Minors Quotes

404 quotes by 363 authors

Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event. — Gaston Bachelard
Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue. — Ambrose Bierce
Once his wife goes to sleep it takes a minor nuclear explosion to wake her. — Tony Blair
The point of my work is to show that culture and education aren't simply hobbies or minor influences. — Pierre Bourdieu
We are minor in everything but our passions. — Elizabeth Bowen
Disenchantment, whether it is a minor disappointment or a major shock, is the signal that things are moving into transition in our lives. — William Throsby Bridges
I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have, to detect the music, not of the spheres, but of… — Kate Chopin
I always considered myself a minor writer. My province is small, and I try to explore it very, very thoroughly. — Leonard Cohen
I believe in the Church of Baseball. I tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu,… — Ron Shelton
Great inventions are never, and great discoveries are seldom, the work of any one mind. Every great invention is really an aggregation of minor inventions,… — Robert Henry Thurston
The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not be swayed by petty doubts. — Sun Tzu
Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the reincarnation of cumulative resentment,… — Stephen Covey
When we were told that by freedom we understood free enterprise, we did very little to dispel this monstrous falsehood. Wealth and economic well-being, we… — Hannah Arendt
After returning from his stint in the minors made reference to the movie Slapshot with: I'm happy to be back. It was never my aspiration… — Glenn Healy
Let the minor genius go his light way and enjoy his life - the great nature cannot so live, he is never really in holiday… — William Butler Yeats
We often add to our pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, over-reacting to minor things, and sometimes taking things too personally. — Dalai Lama
If someone wants to do drugs ... as long as he or she isn't corrupting minors or driving under the influence or endangering others, shouldn't… — Brad Pitt
Over the years your bodies become walking autobiographies, telling friends and strangers alike of the minor and major stresses of your lives. — Marilyn Ferguson
The lion who breaks the enemy's ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself. — Rumi
The seat of the soul and the control of voluntary movement - in fact, of nervous functions in general, - are to be sought in… — Aristotle

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