A Quotes
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“A little learning is a dangerous thing.”
“A little learning is a dangerous thing. I must say that Rush Limbaugh is increasingly becoming a warning to kids of the perils of dropping out of school.”
“A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.”
“A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.”
“A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal.”
“A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.”
“a little less and a little more every day”
Source: Shantaram
“A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.”
Source: The Problem of the Color Line at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: The Essential Early Essays
“A little less conversation, a little more ACTION.”
“A little less fight and a little more spark, close your mouth and open your heart.”
“A little levity is appropriate in a dangerous trade.”
“A little lie can travel half way 'round the world while Truth is still lacing up her boots.”
“A little lie is like a little pregnancy it doesn't take long before everyone knows.”
“A little lifting of the heart suffices; a little remembrance of God, one act of inward worship are prayers which, however short, are nevertheless acceptable to God.”
“A little lifting up of the heart suffices; a little remembrance of God, an interior act of adoration, even though made on the march and with sword in hand, are prayers which, short though they may be, are nevertheless very pleasing to God, and far from making a soldier lose his courage on the most dangerous occasions, bolster it. Let him then think of God as much as possible so that he will gradually become accustomed to this little but holy exercise; no one will notice it and nothing is easier than to repeat often during the day these little acts of interior adoration.”
“A little light in the dark night
A faint voice is calling you
This way! This way!
This flickering, wavering little voice
Like dew, like a bonfire
The voice of insects
the sound of the water
You can never lose them
once you've heard them...”
“A little light, like a rushlight / to lead back to splendour.”
Source: The Cantos of Ezra Pound
“A little like the sun and the moon, aren't we? Never in the sky at the same time. But sometimes the sun and the moon were visible together. Sometimes they were.”
Source: Icon and Inferno
“A little longer, and we shall be in our true country, and our childhood's joys—those Sunday evenings, those outpourings of the heart—will be given back to us for ever!”
Source: Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
“A little love and affection in everything you do will make the world a better place with or without you.”
“A little love and attention can go a long way...too bad more people don't realize that.”
“A little love has made me willingly study, preach, write, and even suffer.”
Source: The Saints' Everlasting Rest: Or, a Treatise on the Blessed State of the Saints in Their Enjoyment of God in Heaven : to which are Added Dying Thoughts
“A little madness in the Spring
Is wholesome even for the King,
But God be with the Clown,
Who ponders this tremendous scene--
This whole experiment in green,
As if it were his own!”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)
“A little Madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)
“A little madness is good for the soul.”
Source: A Sanctuary for Soulden
“A little madness shows the way to happiness.
A little kindness can heal the sadness.”
“A little magic can take you a long way.”
Source: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
“A little man makes a mistake and they hang him by the thumbs; the big ones become ambassadors.”
Source: The Penguin Arthur Miller: Collected Plays (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
“A little man often cast a long shadow.”
“A little man said to the Universe. "Sir! I exist." The Universe replied: "That's fine." Just don't think it creates any obligation on my part.”
“A little manic was okay. A little manic paid the bills and got him up in the morning, made him magic when he needed it most.”
Source: Fangirl
“A little manic was what their house ran on.”
Source: Fangirl
“A little matter will move a party, but it must be something great that moves a nation.”
Source: The Rights of Man: With a Brief Historical Preface
“A little misery, at times, makes one appreciate happiness more.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of L. Frank Baum (Illustrated)
“a little misgiving in the beginning of things, means much regret in the end of them.”
Source: All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography
“a little modesty averts disgrace”
“A little money can buy happiness; a lot can buy addiction.”
Source: We have our difference in common 2.
“A little mordida, here. A little mordida, there.”
“A little more compassion and a little less anger is what most of us need.”
“A little more grace, a motive made pure, a few truths tenderly told, a heart softened, a character subdued, a life consecrated, would restore the right action of the mental mechanism, and make manifest the movement of body and soul in accord with God.”
Source: The Christian Science Journal
“A little more kindness, A little less speed, A little more giving, A little less greed, A little more smile, A little less frown, A little less kicking, A man while he's down, A little more "We", A little less "I", A little more laugh, A little less cry, A little more flowers, On the pathway of life, And fewer on graves, At the end of the strife.”
“A little more lightheartedness would render me the happiest being under the sun. But must I despair of my talents and faculties, whilst others of far inferior abilities parade before me with the utmost self-satisfaction? Gracious Providence, to whom I owe all my powers, why didst thou not withhold some of those blessings I possess, and substitute in their place a feeling of self-confidence and contentment?”
Source: The Sorrows of Young Werther
“A little more matriarchy is what the world needs, and I know it. Period. Paragraph.”
“A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.”
“A little more money won't do you any good - because daughters can use up ten percent more than a man can make in any normal occupation, regardless of the amount.”
Source: Stranger in a Strange Land
“A little more movement of the defensive side of the ball, some rules that will be unnoticed, but a big rule will be allowing the jack linebacker to move out of the box sideline to sideline.”
“A little more patience, a little more charity for all, a little more devotion, a little more love; with less bowing down to the past, and a silent ignoring of pretended authority; brave looking forward to the future with more faith in our fellows, and the race will be ripe for a great burst of light and life.”
Source: Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen
“A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.”
Source: Loyalty in Business: One and Twenty Other Good Things
“A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except
from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.”
Source: Loyalty in Business: One and Twenty Other Good Things
“A little more than a hundred years ago, "Tel Aviv" was not a city. It was a title of a novel written by an author. The "Return to Zion" was a name of another novel. There was a bookshelf. There was no country. There was no state. There was no nation. There was no physical Jewish reality in this country.”