Small Quotes

8386 Small quotes by 4853 unique authors

You small mortals don't realize the power of your stories. — Karen Russell
For though we often need to be restored to the small, concrete, limited, and certain, we as often need to be reminded of the large,… — A. R. Ammons
We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. — Tony Hoare
The psychological profiling [of a programmer] is mostly the ability to shift levels of abstraction, from low level to high level. To see something in… — Donald Knuth
We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. Yet we should not pass… — Donald Knuth
C is peculiar in a lot of ways, but it, like many other successful things, has a certain unity of approach that stems from development… — Dennis Ritchie
This fear is one of the horrors of an author's life. Where does work come from? What chance, what small episode will start the chain… — Carson McCullers
There is no great; there is no small; in the mind that causeth all — Zitkala-Sa
I am like God and God like me. I am as large as God. He is as small as I. He cannot above me nor… — Angelus Silesius
Race, blood, lineage, and nationality don't matter; they're just the way that small minds keep score. All that matters about blood is that it's warm… — Scott Simon
But Madonna has a small amount of talent when it comes to movies. — Norman Jewison
After 911, the US Government engaged in mock investigations and shut down many small Islamic charities and organizations, giving the appearance of action in the… — Sibel Edmonds
I don't have big ideas. I sometimes have small ideas, which seem to work out. — Matt Mullenweg
If Google teaches you anything, it's that small ideas can be big. — Ben Silbermann
In my youth I regarded the universe as an open book, printed in the language of equations, whereas now it appears to me as a… — Arthur Koestler
Astronomy is useful because it raises us above ourselves; it is useful because it is grand; .... It shows us how small is man's body,… — Henri Poincare
The Earth was small, light blue, and so touchingly alone, our home that must be defended like a holy relic. The Earth was absolutely round.… — Alexey Leonov
I never thought that the music called "jazz" was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum thing locked… — Miles Davis
A note can be as small as a pin or as big as the world, it depends on your imagination. — Thelonious Monk
Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all… — Zola Budd
How vast those Orbs must be, and how inconsiderable this Earth, the Theatre upon which all our mighty Designs, all our Navigations, and all our… — Christiaan Huygens
Once during the mission I was asked by ground control what I could see. "What do I see?" I replied. "Half a world to the… — Unknown Author
Men would make love with any number of women ... even total strangers, while females were selective. They were catering to the demands of one… — Woody Allen
I have a big heart and a small brain. — Ville Valo
I had so many outs in my career. I could have said, 'I don't need this. I have money; I have fame; I have victories;… — Maria Sharapova

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