Minor Quotes

457 Minor quotes by 390 unique authors

A strange adventure befell me while I was playing my Sonata in B flat minor before some English friends. I had played the Allegro and… — Frederic Chopin
We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways and major ways - like what you've just encountered which… — Kathy Acker
Human beings "belong" to some minor comity or enclave of faith at the expense of the clarity and autarkia of their intelligence and conscience, of… — Kenny Smith
Jesus is the masterpiece. The thieves are minor works. Why are they there? Not to frame the crucifixion, as some innocent souls believe, but to… — Roberto Bolano
Amos Vogel was a mentor, a guiding light for me. In his presence, you always rose. But his importance to me is of minor significance.… — Werner Herzog
The Afro-American is not a bestial race. If this work can contribute in any way towards proving this, and at the same time arouse the… — Ida B. Wells
I would encourage people to realize that you don't have to panic if you're not part of a mainstream, or if you find yourself outside… — Robert Wyatt
I no longer want it all, just some comfort and some sex and some minor love. — Charles Bukowski
When classes are small enough to allow individual student-teacher interaction, a minor miracle occurs: Teachers teach and students learn — LouAnne Johnson
The inconveniences we faced within this state are minor compared to... New Orleans. — Richard Burr
The logistic requirements for a large, elaborate mission to Mars are no greater that those for a minor military operation extending over a limited theatre… — Wernher von Braun
If there is one thing worse than the modern weakening of major morals it is the modern strengthening of minor morals. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The lawyer must either learn to live more capaciously or be content to find himself continuously less trusted, more circumscribed, till he becomes hardly more… — Learned Hand
There are no perfectly honorable men; but every true man has one main point of honor and a few minor ones. — George Bernard Shaw
I have a suggestion that I think would help fight serious crime. Signs. There are lots of signs for minor infractions: No Smoking, Stay Off… — George Carlin
Life is so full of miseries, minor and major; they press so close upon us at every step of the way, that it is hardly… — Agnes Repplier
That's something Mary Lou Williams used to tell me: If you're not feeling right about what you're doing and you play a minor tune it… — Marian McPartland
Propelled by freedom of faith, gender equality and economic justice for all, India will become a modern nation. Minor blemishes cannot cloak the fact that… — Pranab Mukherjee
At the minor-league and major-league level, you know how important your coaching staff is, but in a big market it becomes absolutely huge. — Mike Quade
A Rook is of the value of five Pawns and a fraction, and may be exchanged for a minor Piece and two Pawns. Two Rooks… — Howard Staunton

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