Scant Quotes

37 quotes by 33 authors

So, you are very welcome to our house. It must appear in other ways than words, Therefore, I scant this breathing courtesy. — William Shakespeare
As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits… — Felix Dennis
I had, out of my sixty teachers, a scant half dozen who couldn't have been supplanted by phonographs. — Don Herold
I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum. This may seem too stoical a position in these madly passionate… — Quentin Crisp
But there is scant evidence to tie Saddam to terrorist organizations, and even less to the Sept. 11 attacks. — Brent Scowcroft
Is not the festive season when families and friends exchange gifts in memory of The Gift laid on the altar of the world for the… — Lottie Moon
Over the years, Americans in particular have been all too willing to squander their hard-earned independence and freedom for the illusion of feeling safe under… — Cody Lundin
To provide for the future is a part of one's responsibility in life; and the world has scant consideration for the man who neglects it. — Henry Latham Doherty
Being beautiful is not in the way you dress nor on the pigments you put in your face. Being beautiful is being simple.All girls are… — Galileo Galilei
Nobody gives way to anybody. Everyone just angles, points, dives directly toward his destination, pretending it is an all-or-nothing gamble. People glare at one another… — Andrew X. Pham
Glamor is just sex that got civilized. A pretty girl, tastefully posed in a scant costume, is even a sort of cultural achievement. — Dorothy Lamour
O love, be moderate, allay thy ecstasy, In measure rain thy joy, scant this excess! — William Shakespeare
Nature, even when she is scant and thin outwardly, satisfies us still by the assurance of a certain generosity at the roots. — Henry David Thoreau
No one has yet discovered or ever shall discover what God is in His nature and essence... we shall, in time to come, 'know as… — Gregory of Nazianzus
If it is true that an influx of doubt and uncertainty actually marks periods of healthy growth in a science, then evolutionary biology is flourishing… — Niles Eldredge
It has always seemed to me a pity that the young people of our generation should grow up with such scant knowledge of Greek and… — James Loeb
According to the United Nations' latest count, of the approximately 3,000 languages spoken in the world today, only some 78 have a literature. Of those… — Barry Sanders
Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple… — Galileo Galilei
I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum. — Quentin Crisp
Considering the importance of resentment in our lives, and the damage it does, it receives scant attention from psychiatrists and psychologists. Resentment is a great… — Theodore Dalrymple

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