Petty Quotes

336 Petty quotes by 271 unique authors

Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power but kept its wealth and which still has endless leisure to… — Alexis de Tocqueville
I knew that suffering did not enoble; it degraded. It made men selfish, petty and suspicious. It absorbed them in small things...it made them less… — W. Somerset Maugham
The fact of the matter is that poor men do not often steal, and when they do, it is petty theft, something to eat or… — Louis L'Amour
The soul, cramped among the petty vexations of Earth, needs to keep its windows constantly open to the invigorating air of large and free ideas:… — Lucy Larcom
The sickness of our times for me has been just this damn thing that everything has been getting smaller and smaller and less and less… — Norman Mailer
If one had to worry about one's actions in respect of other people's ideas, one might as well be buried alive in an antheap or… — Aleister Crowley
Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse? — Ivan Turgenev
Most men only commit great crimes because of their scruples about petty ones. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi
But they were as different as fire and ice. Robert Kennedy thought Eugene McCarthy was pompous, petty, and venal. McCarthy thought Kennedy was a spoiled,… — Jack Newfield
I think there's a suspicion in the South of people putting on airs. You see it in most successful Southern politicians, but you also see… — John Shelton Reed
In an interview with a journalist, you look petty taking the pot shot but in a slick ad you can really do damage - including… — Greta Van Susteren
There are long periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point, and then suddenly we are caught up in… — Queen Elizabeth II
Awards are not something that I measure my work by. I've been so fortunate and I've gotten to do such terrific things that it seems… — Aaron Tveit
Petty things don't bother me as much as they used to. — Rebecca Lobo
Never will I pray for the material things of the world. I am not calling to a servant to bring me food. I am not… — Og Mandino
There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men. — Xunzi
If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue… — John Major
We should not have a petty regard for God's gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections. — Ignatius Loyola
The bourgeoisie and the petty bourgeoisie have armed themselves against the rising proletariat with, among other things, culture. It's an old ploy of the bourgeoisie.… — George Grosz
I'm a big fan of Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty, they're my two favorites. — Andrew Shue

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