Littles Quotes

So utterly at variance is Destiny with all the little plans of men.

He who would eat much must eat little, for by eating less he will live longer, and so be able to eat more.

the moods of sadness that come over anyone who takes up art... these dismal moods have very little compensation.

For the habitual truth-teller and truth-seeker, indeed, the whole world has very little liking. He is always unpopular.

For myself, I have but little confidence in any business, or enterprise, or investment, that promises dividends only after the death of the stockholders.

A scholar has to know a little of everything.

Well...like, when you're born, you're a little baby, you're wrinkly and stuff, when you get older you sort of morph into a baby again.

Changes in human conditions are brought about by the pioneering of the cleverest and most energetic men. They take the lead and the rest of mankind follows them little by little.

I find myself born into this particular position. I'm determined to make the most of it. And to do whatever I can to help. And I hope I leave things behind a little bit better than I found them.

I grew up in a middle class English family just outside London. I wasn't surrounded by that speedy city lifestyle, it was a little mellower.

I try to make my life about service, and hope that one day we can all 'see' a little better because God is with everyone and everywhere.

How could I make a little book, when I have seen enough to make a dozen large books?

Even when things are at their worst, there's a little voice in your head saying, 'Good story!'

Clever talk and domineering manner have little to with being a Man at His Best.

Privacy is rarely lost in one fell swoop. It is usually eroded over time, little bits dissolving almost imperceptibly until we finally begin to notice how much is gone.

I always wrote little things when I was younger. My first opus was a book of poems put down in a spiral notebook at five or six, handsomely accompanied by crayon illustrations.

Invention hovers always a little above the rules.

It's a little uncomfortable doing love scenes in armor, but, you know, when the heat's on, the heat's on.

I was a little, skinny, runt kid, and I decided that bowling was what I was going to do in life.

You know you are a sweet little heart breaker, foxy lady.

She knows who she is. She just forgot for a little while.

Just a little help, a small security force, a bit of food, can save lives

When I was 16, I made some little 35mm documentaries about the poor in London. I went round Notting Hill, which was a real slum in the 1950s, shooting film.

Archetypes are always [in my film-making]. It's sometimes interesting to just flip them a little bit and see the underside.

I think Common Core is a disaster. That doesn't mean there can't be a little tentacle left of the Department of Education, like 5 percent, just in terms of local coordination, perhaps.

Have courage and a little willingness to venture and be defeated.

Keep working on a plan. Make no little plans. Make the biggest plan you can think of and spend the rest of your life carrying it out.

Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure, and trouble therewith.

As an actor, there's very little you can do if people don't want to see you. Just getting yourself into the room to audition is tough.

You can ask me pretty much anything. There'll be things I'll go, 'That feels a little too personal.' But most things I don't have a fear of being asked about.

We're all - all of us - a minute away from dying. If you're aware of that, life becomes a little more precious. Also, you have a slightly different outlook. It's not so much "gimme, gimme."

It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.

I love good rock'n'roll, blues and jazz, gospel, and a little reggae.

Taking the question in general, I should say, in the case of many poets, that the most important thing for them to do ... is to write as little as possible

I always said I wanted to be a great athlete, ever since I was an overweight little kid. I just love competing in any kind of athletics.

Without the little ideas, there are no big ideas.

A little attention, a pat on the head, and a kind word every now and then is all your dog asks.

All these little heifers who can't sing are called ‘divas’.

No army has ever done so much with so little.

For lips, I'm into mauves, and I like a little shimmer. I have this Dior lip gloss I love right now called Pearl. It's pink and has shimmer. I don't like anything overdone.

Every little thing counts in a crisis.

Only baptize them if you truly believe these people are ready, taking a little more time if necessary so the Holy Ghost can strengthen them a little more.

The little things are most worthwhile- a quiet word, a look, a smile.

Bury me on my face," said Diogenes; and when he was asked why, he replied, "Because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.

The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened.

The average gardener probably knows little about what is going on in his or her garden.

Pandaemonium was inhabited by creatures quite convinved that the great Satan had their best interests at heart. Poor little devils.

Government cannot solve all our problems, even in normal times, much less during a catastrophe of nature that reminds man how little he is, despite all his big talk.

The world knows little of the works wrought by prayer.

As your body deteriorates, your natural talents start to go a little bit. You have to bring in physical working out, building, taking protein and doing extra stuff.