Minimal Quotes
148 quotes by 137 authors
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I would imagine that anyone picking up a book written by me would expect a fast-paced story that requires minimal effort to turn the pages.…
— Ashwin Sanghi
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Her life with others no longer interests him. He wants only her stalking beauty, her theatre of expressions. He wants the minute secret reflection between…
— Michael Ondaatje
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Getting to the top of any given mountain was considered much less important than how one got there: prestige was earned by tackling the most…
— Jon Krakauer
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If, for example, I saw my grandparents or my daughter for an instant, would I recognize them? Probably not, because in looking so hard for…
— Isabel Allende
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The more depressed and maladjusted you are, the more likely it is that you are seeing things right, with minimal bias
— John Derbyshire
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But even with my minimal amount of fame, there are certain perks. Recently, I was at a movie premier, and at the party after the…
— Augusten Burroughs
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No mistakes, I'd promised myself that i would make no mistakes, no matter how minimal they seemed. if i held her hand, i would only…
— Stephenie Meyer
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A certain person wondered why a big strong girl like me wouldn't keep a job which paid a normal salary. I took my time to…
— Maya Angelou
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I'm always telling myself I don't have many feelings. Even when something does affect me I'm only moderately moved. I almost never cry. It's not…
— Herta Muller
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At that moment i felt lonelier than i'd ever felt before, and that loneliness seemed to squat in my lungs and crush all but my…
— Mitch Albom
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They put on fresh gloves and got back to business. Jazz wiped up the blood splatters in the freezer and tossed the tissues in with…
— Barry Lyga
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We imagine a school in which students and teachers excitedly and joyfully stretch themselves to their limits in pursuit of projects built on their vision...not…
— Seymour Papert
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To be meek and humble means to have a service attitude towards God, the Vaisnavas, and all living beings. Unless we have that, our chanting…
— Radhanath Swami
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I always accepted the libertarian position of minimum regulation in the sale and use of firearms because I placed guns under the beneficial rubric of…
— Michael Shermer
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Good asparagus needs minimal treatment and is best eaten with few other ingredients.
— Yotam Ottolenghi
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While I tend to keep embellishment minimal as my clients often possess some of the finest jewellery, I enjoy creating ornamentation that appears like installations,…
— Stephane Rolland
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For resourceful tech founders, finding capital is rarely a problem; making the best use of it is another story. A few years slinging pepperoni pies…
— Ryan Holmes
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Most fledgling and mid-list writers are lucky to be offered a 4-figure sum and are not only expected to deliver copy that needs minimal editing…
— Sara Sheridan
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Where the costs of entry are minimal, there is a wide avenue of opportunity for those with little or nothing, which is why football is…
— Martin Jacques
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As for restaurants and fast-food places who tip tons of oil down their drains, they are routinely encouraged to use fat traps, but enforcement is…
— Rose George
Who Wrote These Minimal Quotes
137 authors contributed a total of 148 Minimal Quotes, led by these top contributors: