Minor Quotes

457 Minor quotes by 390 unique authors

The air is annoyingly potted with a multitude of minor vertical disturbances which sicken the passengers and keep us captives of our seat belts. We… — Ernest K. Gann
Female beauty in an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am no sure at all that the neglect of it does… — Robertson Davies
The seeds of great victory lie in minor triumphs. — Toyotomi Hideyoshi
A curious consequence is that I have become a minor celebrity. — Edward Tufte
In my introductory course, Anthropology 160, the Forms of Folklore, I try to show the students what the major and minor genres of folklore are,… — Alan Dundes
After some minor pieces of theoretical study that I worked on, a student in my statistical mechanics class brought to my attention a problem in… — Rudolph A. Marcus
The idea that we would operate and amputate healthy tissue from a baby, from an unconsenting minor, to supposedly prevent some hypothetical disease, goes against… — James W. Loewen
The film, 'Aftershock,' for me is really about how the minor problems in life that we think are so major ultimately mean nothing when a… — Eli Roth
Working with the UN's diplomacy and development arms, we can prevent minor differences from escalating into wars. When conflicts do break out, UN peacekeepers should… — Bill Bradley
If we want to make relatively minor changes in our lives, we can perhaps appropriately focus on our attitudes and behaviors. But if we want… — Stephen Covey
A criminal trial is like a Russian novel: it starts with exasperating slowness as the characters are introduced to a jury, then there are complications… — Clifford Irving
Athletes who take to the classroom naturally or are encouraged to focus on grades should be able to do well in the classroom. I believe… — Rebecca Lobo
Color contributes to beauty, but it is not beauty. Color should have a minor part in the consideration of beauty, because it is not color… — Johann Joachim Winckelmann
Could I imagine being a piano? That'd be awesome. I'd throw a D-minor at you to make you sad, then an F-major to make you… — Brendon Urie
On the Internet, it's survival of the easiest.... Give users a good experience and they're apt to turn into frequent and loyal customers. But ...… — Jakob Nielsen
I don't use the word minority because there is nothing minor about me. — Piri Thomas
When you see a successful individual, a champion, you can be very sure that you are looking at an individual who pays great attention to… — John Wooden
I know a lot of actors talk about the importance of wardrobe, and it always seems like it's kind of a cop-out, maybe, because it… — Anna Faris
Everybody is excited to play so I think who plays with whom is a minor thing at this point. — Mats Sundin
Now, I’m not saying that we don’t need rules in society. But the question of who makes the rules and on what basis becomes supremely… — Jeffrey Tucker
A proof of really great art is that it is generally true - it seldom falls into the misapprehensions to which minor art is liable. — Lafcadio Hearn
The change we are in the middle of isn't minor and it isn't optional. — Clay Shirky
The more we understand what is happening in the world, the more frustrated we often become, for our knowledge leads to feelings of powerlessness. We… — C. Wright Mills
Students of the heavens are separable into astronomers and astrologers as readily as the minor domestic ruminants into sheep and goats, but the separation of… — Willard Van Orman Quine
SYLLOGISM, n. A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent. — Ambrose Bierce

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