Dwarf Quotes
73 quotes by 53 authors
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A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.
— Robert Burton
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Sleep! I feel the need of it, as never I thought any dwarf could , riding is tiring work. Yet my axe is restless in…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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The insane little dwarf, Bush.
— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
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The momentum of Asia's economic development is already generating massive pressures for the exploration and exploitation of new sources of energy and the Central Asian…
— Zbigniew Brzezinski
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At times many of us let that enemy of achievement--even the culprit 'self-defeat'--dwarf our aspirations, smother our dreams, cloud our vision, and impair our lives.…
— Thomas S. Monson
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Lofty talk about 'social justice' or 'fairness' boils down to greatly expanded powers for politicians, since those pretty words have no concrete definition. They are…
— Thomas Sowell
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It has been observed that a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant will see farther than the giant himself; and the moderns, standing…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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When the Sun shrinks to a dull red dwarf, it will not be dying. It will just be starting to live and everything that has…
— Arthur C. Clarke
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You cannot strengthen one by weakening another; and you cannot add to the stature of a dwarf by cutting off the leg of a giant.
— Benjamin Franklin Fairless
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Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.
— Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
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Strive for excellence in your calling, but as a subsidiary to this: Do not fail to enrich your whole capital as man. To be a…
— William Matthews
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Equality does not mean that all plants must grow to the same height - a society of tall grass and dwarf trees, a jostle of…
— Victor Hugo
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A dwarf can stand on a mountain, he's no taller.
— Seneca the Younger
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If you want to be called a dwarf you must be in immediate possession of a battle axe cause otherwise your just a midget with…
— Ralphie May
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Apparently, there's a little red demon dwarf that haunts the city, and before every major bad thing that's happened, it's appeared to somebody. Last time,…
— Megan Martha White
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He imagines Owens' body dotted with saltwater reservoirs just below the skin. An entire wetland, populated with tiny fish and birds, thriving in his agitation.…
— Lisa Ling
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Being a famous writer is a little like being a tall dwarf. You're on the edge of normality.
— John Updike
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Calling George Bush shallow is like calling a dwarf short.
— Molly Ivins
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Very, very slowly, the dwarf remnants of what was once our mighty sun will cool and dim, until it embarks on its final metamorphosis, gradually…
— Paul Davies
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There was never any career plan. When 'Red Dwarf' started I thought we were doing a curious little sitcom on BBC2, I didn't think I…
— Craig Charles
Who Wrote These Dwarf Quotes
53 authors contributed a total of 73 Dwarf Quotes, led by these top contributors: