Little Known Quotes

44 quotes by 43 authors

On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned. — Christiaan Barnard
Beside all this I think there was something personal, being Muslim myself who lived in the west I felt that it was my obligation my… — Moustapha Akkad
Living, as I do, in an educated and scientific atmosphere, I could not have conceived that the first principles of zoology were so little known.… — Arthur Conan Doyle
'Neotenty' is 'remaining young,' and it may be ironic that it is so little known, because human evolution has been dominated by it. — Tom Robbins
Come with me, the river said, close your eyes and quiet your limbs and float with me into the wonder and mystery of the canyons,… — Edward Abbey
Law is defined to be a rule of action; but how can that be a rule, which is little known and less fixed? — Alexander Hamilton
Some time ago a little-known Scottish philosopher wrote a book on what makes nations succeed and what makes them fail. The Wealth of Nations is… — George Akerlof
I am the product of many whose lives have touched mine, from the famous, distinguished, and powerful to the little known and the poor. — Dorothy Height
When it was reported to General Washington that the army was frequently indulging in swearing, he immediately sent out the following order: The general is… — George Washington
I had the good fortune to be thrown unexpectedly into something called the Labour Research Unit - a little known organisation set up to assist… — S. R. Nathan
A little known area often defines the fortunes of leaders -- management skills. — Ron Suskind
I feel myself inhabited by a force or being -- very little known to me. It gives the orders; I follow. — Jean Cocteau
A little-known truth: Every aspect of the world is fundamentally unpredictable. Computer scientists have long since proved this. — Rudy Rucker
Every student of physics knows the axiom 'nature abhors a vacuum.' A little known corollary is that 'rowing coaches detest sending their crews in early.'… — Brad Alan Lewis
Read. Read every chance you get. Read to keep growing. Read history. Read poetry. Read for pure enjoyment. Read a book called Life on a… — David McCullough
Buddha's Wife tells a fascinating story, little known in the west, about the woman whom Buddha left behind. Gabriel Constans focuses the reader's attention on… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Saving Italy is an astonishing account of a little known American effort to save Italyâ€™s vast store of priceless monuments and art during World War… — Tom Brokaw
Some write a narrative of wars and feats, Of heroes little known, and call the rant A history. — William Cowper
Except by name, Jean Paul Friedrich Richter is little known out of Germany. The only thing connected with him, we think, that has reached this… — Thomas Carlyle
Just as in habiliments it is a sign of weakness to wish to make oneself noticeable by some peculiar and unaccustomed fashion, so, in language,… — Michel de Montaigne

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