“When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.” MayLittlesTodayStruggleChildhoodGoodnessBottomCompareLittle ThingsGesturesBring Me Down Author:Natalia Vodianova
“A poet dares to be just so clear and no clearer; he approaches lucid ground warily, like a mariner who is determined not to scrape his bottom on anything solid. A poet's pleasure is to withhold a little of his meaning, to intensify by mystification. He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.” LittlesDoePoetryPleasureClearPoetApproachBottomDareDeterminedRemoveVeilsTriflesMariners Author:E. B. White
“At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper. . . .” MenLittlesBitsDemocracyWalkingPaperLittle BitCrossesPaidBottomPencilsTributeLittle Man Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Here's another way of putting it. Roosevelt wants recovery to start at the bottom. In other words, by a system of high taxes, he wants business to help the little fellow to get started and get some work, and then pay business back by buying things when he's at work. Business says, 'Let everybody alone. Let business alone, and quit monkeying with us, and we'll get everything going for you, and if we prosper, naturally the worker will prosper.'” IfsWayWantLittlesHelpingPoliticsPayTaxesFellowsWorkersBottomQuittingRecoveryBuyingAnother WayBuying ThingsHigh Taxes Author:Will Rogers