Petty Quotes

336 Petty quotes by 271 unique authors

She wasn't speaking to me - in the juvenile, petty sense of the phrase. — Stephenie Meyer
He whines, he complains, he ducks out of the most obvious responsibility. He is vain, petty and maddening, but he doesn't ever quit. — Megan Whalen Turner
They all do the same things. They may think their sins are original, but for the most part they are petty and repetitive. — Neil Gaiman
It's my petty fear of personal rejection that allows so many true evils to exist. My cowardice enables atrocities. — Chuck Palahniuk
The question of truth is really a question of memory, deep memory, for it deals with something prior to ourselves and can succeed in uniting… — Pope Francis
The demands that a great man makes are on himself; those of a petty man are upon others. — Confucius
Hope for a great sea-change timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive — Seamus Heaney
Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to… — Winston Churchill
Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reproof should not exhaust its power upon petty failings. — Samuel Johnson
School presents daily exercises in dis-association. It forces unwelcome associations on most of its prisoners. It sets petty, meaningless competitions in motion on a daily… — John Taylor Gatto
People are very hungry for something new. I think they are interested in being called to be a part of something larger than the sort… — Barack Obama
Since the things we do determine the character of life, no blessed person can become unhappy. For he will never do those things which are… — Aristotle
The attention is to be kept pure. In Sahaja Yoga you know all the methods how the attention, one can keep it pure. If the… — Nirmala Srivastava
There is this of good in real evils; they deliver us, while they last, from the petty despotism of all that were imaginary. — Charles Caleb Colton
The petty economies of the rich are just as amazing as the silly extravagances of the poor. — William Feather
The People's democratic dictatorship is based on the alliance of the working class, the peasantry and the urban petty bourgeoisie, and mainly on the alliance… — Mao Zedong
Divorce is a 50-50 thing, and it can be a number of petty things that finally drive you out of your mind. — Lee Radziwill
Because cheating is easier when we can justify our behavior, people often cheat in small amounts: We can come up with an excuse for stealing… — Dan Ariely
You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about… — Edgar Mitchell
Men are separated by so many petty things. — Aaron Huey
Should there be cameras everywhere in outdoor streets? My personal view is having cameras in inner cities is a very good thing. In the case… — Bill Gates
As leaders, we need to rise above petty politics and lead, rather than follow, the various interests and pressure groups in our respective countries. — Hassan Rouhani
No words can describe the personal liberation that heading seaward bestows upon me. In this aquatic realm, no man or woman is subject to the… — Paul Watson
As I get older, I find myself getting angrier and angrier. Doubtless, change itself, not to mention physical decline and inevitable petty tragedies of disappointed… — William T. Vollmann

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