Fewer Quotes

547 Fewer quotes by 489 unique authors

We have increasingly fewer and fewer journalists who have any military experience and understand what life is like in the military and in combat. — Jim Lehrer
The less a tourist knows, the fewer mistakes he need make, for he will not expect himself to explain ignorance. — Henry Adams
The more confidence I have in each one of my stock picks, the fewer companies I need to own in my portfolio to feel comfortable. — Joel Greenblatt
There is in this world in which everything wears out, everything perishes, one thing that crumbles into dust, that destroys itself still more completely, leaving… — Marcel Proust
If you can't explain something in a few words, try fewer. — Robert Breault
The perfect family board game is one that can be played each time with fewer pieces. — Robert Breault
If I had it to do again, I'd ask more questions and interrupt fewer answers. — Robert Breault
When it comes to educating all of us about the most basic things in life, it seems to me we need more kindergartens and fewer… — Andy Rooney
The possession of gold has ruined fewer men than the lack of it. What noble enterprises have been checked and what fine souls have been… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
We are entering a new phase in human history - one in which fewer and fewer workers will be needed to produce the goods and… — Jeremy Rifkin
There's always an imbalance with actors and actresses in the industry. And I think because there are just fewer movies overall being made, it's that… — Michelle Pfeiffer
Fewer people working means permanently lower tax revenues. — Christina Romer
But it is equally necessary to consider the implications for a society if there are fewer and fewer young people making music because we are… — Johannes Rau
The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're doing a good… — L. Neil Smith
Chairman Mao not only introduced Pinyin in China, but also simplified half the Chinese characters, believing that fewer strokes would enable more people to learn… — David Tang
More Bibles are bought and fewer read than any other book. — Vance Havner
I fundamentally believe that politics is counterintuitive. The left think they're helping working people by providing more rights, but all that actually happens is you… — Louise Mensch
When parents are confident that their children will live, they have fewer of them. They invest more in each child's food, health and education. — Anne M. Mulcahy
Last night, I had a telephone townhall for my constituents back in Vermont, and we had 11,500 people on it. And I had people on… — Peter Welch
That so-called feminine ardor for clothes shopping had been flagging for some time. Between 1980 and 1986, at the same time that women were buying… — Susan Faludi
Fewer than half of all university professors publish as much as one article per year. — Derek Bok
I have read that, on the average, the Japanese are getting taller, but at the moment they seem to be about the same height as… — Dave Barry
I think Ed Koch is the person most responsible for allowing AIDS to get out of control. It happened here first, on his watch. If… — Larry Kramer
I take more jobs when I need more money, if I'm investing in films. I take fewer when I don't. Or if something really good… — John Sayles
Generalists, people with moderately strong attachments to many ideas, should be hard to interrupt, and once interrupted, should have weaker, shorter negative reactions since they… — Karl E. Weick

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