A Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with A. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“A small country town is not the place in which one would choose to quarrel with a wife; every human being in such places is a spy.”
“A small crack in a wall, the wall might fall. A small crack in a relationship, several walls get created.”
Source: He Who Dreams
“A small craft in an ocean is, or should be, a benevolent dictatorship.”
“A small craft in the ocean is, or should be, a benevolent dictatorship. The skipper's brain is the vessel's brain and he must give up his soul to her, regardless of his own feelings or inclinations.”
Source: One Hand for Yourself, One for the Ship: The Essentials of Single-Handed Sailing
“A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.”
Source: Anthony Trollope: The Chronicles of Barsetshire & The Palliser Novels (Unabridged): The Warden + The Barchester Towers + Doctor Thorne + Framley Parsonage + The Small House at Allington + The Last Chronicle of Barset + Can You Forgive Her? + The Prime Minister + Eustace Diamonds...
“A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy.”
“A small, decorative dagger was embedded in her stomach. She was doomed. Even still, Hawk could not leave her.”
Source: Children of the Dead City
“A small deer came into my camp and stole my bag of pickles. Is there a way I can get reimbursed? Please call.”
“A small degree of wit, accompanied by good sense, is less tiresome in the long run than a great amount of wit without it.”
“A small drop of ink makes thousands, perhaps millions... think.”
“A small ego equals A BIG HEART - Manprit Kaur”
“A small event as tiny as a drop of a pin can change the direction of your entire life”
Source: Pearls Of Eternity
“A small fact: You are going to die....does this worry you?”
“A small film from a small country, in Arabic with nonprofessionals: It was practically impossible. Just to make it was like a dream to me.”
“A small footnote found in the court records of some parallel world. The name of Mitchell Chaplin, who served his sentence of invisibility and learned his lesson well. Too well. This time, however, he will wear his invisibility like a shield of glory. A shield forged in the very heart...of the Twilight Zone.”
Source: The Twilight Zone: Complete Stories
“A small, forced smile played at Aidan’s lips. “I don’t like it when someone hurts what’s mine,” he said. He reached out, brushing a thumb across my bottom lip, an intimate gesture, one that made me blush. “And he hurt you.”
Source: Deadly Pack
“A small girl became increasingly paralysed by her parents' frequently violent rows. Sometimes she would spend hours standing completely still in the toilet, simply because that was where she happened to be when the fight began. Finally, in moments of calm, she would take bottles of milk from the fridge or doorstep and leave them in places where she may later become trapped. Her parents were unable to understand why they found bottles of sour milk in every room in the house.”
Source: Kane: Complete Plays: Blasted; Phaedra's Love; Cleansed; Crave; 4.48 Psychosis; Skin
“A small glimpse of what she hold inside. .her secrets , her desire, love, hopes and dreams . every line has its own meaning.”
“A small gold plain cross was passed down from my grandma to my mom, then to me, and now to my daughter. It is always nice to own something that connects you to the women who made it possible for you to exist.”
“A small grin peeks through her gloom. “You’re going to drive five miles just to give me a hug?”
“I’d run five miles just to give you a hug.”
Source: It Starts with Us
“A small ground, some burnt woods, a building – the last place for everyone”
Source: Finding and other stories
“A small group had concentrated into their own hands an almost complete control over other people's property, other people's money, other people's labor - other people's lives. For too many of us life was no longer free; liberty no longer real; men could no longer follow the pursuit of happiness.”
Source: The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt
“A small group is powerful in matters relating to a particular industry, because then it is normally the only organized force, but it is less formidable when questions which divide the entire nation are involved, for then it must take on organized labor and other large organized groups. The business community in the aggregate is for this reason not uniquely effective as a pressure group.”
Source: THE LOGIC OF COLLECTIVE ACTION
“A small group of determined and like-minded people can change the course of history.”
“A small group of pensive, committed, citizens can change the world. It all begins with the man in the mirror.”
“A small group of people, they raise the price of oil and the whole world will suffer from this.”
“A small group of thoughtful people could change the world.”
“A small grove massacred to the last ash,
An oak with heart-rot, give away the show:
This great society is going to smash;
They cannot fool us with how fast they go,
How much they cost each other and the gods.
A culture is no better than its woods.”
“A small handgun makes any TV remote control.”
Source: Late Night Top Ten Lists
“A small heart hath small desires.”
Source: The English poems of George Herbert, together with his collection of proverbs entitled Jacula prudentum
“A small hole in his shirt revealed a gooey red blob right in the meaty part above his armpit, blood pouring from the wound. It hurt. It hurt bad. If he’d thought his headache downstairs had been tough, this was like three or four of those, all smashed into a coil of pain right there in his shoulder. And spreading through the rest of his body.
Newt was at his side, looking down with worried eyes.
“He shot me.” It just came out, a new number one on the list of the dumbest things he’d ever said. The pain, like living metal staples running through his insides, pricking and scratching with their little sharp points. He felt his mind going dark for the second time that day.”
Source: The Scorch Trials
“A small house is a deeper kind of luxury," her husband said. "To live in a space entirely our own, to remember the simple pleasures of baking bread and washing your own dishes. This is what your friends in high places forget. It makes them less human.”
Source: Caliban’s War
“A small house must depend on its grouping with other houses for its beauty, and for the preservation of light air and the maximum of surrounding open space.”
“A small idea can change so many things. Dream, pursue your dreams, and you will be glad you did.”
Source: Exploring the Explosive Power of Big Dreams
“A small idea with wings will take you higher than a big one with legs.”
“A small instance from your personal life can drive your actions throughout life.”
Source: Jadu
“A Small Journey to See Things Beyond What Is Apparent, To Understand Lessons That Life Teaches Us, To Look for Guidance and A Direction In Our Sojourn On This Planet, Is The Beginning Of Wisdom”.”
“A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle... Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good. It is vain to exclaim against the depravity of human nature on this account; the fact is so, the experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure, change the constitution of man, before we can make it otherwise. No institution, not built on the presumptive truth of these maxims can succeed.”
“A small laugh startled me and I looked over to see her actually smiling. Making her do that more often was a new goal.”
Source: The Rosemary Beach Collection: Rush and Blaire: Fallen Too Far, Never Too Far, and Forever Too Far
“A small lie needs a bodyguard of bigger lies to protect it.”
“A small lie, if it actually is a lie, condemns a man as much as a big and black falsehood. If a man will deliberately cheat to the amount of a single cent, give him opportunity and he would cheat to any amount.”
“A small, light object landed on my head. I looked around. Another small something hit me. I looked up. After a third thing hit me, I untangled a couple of deer droppings from my hair. It was spotted deer poop. I must be one of the only kids on the planet to recognise the sultana-like pellets of hares and deer and the boulders left by elephant and rhino. I heard a cackle behind me and turned to receive a handful of deer pellets full in the face.”
Source: Himalayan Kidnap
“A small loan makes a debt; a great one an enemy.”
“A small man can be just as exhausted as a great man.”
“A small man intoxicated by being allowed to run around with the big, aggressive, powerful boys after so many years as a corduroy-clad peacenik.”
“A small man must be vigilant of the confidence of a big man, and a big man must be aware of the thoughts of a small man.”
Source: Gorin no Sho & Dokkodo: Miyamoto Musashi
“A small meadow of dill and lemon thyme, tarragon and lemon verbena, set amidst Attar of Roses and Prince of Orange pelargoniums. I create a pretty enough landscape that is culinary and medicinal, tucking in pots of marigolds and nasturtiums here and there.
The sun hangs low, a breeze sets in and my work is done, I run my hands through the tallest fronds and gently ruffle the leaves-- trails of aniseed and pepper, chocolate and lavender, rose and lemon dance on the breeze. There are hints of cinnamon and curry, camphor and orange, mint and something I can't quite put my finger on. My hands smell of Greek hillsides and Provençal fields, an Elizabethan knot garden and a Parisian apothecary, but they also smell of long lunches in the garden. As I head in to make supper it dawns on me that spring has finally slipped into summer.”
Source: A Thousand Feasts: Small Moments of Joy… A Memoir of Sorts
“A small metal marble pinballs within my chest, banging and clanging against all the routes inside me.”
Source: The Girl Who Fell
“A small mind is obstinate. A great mind can lead and be led.”
Source: The Invisible Influence
“A small minority in Turkey even accuses me of having political ambitions, when in fact I have been struggling with various illnesses for many years.”