Minor Quotes

457 Minor quotes by 390 unique authors

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Amendments occupy a great deal of most legislators' time, particularly those lawmakers in the minority. Members of Congress do author major bills, but more commonly… — Matt Taibbi
Before coming here I had a minor back problem and I thought whenever I play Pakistan I get a back problem. — Sachin Tendulkar
In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs. — Bob Uecker
I went to performing arts high school, and I took dance and acting every day. Then, I went to Marymount Manhattan College and I have… — Jenna Ushkowitz
I want my careless song to strike no minor key; no fiend to stand between my body's Southern song - the fusion of the South,… — Margaret Walker
In the early nineties, I was a cub reporter on a city newspaper in Limerick, and assigned to the courthouse there. One day, an old… — Kevin Barry
So is civil society prepared for the future? Probably not. Most organisations have to live hand to mouth, juggling short-term funding and perpetual minor crises.… — Geoff Mulgan
Yeah, Quirrell was a great teacher. There was just that minor drawback of him having Lord Voldemort sticking out of the back of his head! — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
In the days of the frost seek an minor sun. — Loren Eiseley
We love and lose in China, we weep on England's moors, and laugh and moan in Guinea, and thrive on Spanish shores. We seek success… — Maya Angelou
A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is… — Robert A. Heinlein
What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
...the characters in my books all resemble each other. They live, with minor variations, the same moments, the same perils, and when I speak of… — Jean Genet
A man's minor actions and arrangements ought to be free, flexible, creative; the things that should be unchangeable are his principles, his ideals. But with… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Well, it was most likely too late; there would not be time for me to flagellate myself for every dishonorable deed in that list, nor… — Clive Barker
In this state, dig it, you get twenty years for sale of dope to a minor. You only get five to ten for manslaughter. So… — Abbie Hoffman
Most uncomfortable! Did we lose anyone? Head count! Lee Ark, Leetu, and Brunstetter. Three. Should we count the meech egg? No, I think not. Don't… — Donita K. Paul
Why worry about minor little details like clean air, clean water, safe ports and the safety net when Jesus is going to give the world… — Arianna Huffington
Conversation: A fair for the display of the minor mental commodities, each exhibitor being too intent upon the arrangement of his own wares to observe… — Ambrose Bierce
Then there are some minor points that strike me as suggestive - for instance, the position of Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag, the name of Mrs.… — Agatha Christie
My mother is a big fan of precision, and tries her best to maintain it. Unfortunately, her own incompetence gets in the way. Dinner is… — Gregory Galloway
When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such… — Sigmund Freud
You are obvious, boy. You are difficult to miss. If you came to me in company with a purple lion, a green elephant, and a… — Neil Gaiman
The reason I know what we are to each other is because we fight freely and almost constantly, about even the smallest thing. In fact,… — Augusten Burroughs

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390 authors contributed a total of 457 Minor Quotes, led by these top contributors: