Less Quotes

10086 quotes by 5567 authors

I drink much less than most people think, and I think much more than most people would believe.Â I am quite sincere about some of… — Hunter S. Thompson
And that, I think, was the handle--that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense;… — Hunter S. Thompson
I don't even know what sound is, much less what it's for. It isn't to make money that's for sure. I've never made any. — Don Van Vliet
A citizen of the Roman Empire, for example, would have placed less value on individual liberty in the modern Western sense than on collective responsibility. — Stephen Baxter
The world is a more engaging and less dramatic place than writers ever give it credit for being — Richard Ford
Theres a lot to be said for doing what youre not supposed to do, and the rewards of doing what youre supposed to do are… — Richard Ford
When you are sixteen you do not know what your parents know, or much of what they understand, and less of what's in their hearts.… — Richard Ford
Like every other form of art, literature is no more and nothing less than a matter of life and death. The only question worth asking… — Mavis Gallant
My change from girl to boy was far less dramatic than the distance anybody travels from infancy to adulthood. — Jeffrey Eugenides
I had over-trained. I put too much pressure on myself because I wanted that gold medal too much. If I had trained 15 per cent… — Unknown Author
Life, after all, was a secret with the self. The more one gave out, the less there remained for the center--that center which she coveted… — Edna O'Brien
I encourage courtesy. To accept nothing less than courtesy, and to give nothing less than courtesy. If we accept being talked to any kind of… — Maya Angelou
The anarchist, as the born foe of authority, will be destroyed by it after damaging it more or less. The anarch, on the other hand,… — Ernst Junger
But I shall give less thought to the future, I shall work in the present. I feel such work is within my power. For I… — Georges Bernanos
I don't study to know more, but to ignore less. — Juana InÃ©s de la Cruz
Uncritical reverence for the Founding Fathers was less ubiquitous while they actually lived. . . . "The Reign of Terror that raged in America during… — Thomas Paine
Competition, founded upon the conflicting interests of individuals, is in reality far less productive of wealth and enterprise than co-operation, involving though it does the… — Robert Hugh Benson
Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result… — Adam Clarke
Who touches money touches dirt; and the less religion has to do with it, the better. — Philip Schaff
Never assume that the person you are dealing with is weaker or less important than you are. Some people are slow to take offense, which… — Robert Greene

Who Wrote These Less Quotes

5,567 authors contributed a total of 10,086 Less Quotes, led by these top contributors: