Minor Quotes

457 Minor quotes by 390 unique authors

A minor operation is one that is done on someone else — Richard Selzer
Minor Threat was an important band, believe me that it was important it in my life, but it belongs to an era that no longer… — Ian MacKaye
I read the other day that Minor White said it takes twenty years to become a photographer. I think that is a bit of an… — Paul Strand
Character is developed one positive action at a time. Therefore nothing is actually trivial in our lives. To grow in character development, pay attention to… — Zelig Pliskin
The fact is that a "minor exorcism" takes place in every Baptism and Confirmation ceremony when we renounce Satan and all his works and empty… — Thomas J. Paprocki
It's a good idea not to major in minor things. — Tony Robbins
Talk health. The dreary, never-changing tale Of mortal maladies is worn and stale. You cannot charm, or interest, or please By harping in that minor… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
When the only bond between close friends is attachment, then even a minor issue may cause one's projections to change. As soon as our projections… — Dalai Lama
Informal relationships are not mere minor interstitial supplements to the major institutions of society. These informal relationships not only include important decision-making processes, such as… — Thomas Sowell
The experiential test of whether this art is great or good, or minor or abysmal is the effect it has on your own sense of… — Wendy Beckett
u201Che G-minor Symphony consists of eight remarkable measures surrounded by a half-hour of banality. — Glenn Gould
I found so-called great art too pompous, too stiff. What at this time was called minor art was freer, more imaginative, more open to all… — Jacques Lipchitz
Wes Clark put forward a middle class tax plan, but it only helps a quarter of middle class families, none without minor children at home,… — Joe Lieberman
Reservations and cloth napkins are really minor pinnacles in the high sierra of the New York lunch. The zenith, the Mount Whitney of lunches, the… — Raymond Sokolov
I need to be out earning. I can make more in two hours at a card show than I did [as a minor-league manager] all… — Mike Schmidt
I never pay attention to errors in the Minor Leagues. Derek Jeter made 43 errors in the South Atlantic League, and I didn't care. With… — Jim Bowden
These small indignities and minor cruelties take a toll. They add to the burden of stress and fatigue that is already present in the workplace… — P. M. Forni
Things cannot always go your way. Learn to accept in silence the minor aggravations, cultivate the gift of taciturnity and consume your own smoke with… — William Osler
Learn to overrule minor interest in favor of great ones, and generously to do all the good the heart prompts; a man is never injured… — Luc de Clapiers
Further in Summer than the Birds Pathetic from the Grass A minor Nation celebrates Its unobtrusive Mass. No Ordinance be seen So gradual the Grace… — Emily Dickinson
Earth magic can help to sort out, work through and solve many of the minor crises and problems facing us as individuals today. True, it… — Scott Cunningham
Seemingly minor yet persistent things penetrate the mind over time making it difficult to ever realize the impact; hence, though quite unfortunate, the most dangerous… — Criss Jami
What is enthralling and illuminating about The Metaphysical Club is its portraits of individuals and their milieus. Menand is wonderfully deft at evoking a climate… — George Scialabba
Economy is the first and great article (economy such as I understand it) in my financial creed. The controversy between direct and indirect taxation holds… — William E. Gladstone
Housman is one of my heroes and always has been. He was a detestable and miserable man. Arrogant, unspeakably lonely, cruel, and so on, but… — A. E. Housman

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