Quotes with petty--never

Quotes 341 till 360 of 2981.

  • Albert J. Nock As might be supposed, my parents were quite poor, but we somehow never seemed to lack anything we needed, and I never saw a trace of discontent or a failure in cheerfulness over their lot in life, as indeed over anything.
    Albert J. Nock
    American libertarian author (1870 - 1945)
    - +
     0
  • Cameron Bright As most actors/actresses, I don't like to watch my own movies, either, and I never look at the dailys while filming.
    Cameron Bright
    Canadian actor (1993 - )
    - +
     0
  • Bill Engvall As my wife says, I'll never fully retire, but it'll start to slow down. I'll continue to do the local gigs or go to Las Vegas. But I won't be going out to Ohio to play an Indian casino anymore. Those will probably go by the wayside.
    Bill Engvall
    American comedian and actor (1957 - )
    - +
     0
  • Adam Smith As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.
    Adam Smith
    Scottish Economist (1723 - 1790)
    - +
     0
  • Joseph Conrad As to honor - you know - it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs.
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
    - +
     0
  • Benjamin Disraeli Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
    - +
     0
  • Bill Walton At 49, I can say something I never would have said when I was a player, that I'm a better person because of my failures and disgraces.
    Bill Walton
    American basketball player (1952 - )
    - +
     0
  • Arne Duncan At a time when going to college has never been more important, it's never been more expensive, and our nation's families haven't been in this kind of financial duress since the great depression. And so what we have is just sort of a miraculous opportunity simply by stopping the subsidy to banks when we already have the risk of loans. We can plow those savings into our students. And we can make college dramatically more affordable, tens of billions of dollars over the next decade.
    Arne Duncan
    American civil servant (1964 - )
    - +
     0
  • Barbara Bush At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.
    Barbara Bush
    American First Lady (1925 - 2018)
    - +
     0
  • Bill Fagerbakke Athletics provided a life preserver for me, and that maybe kept me out of trouble. I never partied in high school. I mostly just dated.
    Bill Fagerbakke
    American actor (1957 - )
    - +
     0
  • Seneca Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
    - +
     0
  • Euripides Authority is never without hate.
    Euripides
    Greek tragedian and poet (480 - 406)
    - +
     0
  • Richard Bach Avoid problems, and you'll never be the one who overcame them.
    Richard Bach
    American author (1936 - )
    - +
     0
  • Bertrand Russell Bad philosophers may have a certain influence; good philosophers, never.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
    - +
     0
  • Frank Tyger Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.
    Frank Tyger
    American aphorist (1929 - 2011)
    - +
     0
  • Benjamin Disraeli Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
    Wilfrid Meynell - Benjamin Disraeli (1903) p. 83
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
    - +
     0
  • Bryan Batt Be fun! I don't like homes or rooms that don't have a sense of humor or have some sense of whimsy or a personality. Your home should reflect who you are, and what you love. I would never have something in my home because it's the thing to have. I have to love it and it needs some connection to me.
    Bryan Batt
    American actor (1963 - )
    - +
     0
  • C. S. Lewis Be not deceived, Wormwood, our cause is never more in jeopardy than when a human, no longer desiring but still intending to do our Enemy's will, looks round upon a universe in which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys.
    The Screwtape Letters (1942)
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
    - +
     0
  • Oprah Winfrey Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
    Oprah Winfrey
    American TV host, Actress (1954 - )
    - +
     0
  • Simone Weil Beauty always promises, but never gives anything.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
    - +
     0
All petty--never famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com (page 18)