Small Quotes

8386 Small quotes by 4853 unique authors

Life in a great society, or for that matter in a small, is a web of tangled relations of all sorts, whose adjustment so that… — Learned Hand
Violence appears to be most commonly a result of threatened egotism -- that is, highly favorable views of self that are disputed by some person… — Roy Baumeister
If you are for gun control, then you are not against guns, because the guns will be needed to disarm people. So it’s not that… — Stefan Molyneux
I started reading the big histories and the small histories, the memoirs and so forth. At some point, I found the diary of William E.… — Erik Larson
In a city where most of the wealth is controlled by a small few, certain things are overlooked, particularly when it comes to the assertion… — Ellen Kushner
There are some things that you can fulfil with money, but at the end of the day these are not the things that make you… — Sebastian Vettel
Small wins are a steady application of a small advantage. — Charles Duhigg
The happiness of married life depends upon making small sacrifices with readiness and cheerfulness. — John Selden
The practice of soulful travel is to discover the overlapping point between history and everyday life, the way to find the essence of every place,… — Phil Cousineau
DJ culture always made us aware that the best records were going to come from the small shops — Chuck D
How often do we sigh for opportunities for doing good, whilst we neglect the openings of Providence in little things, which would frequently lead to the… — George Crabbe
I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither… — Lynn Abbey
Europe started out with six countries; three small countries and three large countries. — Jean-Pierre Raffarin
What's very important is that we build a space that matters in the world, one that operates according to democratic rules, and that small and… — Jean-Pierre Raffarin
I learned early on that war forms its own culture. The rush of battle is a potent and often lethal addiction, for war is a… — Chris Hedges
Life expects us to make a reasonable amount of progress in a reasonable amount of time. That's why they make those second grade chairs so… — Jim Rohn
In the small matters trust the mind, in the large ones the heart. — Sigmund Freud
I also taught myself how to blow glass using a propane torch from the hardware store and managed to make some elementary chemistry plumbing such… — Robert B. Laughlin
I also became interested in chemistry and gradually accumulated enough test tubes and other glassware to do chemical experiments, using small quantities of chemicals purchased… — Sydney Brenner
I was invited to join the newly established Central Chemical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1954 and was able to establish… — George Andrew Olah
Africa gives you the knowledge that man is a small creature, among other creatures, in a large landscape. — Doris Lessing
To be hopeful in bad times is based on the fact that human history is not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage,… — Howard Zinn
Today, the world is so small and so interdependent that the concept of war has become anachronistic, an outmoded approach. As a rule, we always… — Dalai Lama
If you're in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at the enemy, throw one of those small pumpkins. Maybe it'll make everyone think… — Jack Handey
I wouldn't be surprised if someday some fisherman caught a big shark and cut it open, and there inside was a whole person. Then they… — Jack Handey

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