Minor Quotes

457 quotes by 402 authors

Future years will never know the seething hell and the black infernal background, the countless minor scenes and interiors of the secession war; and it… — Walt Whitman
It is more important to have beauty in one's equations than to have them fit experiment... It seems that if one is working from the… — Paul Dirac
If there is anything I have learned about men and women, it is that there is a deeper spirit of altruism than is ever evident.… — Albert Schweitzer
In Illinois a pregnant woman who takes an illegal drug can be prosecuted for 'delivering a controlled substance to a minor.' This is an explicit… — Randy Alcorn
It is hard to resist the impression that the present structure of the universe, apparently so sensitive to minor alterations in numbers, has been rather… — Paul Davies
The object of my researches is the brain. The cranium is only a faithful cast of the external surface of the brain, and is consequently… — Franz Joseph Gall
Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of "emergency". It was the tactic of Lenin, Hitler, and Mussolini. In the collectivist sweep over… — Herbert Hoover
Do you know that the ready concession of minor points is a part of the grace of life? — Henry Harland
Minor vices lead to major ones, but minor virtues stay put. — Mignon McLaughlin
The Child Custody Protection Act makes it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines for the purpose of obtaining an abortion. — Ken Calvert
Is the minor convenience of allowing the present generation the luxury of doubling its energy consumption every 10 years worth the major hazard of exposing… — David R. Brower
The Earth is warming but physical evidence from around the world tells us that human-emitted carbon dioxide has played only a minor role in it.… — Fred Singer
If an enemy has alliances, the problem is grave and the enemy's position strong; if he has no alliances, the problem is minor and the… — Sun Tzu
You've got to sell your heart, your strongest reactions, not the little minor things that only touch you lightly, the little experiences that you might… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Man is the only slave. And he is the only animal who enslaves. He has always been a slave in one form or another, and… — Mark Twain
Measures are too often decided, not according to the rules of justice and the rights of the minor party, but by the superior force of… — James Madison
Where a majority are united by a common sentiment, and have an opportunity, the rights of the minor party become insecure. — James Madison
CO2 is a minor player in the total system, and human CO2 emissions are insignificant compared to total natural greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, lowering human… — Jonathan Duhamel
Sick, our nature demanded to be healed; fallen, to be raised up; dead, to rise again... Closed in the darkness, it was necessary to bring… — Gregory of Nyssa
With earnest prayers to all my friends to cherish mutual good will, to promote harmony and conciliation, and above all things to let the love… — Thomas Jefferson

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