A Quotes
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“A little concise is better than a lot of scattered.”
“A little consideration makes all the difference.”
—Eeyore”
Source: Christopher Robin: The Little Book of Poohisms: With help from Piglet, Eeyore, Rabbit, Owl, and Tigger, too!
“A little consideration of what takes place around us every day would show us that a higher law than that of our will regulates events; that our painful labors are unnecessary and fruitless; that only in our easy, simple, spontaneous action are we strong . . . . Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and wisdom which animates all whom it floats, and you are without effort impelled to truth, to right, and a perfect contentment.”
Source: Essays and Lectures
“A little consideration will reveal the absurdity of supposing that the present generation (if one can call ‘present’ that which is in the act of disappearing) or the generations of fifty or a hundred years hence can make a more real and valuable contribution to the human consciousness than those which existed fifty, a hundred or five thousand years ago. Our habit of breaking up time into the past, present and future does not entitle us to endow the last with more reality than the first. From the standpoint of the present, the future is no richer in reality than the past, and our efforts should be with reference, not to the future, but to that eternal present of which both future and past are one. The past has no existence except in our memory; the future is not yet, nor is it certain that it will be.”
Source: The Meaning of History
“A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.”
Source: Winnie-the-Pooh
“A little cooling down of animal excitability and instinct, a little loss of animal toughness, a little irritable weakness and descent of the pain-threshold, will bring the worm at the core of all our usual springs of delight into full view, and turn us into melancholy metaphysicians.”
Source: The Varieties of Religious Experience
“A little creativity can make something ordinary, extraordinary, and something extraordinary that much more so.”
“A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (Illustrated)
“A little damage makes people more interesting, right?”
Source: Something Borrowed
“A little danger adds spice to life.”
“A little deed done very well is better than a mighty plan kept on paper, undone. Wishes don't change the world; it's actions that do this business!”
Source: Daily Drive 365
“A little difference is still different.”
Source: Delirious
“A little difficult to know where you were with Elinor. She didn't reveal much of what she thought and felt about things. He liked that about her. He hated people who reeled off their thoughts and feelings to you, who took it for granted that you wanted to know all their mechanism. Reserve was always more interesting.”
Source: Sad cypress
“A little doubt is better than total credulity.”
“A little drab from the outside, maybe: slow, or plain. But who, outside, will ever see it, or learn the subtleties of its textures, the specific tensions of its warp and weft? You have to get inside to see anything worth seeing, you have to listen long enough to hear the music. Or possibly that's a thing you just tell yourself when it becomes clear you won't be leaving. Sometimes that seems more likely. It's hard to say for sure.”
Source: Universal Harvester
“A little drama wins more friends than boring.”
“A little drowsing cat is an image of perfect beatitude.”
“A little dust does not make an ocean dirty. By blaming you change the society by making a lot of dust. By taking systematic actions and by focusing on beauty- for sure we can change our society and clean up the dust.”
“A little ego can be quite entertaining. But [Alessandro Michele is] a very humble, gentle, kind person. And I think that his humanity would probably surprise a lot of people, because he's so confident and bold in the choices that he makes.”
“A little evil is often necessary for obtaining a great good.”
“A little experience is worth much argument; a few facts are better than any theory.”
Source: Methods of Social Reform: And Other Papers
“A little experience often upsets a lot of theory.”
“A little exposure to the philosophy of many Eastern spiritual traditions - including yoga - could easily lead you to conclude that if you aspire to achieve goals in the material world you cannot fulfill yourself spiritually, or vice versa. However, since all of us, at some level, long for fulfillment in all aspects of our life, it is essential to understand that these two aims are not mutually exclusive.”
“A little extra forgiveness never hurts," said Matt, quoting one of Celia's favorite sayings.”
Source: The House of the Scorpion
“A little faith can do wonders.”
Source: The Da Vinci Code
“A little faith will bring your soul to heaven; a great faith will bring heaven to your soul.”
“A little farther on she managed to find some zucchini she was happy with, and back in the kitchen he watched as she sorted them into two piles, one of wrist-thick vegetables with veined orange flowers at the end, the other of star-shaped open flowers.
"These are pretty," he remarked, picking up one of the blooms.
"They taste good too."
"You eat the flowers?" he said, surprised.
"Of course. We have them stuffed with mozzarella, then dipped in a little batter and fried. But only the male flowers. The female ones are too soft."
"I hadn't realized," he said, taking one and tucking it behind her ear, "that flowers could be male and female. Let alone edible."
"Everything is male and female. And everything is edible. You just need to remember to cook them differently."
"In England we say, what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander."
"How very stupid. A goose has a light taste, so you would cook it in a gentle white wine sauce, perhaps with a little tarragon or oregano. But a gander has a strong, gamey flavor. It needs rich tastes: red wine, perhaps, or mushrooms. It's the same with a gallina, a hen, and a pollastrello, a cock." She glanced sideways at him. "If the English try to cook a pollastrello and a gallina the same way, it explains a lot."
"Such as?" he asked, curious. But she was busy with her cooking, and only rolled her eyes at him as if the answer were too obvious to mention.”
Source: The Wedding Officer
“A little farther on she managed to find some zucchini she was happy with, and back in the kitchen he watched as she sorted them into two piles, one of wrist-thick vegetables with veined orange flowers at the end, the other of star-shaped open flowers.
"These are pretty," he remarked, picking up one of the blooms.
"They taste good too."
"You eat the flowers?" he said, surprised.
"Of course. We have them stuffed with mozzarella, then dipped in a little batter and fried. But only the male flowers. The female ones are too soft."
"I hadn't realized," he said, taking one and tucking it behind her ear, "that flowers could be male and female. Let alone edible."
"Everything is male and female. And everything is edible. You just need to remember to cook them differently."
"In England we say, what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander."
"How very stupid. A goose has a light taste, so you would cook it in a gentle white wine sauce, perhaps with a little tarragon or oregano. But a gander has a strong, gamey flavor. It needs rich tastes: red wine, perhaps, or mushrooms. It's the same with a gallina, a hen, and a pollastrello, a cock." She glanced sideways at him. "If the English try to cook a pollastrello and a gallinathe same way, it explains a lot."
"Such as?" he asked, curious. But she was busy with her cooking, and only rolled her eyes at him as if the answer were too obvious to mention.”
Source: The Wedding Officer
“A little farther south he passes the Music Academy. The building is over a hundred years old, and has been training young musicians for forty. A harp sits atop a cupola facing the street corner. Between the windows of the third and the fourth floor, a rocket-propelled grenade has punched a hole through the wall. Inside, another grenade has blown through the wall in the main concert room, but still Kenan hears the sound of pianos coming from within. Several different pieces are being played in various parts of the building, and the music blends together, sometimes becoming unintelligible, a muddy noise of strings struck by hammers, but every so often one of the songs pauses, creating a space for anothe rto emerge, and a few solitary notes of a melody slip out into the street.”
Source: The Cellist of Sarajevo
“A little fear is a good thing.”
Source: The Lost Son
“A little fear is good for a fellow, it keeps him from getting over-confident.”
“A little fire is quickly trodden out, Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.”
Source: The plays and poems of William Shakspeare
“A little flattery makes people feel good about themselves. When you notice someone looking great, give them a compliment.”
“A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue.”
Source: The Papers of James Monroe: A documentary history of the presidential tours of James Monroe, 1817, 1818, 1819
“A little flattery, like a warm bath and soft towel, will let you get along with yourself, lie down with yourself, and sleep.”
Source: In Praise of Flattery
“A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is myself.”
“A little folly is desirable in him that will not be guilty of stupidity.”
Source: Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising his essays, journey into Italy, and letters
“A little foolishness, enough 2 enjoy life, & a little wisdom to avoid the errors, that will do”
“A little giggle before you snuggle,
and sway with the sweetest dreams,
I wish, you not only wake up,
but rise to witness the empyreal realm.”
“A little girl and her father were walking along in the evening. She was fascinated by the stars, and kept looking up at them, but made no comment until her father asked what she was thinking. She replied, "If the bottom side of heaven is so beautiful, how wonderful the other side must be”
“A little girl came home from school with a drawing she'd made in class.She danced into the kitchen ,where her mother was preparing dinner. "Mom,guess what ?" she squealed waving the drawing . her mother never looked up. "what"? she said ,tending to the pots. "guess what?" the child repeated ,waving the drawings. "what?" the mother said , tending to the plates. "Mom, you're not listening" "sweetie,yes I am" "Mom" the child said "you're not listening with your EYES”
Source: Have a Little Faith: A True Story
“A little girl learns about men through her Father." Sam Cameron”
Source: Georgia
“A little girl loves her bird--Why? Because it lives and feels; because it is helpless and harmless? A toad, likewise, lives and feels, and is equally helpless and harmless; but though she would not hurt a toad, she cannot love it like the bird, with its graceful form, soft feathers, and bright, speaking eyes.”
Source: Agnes Grey
“A little girl robbed you?" Tessa said. "Actually, she wasn’t a little girl at all, as it turns out, but a midget in a dress with a penchant for violence, who goes by the name of Six-Fingered Nigel." "Easy mistake to make," Jem said.”
Source: Clockwork Angel
“A little girl's fantasies are one thing, and literature is another; just as numbers require rules to give them human meaning, words, too, demand a form to turn them into literature.”
Source: Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector
“A little girl who finds a puzzle frustrating might ask her busy mother (or teacher) for help. The child gets one message if her mother expresses clear pleasure at the request and quite another if mommy responds with a curt 'Don't bother me - I've got important work to do.'”
“A little girl without a doll is almost as unhappy, and quite as impossible, as a woman without children." from chapter VIII of Les Miserables”
“A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.”
Source: The poetical works of George Herbert
“A little glitter can turn your whole day around.”
Source: Junie B., first grader: shipwrecked
“A little goes a long way in Somalia: $5 will feed a person there for about two weeks.”