|

|

Advertisements

Petty Quotes

If you have only been around people who use power in cruel and petty ways, then when you hear the very word, you may have a negative reaction Picture Quote #1

The real purpose of the martial arts must be to purge oneself of petty ambitions and desire, to obtain control of one’s own character Picture Quote #1

I draw no petty social lines. A man to me is a man, wherever I find him Picture Quote #1

In books and movies infidelity always looks so compelling, so right. Here are people who defy petty convention and are rewarded with only the tastiest bits of human experience Picture Quote #1

The trade of the petty usurer is hated with most reason: it makes a profit from currency itself, instead of making it from the process which currency was meant to serve. Their common characteristic is obviously their sordid avarice Picture Quote #1

All nonstate threats to life, liberty, and property appear to be relatively petty and therefore can be dealt with. Only states can pose truly massive threats, and sooner or later the horrors with which they menace mankind invariably come to pass Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Don’t be so petty. Sometimes you have to do business with people you don’t like. It doesn’t mean you have to be like them or like them Picture Quote #1

The least practical of us have some petty thrift dear to our hearts, some one direction in which we love to scrimp Picture Quote #1

Any writer who has difficulty in writing is probably not onto his true subject, but wasting time with false, petty goals; as soon as you connect with your true subject you will write Picture Quote #1

What was the function of poetry if not to improve the petty, cautious minds of evasive children? Picture Quote #1

A man has only a limited number of ways in which he can express strong emotions or violent passions. He uses the same gestures as when what he feels is only petty and unimportant. He utters the same ordinary words Picture Quote #1

The curse of human nature is imagination. When a long anticipated moment comes, we always find it pitched a note too low, for the wings of imagination are crushed into its withering sides under the crowding hordes of petty realities Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Don’t let anyone drain you of your happiness today. Be drama free. Rise above the petty stuff Picture Quote #1

The first lesson of life is to burn our own smoke; that is, not to inflict on outsiders our personal sorrows and petty morbidness, not to keep thinking of ourselves as exceptional cases Picture Quote #1

The main of life is composed of small incidents and petty occurrences; of wishes for objects not remote, and grief for disappointments of no fatal consequence Picture Quote #1

One age misunderstands another; and a petty age misunderstands all the others in its own ugly way Picture Quote #1

... women feel the humiliation of their petty distinctions of sex precisely as the black man feels those of color. It is no palliation of our wrongs to say that we are not socially ostracized, so long as we are politically ostracized as he is not Picture Quote #1

There be as many persons of a king, as there be petty constables in his kingdom. And so there are, or else he cannot be obeyed. But I never said that a king, and every one of his persons, are the same substance Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

The petty economies of the rich are just as amazing as the silly extravagances of the poor Picture Quote #1

Petty vexations may at times be petty, but still they are vexations. The smallest and most inconsiderable annoyances are the most piercing. As small letters weary the eye most, so the smallest affairs disturb us most Picture Quote #1

There would be very little to dislike in other people if we refused to bring to them all of our own judgements and petty grievances Picture Quote #1

What’s terrible is that there’s nothing terrible, that the very essence of life is petty, uninteresting, and degradingly trite Picture Quote #1

Very few worries can stand against the influence of a good long walk... How many petty annoyances have I thus walked away! Picture Quote #1

I feel like most people aren’t either/or, they’re both/and. You’re both magnanimous and petty. You’re both kind and cruel. You’re never just one thing Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles Picture Quote #1

A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction Picture Quote #1

When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality Picture Quote #1

I haven’t a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices whatsoever Picture Quote #1

There is this of good in real evils; they deliver us, while they last, from the petty despotism of all that were imaginary Picture Quote #1

The greatest joy a petty soul can taste is to dupe a great soul and catch it in a snare Picture Quote #1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Advertisements

Text Quotes

If you have only been around people who use power in cruel and petty ways, then when you hear the very word, you may have a negative reaction (Petty Quotes) The real purpose of the martial arts must be to purge oneself of petty ambitions and desire, to obtain control of one’s own character (Petty Quotes) I draw no petty social lines. A man to me is a man, wherever I find him (Petty Quotes) In books and movies infidelity always looks so compelling, so right. Here are people who defy petty convention and are rewarded with only the tastiest bits of human experience (Petty Quotes) The trade of the petty usurer is hated with most reason: it makes a profit from currency itself, instead of making it from the process which currency was meant to serve. Their common characteristic is obviously their sordid avarice (Petty Quotes) All nonstate threats to life, liberty, and property appear to be relatively petty and therefore can be dealt with. Only states can pose truly massive threats, and sooner or later the horrors with which they menace mankind invariably come to pass (Petty Quotes) Don’t be so petty. Sometimes you have to do business with people you don’t like. It doesn’t mean you have to be like them or like them (Petty Quotes) The least practical of us have some petty thrift dear to our hearts, some one direction in which we love to scrimp (Petty Quotes) Any writer who has difficulty in writing is probably not onto his true subject, but wasting time with false, petty goals; as soon as you connect with your true subject you will write (Petty Quotes) What was the function of poetry if not to improve the petty, cautious minds of evasive children? (Petty Quotes) A man has only a limited number of ways in which he can express strong emotions or violent passions. He uses the same gestures as when what he feels is only petty and unimportant. He utters the same ordinary words (Petty Quotes) The curse of human nature is imagination. When a long anticipated moment comes, we always find it pitched a note too low, for the wings of imagination are crushed into its withering sides under the crowding hordes of petty realities (Petty Quotes) Don’t let anyone drain you of your happiness today. Be drama free. Rise above the petty stuff (Petty Quotes) The first lesson of life is to burn our own smoke; that is, not to inflict on outsiders our personal sorrows and petty morbidness, not to keep thinking of ourselves as exceptional cases (Petty Quotes) The main of life is composed of small incidents and petty occurrences; of wishes for objects not remote, and grief for disappointments of no fatal consequence (Petty Quotes) One age misunderstands another; and a petty age misunderstands all the others in its own ugly way (Petty Quotes) ... women feel the humiliation of their petty distinctions of sex precisely as the black man feels those of color. It is no palliation of our wrongs to say that we are not socially ostracized, so long as we are politically ostracized as he is not (Petty Quotes) There be as many persons of a king, as there be petty constables in his kingdom. And so there are, or else he cannot be obeyed. But I never said that a king, and every one of his persons, are the same substance (Petty Quotes) The petty economies of the rich are just as amazing as the silly extravagances of the poor (Petty Quotes) Petty vexations may at times be petty, but still they are vexations. The smallest and most inconsiderable annoyances are the most piercing. As small letters weary the eye most, so the smallest affairs disturb us most (Petty Quotes) There would be very little to dislike in other people if we refused to bring to them all of our own judgements and petty grievances (Petty Quotes) What’s terrible is that there’s nothing terrible, that the very essence of life is petty, uninteresting, and degradingly trite (Petty Quotes) Very few worries can stand against the influence of a good long walk... How many petty annoyances have I thus walked away! (Petty Quotes) I feel like most people aren’t either/or, they’re both/and. You’re both magnanimous and petty. You’re both kind and cruel. You’re never just one thing (Petty Quotes) The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles (Petty Quotes) A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction (Petty Quotes) When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality (Petty Quotes) I haven’t a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices whatsoever (Petty Quotes) There is this of good in real evils; they deliver us, while they last, from the petty despotism of all that were imaginary (Petty Quotes) The greatest joy a petty soul can taste is to dupe a great soul and catch it in a snare (Petty Quotes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8