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e8/clint-walker-34525_anything_of-course-demille-never-did-anything-on_2989823.jpg) > [True collaborative, nurturing, and safe power is a combining of forces that can only happen on a pretty small scale.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-buffett/true-collaborative-nurturing-and-safe-power-is-a-combining-of-forces/) [Peter Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-buffett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cba/peter-buffett-14404_combining_true-collaborative-nurturing-and-safe-po_722651.jpg) > [Small scale is critical to local life, to the ability of local people to control what happens where they live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weyrich/small-scale-is-critical-to-local-life-to-the-ability-of-local-people/) [Paul Weyrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weyrich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67f/paul-weyrich-13860_ability_small-scale-is-critical-to-local-life-to_2362213.jpg) > [Snooker's got bigger over the last ten years, but obviously it's still on a really small scale.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-maflin/snooker-s-got-bigger-over-the-last-ten-years-but-obviously-it-s-still/) [Kurt Maflin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-maflin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/156/kurt-maflin-33765_last_snooker-s-got-bigger-over-the-last-ten-y_2163495.jpg) > [“Things on a very small scale behave like nothing that you have any direct experience about.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/things-on-a-very-small-scale-behave-like-nothing-that-you-have-any/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60e/richard-p-feynman-495_experience_things-on-a-very-small-scale-behave-like_1009759.jpg) > [It is true I had been successful on a small scale in overcoming one of the main difficulties in the new process,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-bessemer/it-is-true-i-had-been-successful-on-a-small-scale-in-overcoming-one/) [Henry Bessemer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-bessemer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/005/henry-bessemer-42709_difficulty_it-is-true-i-had-been-successful-on-a-sm_3052041.png) > [Things on a very small scale behave like nothing that you have any direct experience about. They do not behave like waves,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/things-on-a-very-small-scale-behave-like-nothing-that-you-have-any-2/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26c/richard-p-feynman-495_clouds_things-on-a-very-small-scale-behave-like_2928857.png) > [Life, it is true, can be grasped in all its confused futility merely by opening one's eyes and sitting passively, a spectator…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-self/life-it-is-true-can-be-grasped-in-all-its-confused-futility-merely-by/) [Will Self](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-self/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/will-self-2296_conflict_life-it-is-true-can-be-grasped-in-all-it_1390286.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/small-scale/#itemlist", "name": "Small Scale Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Think big. Start small. 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