Few Quotes
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all.
— Arthur Balfour
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Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.
— Edward Abbey
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There are countless studies on the negative spillover of job pressures on family life, but few on how job satisfaction enhances the quality of family…
— Albert Bandura
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If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give 'em a mirror and a few pictures of hedgehogs and tell them to sort it…
— Douglas Adams
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For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that is…
— Russell Banks
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For memory, we use our imagination. We take a few strands of real time and carry them with us, then like an oyster we create…
— John Banville
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Sailing a boat calls for quick action, a blending of feeling with the wind and water as well as with the very heart and soul…
— George Matthew Adams
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No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
— Henry Adams
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It's always been too slow for me. Playing. The pace of things. I'm a fast sprinter. The trouble was, after playing in the group for…
— Syd Barrett
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There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.
— James M. Barrie
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A few years ago, I bought an old red bicycle with the words Free Spirit written across its side - which is exactly what I…
— Drew Barrymore
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The older you get, the few slumber parties there are, and I hate that. I liked slumber parties. What happened to them?
— Drew Barrymore
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There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't think without metaphors.
— Mary Catherine Bateson
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No one uses a ribbon typewriter any more, but your final draft is not the time to try to wring a few more sheets out…
— Lynn Abbey
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There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives.
— Scott Adams
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