Short quotations about, little - Page 5

Uncategorized

We never regret having eaten too li…

15 Feb , 2011  

We never regret having eaten too little. Great short quote and quotation by: Thomas Jefferson , 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

, , ,

The Metro Para pledge

We the willing, led by the unknowin…

15 Feb , 2011  

We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing. Great short quote and quotation by: The Metro Para pledge ,

, , , , , , ,

Uncategorized

We think very little of time presen…

15 Feb , 2011  

We think very little of time present; we anticipate the future, as being too slow, and with a view to hasten it onward, we recall the past to stay it as too swiftly gone. We are so thoughtless, that we thus wander through the hours which are not here, regardless only of the moment that […]

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Andre Malraux

What is a man? A miserable little p…

15 Feb , 2011  

What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets. Great short quote and quotation by: Andre Malraux , French author & resistance leader (1901 – 1976)

, ,

Leszezynski Stanislaus

What is fame? The advantage of bein…

15 Feb , 2011  

What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little. Great short quote and quotation by: Leszezynski Stanislaus ,

, , , , ,

Stanislaus

What is fame? The advantage of bein…

15 Feb , 2011  

What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little Great short quote and quotation by: Stanislaus ,

, , , , ,

Crowfoot

What is life? It is a flash of a fi…

15 Feb , 2011  

What is life? It is a flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset. Great short quote and quotation by: Crowfoot ,

, , , , , , , , , , , ,

Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Life is a Dream

What is life? An illusion, a shadow…

15 Feb , 2011  

What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story, And the greatest good is little enough: for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams. Great short quote and quotation by: Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Life is a Dream ,

, , , , , , , ,

Paul Valery

What others think of us would be of…

15 Feb , 2011  

What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves. Great short quote and quotation by: Paul Valery , French critic & poet (1871 – 1945)

, , , , , ,

Uncategorized

What we think, or what we know, or …

15 Feb , 2011  

What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do. Great short quote and quotation by: John Ruskin , English critic, essayist, & reformer (1819 – 1900)

, ,

William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice", Act 1 scene 2

When he is best, he is a little wor…

15 Feb , 2011  

When he is best, he is a little worse than a man; and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast. Great short quote and quotation by: William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, Act 1 scene 2 , Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 – 1616)

, , , ,

Mrs Patrick Campbell, to George Bernard Shaw

When you were quite a little boy, s…

15 Feb , 2011  

When you were quite a little boy, somebody ought to have said “hush’ just once. Great short quote and quotation by: Mrs Patrick Campbell, to George Bernard Shaw ,

, , ,