Petty Quotes

336 Petty quotes by 271 unique authors

There is two types of Larceny, Petty and Grand. They are supposed to be the same in the eyes of the law, but judges always… — Will Rogers
To just burn out, to give up just because things don't go your way, to assume that there is no God, no infinite light -… — Frederick Lenz
If you have only been around people who use power in cruel and petty ways, then when you hear the very word, you may have… — Frederick Lenz
My personal life may be crowded with small petty incidents, altogether unnoticeable and mean; but if I obey Jesus Christ in the haphazard circumstances, they… — Oswald Chambers
The nearer we come to the full military suppression of the bourgeoisie, the more dangerous becomes to us the high flood of petty-bourgeois Anarchism. And… — Vladimir Lenin
A man has a choice. I chose the impossible. I built a city where the artist would not fear the censor, where the great would… — Andrew Ryan
The real purpose of the martial arts must be to purge oneself of petty ambitions and desire, to obtain control of oneâ€™s own character. — Morihei Ueshiba
It often seems as though the silent, humble servant is secretly wiser and more discerning than the haughty master; yet through dutiful (and sometimes insecure)… — Criss Jami
An ambition to excel in petty things obstructs the progress to nobler aims. — Christian Nestell Bovee
I draw no petty social lines. A man to me is a man, wherever I find him. — William Faulkner
A brave man scorns to quarrel once a day; Like Hectors in at every petty fray. — John Dryden
Growing older is an opportunity for you to increase your value and competence as the neural connections in your hippocampus and throughout your brain increase,… — Christiane Northrup
Is a fixed income not a good thing? Does not everyone love to count on a sure thing? Especially every petty-bourgeois, narrow-minded Frenchman? the 'ever… — Karl Marx
A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth… — Graham Greene
Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality. — Pierre Corneille
It's a petty thing, but I wouldn't join the Scouts when I was a kid, 'cause you had to swear allegiance to the queen. I'm… — Elvis Costello
If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you… — Denis Diderot
If I would go up on a high note, Eddie would want a low one. That's how petty the situation had become. — Sammy Hagar
We're not going to pay attention to the silliness and the petty comments. And quite frankly, women have joined me in this effort, and so… — Katherine Harris
A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive. — Sydney J. Harris

Who Wrote These Petty Quotes

271 authors contributed a total of 336 Petty Quotes, led by these top contributors: