Few Quotes
9547 Few quotes by 5579 unique authors
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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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The best plan now is to have as many bosses as possible. I call it boss diversity. If you work for a company and you…
— Scott Adams
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Too few people understand a really good sandwich.
— James Beard
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Sometimes things in life take a few years to digest, and they find their way into the work later on. Sometimes I'm writing about things…
— Unknown Author
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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
— Joseph Addison
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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few…
— Joseph Addison
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Absolutely lonely people have few personal interactions of any kind.
— Martha Beck
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The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.
— Joseph Addison
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Throughout my career I have been pretty successful, I've played for some pretty big teams, represented my country quite a few times, and played for…
— David Beckham
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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very…
— Joseph Addison
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Job-wise, I did have a moment of panic that I should have been a doctor a few years ago, but I hate when people vomit.
— Kate Beckinsale
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