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Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse. — Hannah Arendt
With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of a courtesan; it… — Pietro Aretino
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in… — Aristotle
I was a lousy nun. I couldn't do it. I couldn't find God. It wasn't suitable for me. It is suitable for very few people. — Karen Armstrong
In the morning we received some very thin coffee. For lunch we had potato soup with a few pieces of meat in it, in the… — Leon Askin
Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge is thought so unnecessary an… — Mary Astell
When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing on chat shows… — Rowan Atkinson
Very few species have survived unchanged. There's one called lingula, which is a little shellfish, a little brachiopod about the size of my fingernail, that… — David Attenborough
There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful for me to add to… — Chinua Achebe
For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see wild penguins sledding downhill to… — Diane Ackerman
We're dabbling in eugenics all the time, breeding ideal crops to replace less aesthetic or nutritious or hardy varieties; leveling forests to graze cattle or… — Diane Ackerman
The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by the aid of… — Charles Babbage
Very few of the early Italian humanists were really humane. — Irving Babbitt
You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study… — Richard Bach
Few people wear out before their time. Mostly they rust out, worry out, run out - spill out. A machine must have care and its… — George Matthew Adams
There are very few things that are purely conceptual without any hard content. — Kevin Bacon
And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History… — Lord Acton
I don't think global warming is to do with us, I think it's a natural circle. I don't think a few Ferraris make that much… — David Bailey
It's only a few nutcases who do art for themselves, like Van Gogh. — David Bailey
We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. — Abigail Adams
I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping,… — Abigail Adams
Few expected very much of Franklin Roosevelt on Inauguration Day in 1933. Like Barack Obama seventy-six years later, he was succeeding a failed Republican president,… — Russell Baker
People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a… — Mikhail Bakunin
There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes… — James A. Baldwin
It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth. — Arthur Balfour

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