Small Number Quotes

78 quotes by 70 authors

I don't let people use me. That's why I like a small number of people in my life. The more people in my life, the… — Anita Baker
I think fine dining is dying out everywhere... but I think there will be - and there has to always be - room for at… — Anthony Bourdain
Because we do not know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. And yet everything happens only a… — Brandon Lee
The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very… — Samuel Johnson
You are more likely to acquire power by narrowing your focus and applying your energies, like the sun's rays, to a limited range of activities… — Jeffrey Pfeffer
A small number of peasants - brave peasants - shot down two Apaches — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
The simplicity of nature is not to be measured by that of our conceptions. Infinitely varied in its effects, nature is simple only in its… — Pierre-Simon Laplace
All the effects of Nature are only the mathematical consequences of a small number of immutable laws. — Pierre-Simon Laplace
Every climate scientist has his or her own views on some issues that differ from the mainstream in detail. But the broad findings of the… — Ross Garnaut
Despite the international scientific community's consensus on climate change, a small number of critics continue to deny that climate change exists or that humans are… — David Suzuki
I am troubled by the lack of common sense regarding carbon dioxide emissions. Our greatest greenhouse gas is water. Atmospheric spectroscopy reveals why water has… — Michael Myers
[T]he delegation of the government, in [a republic], to a small number of citizens elected by the rest . . . [is] to refine and… — James Madison
The awful discretion, which a court of impeachments must necessarily have, to doom to honor or to infamy the most confidential and the most distinguished… — Alexander Hamilton
Life science research can be done on multiple platforms. Since we have a very small number of people flying into space, the more people you… — Laurel Clark
With his continual doctrine [Bishop Hooper] adjoined due and discreet correction, not so much severe to any as to them which for abundance of riches… — John Foxe
Clearly, we were hoping to get some competitive proposals, but the reality is there are only a small number of firms that would be interested… — Michael Perrin
Six degrees of separation doesn't mean that everyone is linked to everyone else in just six steps. It means that a very small number of… — Malcolm Gladwell
Little by little, I've reached the stage of using only a small number of forms and colors. It's not the first time that painting has… — Joan Miro
Among the small number of things that I have liked and known how to do well, what I have assuredly known how to do best… — Guy Debord
Some people give theirselves a certain number of white weeks once in a year, when they do not drink a single drop of alcohol. It… — Henning Mankell

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