Lesser Quotes

306 quotes by 262 authors

Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth? The goose who trades his is soon a pile of feathers. — Aldo Leopold
The basis of drama is... the struggle of the hero towards a specific goal at the end of which he realises that what kept him… — David Mamet
It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good. — Margaret Mead
We of Africa protest that, in this day and age, we should continue to be treated as lesser human beings than other races. — Robert Mugabe
Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser… — Miyamoto Musashi
As a young man, I saw families prosper without reading because there were always sufficient opportunities for willing workers who could follow simple instructions. This… — Walter Dean Myers
It gave me a lot of pleasure and pride that 90 percent of the crew for 'Monsoon Wedding,' and most of my film, are women.… — Mira Nair
We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only when we attach an equal or a greater value. — Friedrich Nietzsche
War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil. — George Orwell
A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted by… — Camille Paglia
When you work on a text of a lesser quality, as the interpreter or the delivery person, you are obliged to try to fill it… — Mandy Patinkin
As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal. — Igor Stravinsky
Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one. — Mark Twain
If you compare yourself to others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. — Max Ehrmann
Still it might be nice, once in a while, not to have to choose between evils. Just once, couldn't I choose the lesser good? — Laurell K. Hamilton
I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to… — Ayn Rand
Yet nothing can to nothing fall, Nor any place be empty quite; Therefore I think my breast hath all Those pieces still, though they be… — John Donne
Kings built tombs more splendid than the houses of the living and counted the names of their descent dearer than the names of their sons.… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Bren MacGuff: Well, honey, doctors are sadists who like to play God and watch lesser people scream... — Diablo Cody

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