Littles Quotes - Page 197

That's absurd," I said with a little laugh. "Nobody can read too much. That's like saying someone breathes too much.

When we make little sacrifices we like to have them appreciated, at least.

Now I'm beginning to live a little and feel less like a sick oyster at low tide.

…that's what old people are here for, — else their experience is of little use.

It is better to fear a little. One is cautious then.

Let those who know know, and let me keep what little privacy I can.

In the last quarter of the 20th century, Britons have been understandably obsessed with the problem of having too little power in the world. In the third quarter of the 18th century, by contrast, their forebears were perplexed by the problem of having acquired too much power too quickly over too many people.

Britain has bred many great explorers, but they seem to get so little coverage compared to soccer and rugby players.

Little Alice fell d o w n the hOle, bumped her head and bruised her soul

There is really no end to life's little humiliations.

Truly, a little love-making is a very pleasant thing.

The extravagant and ostentatious lifestyles that pass for charisma in a time when almost anybody talks about charisma but if you think about it there's precious little to be seen.

If you do not rest on the good foundation of nature, you will labour with little honor and less profit.

A small amount of power corrupts a small man absolutely. A little knowledge is dangerous to a little man. To a great man only great knowledge is dangerous.

I am a little bit of a softie, yes. Actually I don't think it's softness, I think it's kindness.

The most fascinating women are those that can most enrich the every day moments of existence. In a particular and attaching sense, they are those that can partake our pleasures and our pains in the liveliest and most devoted manner. Beauty is little without this; with it she is triumphant.

When I was 6, I saw a commercial that Jessica Simpson was in and that was the first time I felt my little heart flutter.

I think that if an audience is truly appreciative of a performance, they will show it. Sometimes though, there are little differences, and there are audiences that are very reserved even though they are enjoying the show.

I spend as little time with lawmakers as possible. Many are great. And more than you expect want real change. But they're not going to do anything till we, the outsiders, force them to adopt it.

She's had so little love, Jesse thought, I will drown her in it for the rest of her life.

Every time that God navigates my ship, there's nothing cerebral going on. There's very little thought. It's almost as if I have the directions. Every time I try to do it myself, I'm conjuring up my own concoction and trying.

You could say that when you introduce humour to your work, you also step back a little from it. You create a distance

He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that is worn out shall be renewed. He who has little shall succeed. He who has much shall go astray.

I can't even drive a car. I don't have a driver's license. I have a rented apartment in New York. That's it. When I travel, I have almost all of my possessions with me. That's how little I own.

If things were a little better known and understood, we would all lead happier lives.