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A few books well chosen, and well made use of will be more profitable than a great confused Alexandrian library. — Thomas Fuller

When I was a schoolkid, I went to Castleton quite a few times. We'd be there studying rocks, going down these big hills. It was a great place! — Jamie Oliver

The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world. — Walt Whitman

For me, few things are more compelling than watching a great opera. — David Rubenstein

Nora Ephron's great line that overtipping only costs a few dollars more. — John Waters

Investing is where you find a few great companies and then sit on your ass. — Charlie Munger

A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many. — Thomas Jefferson

Men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed-off wings where he never ventures. — Francois Mauriac

No tricks, Syn," Ryder growled from where he stood a few feet away.
"Tricks are for kids, silly rabbit," I said — Amelia Hutchins

It's always a risk. Wherever there is great emotion. because there is power in that. And few people handle power well. — Morgan Matson

That great lover of peace, a man of giant stature who moulded, as few other men have done, the destinies of his age. — Jawaharlal Nehru

Everybody tries to score a great goal, and I am lucky I have netted a few. — Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few! — Pythagoras

We all become great explorers during our first few days in a new city, or a new love affair. — Mignon McLaughlin

As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

I was a tomboy and I didn't have a bunch of brothers but I always wanted them and so I sort of adopted a few of my great friends to be my brother. — Olivia Wilde

To shift a few grains of sand is no more a sign of great strength than to see the sun a sign of great sight. There is no glory in dominating the weak. — Peter V. Brett

A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong — Mencius

Winning is fun and great, but I would rather have a long, successful and healthy career than a short one with a few wins. — Peter Uihlein

Here is a great man, and also a good one, though few men are ever both. — Laini Taylor

It is a great thing to be young and to live without pain. And yet it is a blessing few of us count until we lose it. — Geraldine Brooks

There is no justice, and great harm, in diminishing the whole array of future opportunity to save a few people now from a regrettable fate. — Will Wilkinson

A few yes men may be born, but mostly they are made. Fear is a great breeder of them. — William Wrigley Jr.

There are plenty of guys who played great golf, had great careers and only won a few majors. — Johnny Miller

Far too few designers put any thought into usability, ending up with a great product that's completely inaccessible. — James Dyson

Being a villain is great, even though I've only gotten to do it a few times. — Shawn Ashmore

There are few jobs in the world that are more fun than being the head of Urban Development for a great and thriving city. — Juan Enriquez

At certain periods of life, we live years of emotion in a few weeks, and look back on those times as on great gaps between the old life and the new. — William Makepeace Thackeray

His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours. — F Scott Fitzgerald

Full-body workouts are great for someone who can only train a few times per week, as missing one day will be less detrimental. — John Romaniello

Great Gates almighty," HARV said inside my brain. "I go off-line for a few nanos and the whole world goes to DOS. — John Zakour

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches. — Henry David Thoreau

If you want to do a few small things right, do them yourself. If you want to do great things and make a big impact, learn to delegate. — John C. Maxwell

A great many women can feel and behave like men. Very few of them can behave like gentlemen. — Radclyffe Hall

I hope I have quite a few great roles to come. — Christian McKay

Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest man to do. — Jean De La Bruyere

Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can't find. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

It's a great thing in life to have a place you can't be moved from - too few of them — Evelyn Waugh

Will you be so kind as to provide me with a few places where I might look for a murderer?"
"The mirror's a great place to start — Rachel Caine

Great critics, of whom there are piteously few, build a home for the truth. — Raymond Chandler

As it is the mark of great minds to say many things in a few words, so it is that of little minds to use many words to say nothing. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Do not all great men and women have a few birds in their head? — Edward Stanton

Imagination is a great thing for those who know how to use it, and very few can or everyone could do it — J.D. Couch

Leave your ego at the door every morning, and just do some truly great work. Few things will make you feel better than a job brilliantly done. — Robin S. Sharma

Few spirits are made better by the pain and languor of sickness; as few great pilgrims become eminent saints. — Thomas A Kempis

It doesn't matter how Many, or Few people you are inspiring as long as it's making a great impact. — Ira N. Barin

Greatness is the reward for genius ... only a few can be great, the rest are plain good. — Siddharth Katragadda

I take a few pictures a week, but the best part is waiting for my film to be developed. The suspense is exciting, and the reward is great. — Morgan Saylor

I go through major crises every few months, but then I have great peaks of belief and creativity. I'm a weird kind of animal. — Brian May

Our job in physics is to see things simply, to understand a great many complicated phenomena in a unified way, in terms of a few simple principles. — Steven Weinberg

I may drive in a few races next year if someone needs a substitute driver ... (but) if I were never to drive again, I have had a great career. — Ricky Rudd

We have to make sure, at Apple, that we stay true to focus, laser focus - we know we can only do great things a few times, only on a few products. — Tim Cook

To be great at a few things and experience it, you'll have to say no to many things. — Craig Groeschel

Shipping has a great oversupply of vessels that came from over-ordering a few years back. We think 2014 may be when it turns around. — Wilbur Ross

The Great God Science. It has failed us, because it was never meant to be a god, but only a few true scientists understand that. — Madeleine L'Engle

No matter how wealthy a few plutocrats get, we can never drive a great national economy. Only a thriving middle class can do that. — Nick Hanauer

How many great gems were lost to thought
and not put down to pen.
You can but think of just a few
and then they're lost again. — L.F.Young

One of the great joys of science has to be turning a thought that surfaced one night over a few beers into a full-blown project. — Joe Roman

America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago. — Eric Alterman

We can hold to the iron rod even if others slip away and a few end up mocking us from "the great and spacious building." — Neal A. Maxwell

Great art is difficult," Caleb said. After a few moments, he said, "But I don't understand why it has to be so difficult sometimes. — Kevin Wilson

Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity of morals amongst all. — Alexis De Tocqueville

The key to great fried squid is 'flash-frying' in hot oil for only a few minutes, which keeps it tender. — Tom Douglas

He stood a few meters from the step and spoke with great conviction, great joy.
"Alles ist Scheisse," he announced.
All is shit. — Markus Zusak

'The Great Gatsby' is a book I have read a few times, and it seems to get heavier every time I come to visit. — Henry Rollins

It is not great wealth in a few individuals that proves a country is prosperous, but great general wealth evenly distributed among the people ... — Victoria Woodhull

In this great society wide lying around us, a critical analysis would find very few spontaneous actions. It is almost all custom and gross sense. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Movement has been one of the few constants in my life, and I always feel a great sense of optimism when I set off to a new place. — Conor Oberst

I get a trickling few scripts that I'm lucky enough that some of them are great. I don't get loads of scripts. — Meryl Streep

Man is made for error; it enters his mind naturally, and he discovers a few truths only with the greatest effort. — Frederick The Great

The first great work (a task performed by few)
Is that yourself may to yourself be true. — Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl Of Roscommon

Maybe one of the qualities of being a great coach is being [a jerk]. There are quite a few of them around. — Larry Robinson

The glory of a nation and an age is always the work of a few great persons, and it disappears with them. — Friedrich Melchior, Baron Von Grimm

I have to admit that I am not great at selecting music for CDs! I have a few personal favorites, and then I let my producer take it from there! — Karen Mason

A great restaurant doesn't distinguish itself by how few mistakes it makes but by how well they handle those mistakes. — Danny Meyer

Great things have been effected by a few men well conducted; — George Rogers Clark

Just remember, the difference between being good versus being great is just a few points, inches, or seconds. — Bruce H. Jackson

I knew a kid who stuck a knife in the toaster on a few occasions. He learned it hurt. He grew up to be a great electrician. — Travis J. Dahnke

Great, he was going to have PMS for at least a few days. Pissy Man Syndrome. — Chelsea M. Cameron

Girls are important: Remember that very few stories are of great interest without the rustle of a skirt. — Jill Lepore

There were very few women comics when I started out doing stand-up. But I always saw that as a great advantage. — Carol Leifer

We know but few man, a great many coats and breeches. — Henry David Thoreau

Great churches aren't built on the gifts or talents of a few, but on the sacrifice of many. — Brian Houston

It is a very great mistake to suppose, as a few English cooks still do, that spaghetti and macaroni should be soaked in water before cooking. — Elizabeth David

The needs are too great, and there are too few of us. We have a duty, a responsibility to help others. It's not all about fun. It's not always easy. — Leland Dirks

People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen. — Donald Miller

A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it. — Jean Rostand

A leader with great passion and few skills always outperforms a leader with great skills and no passion. — John C. Maxwell

I would much rather be perceived as being great at a few things than be a failure at many. — Scott Hildreth

While we all have a great capacity to love, very few of us will love the proper way. — Frederick Lenz

Few sports has as great a disparity between the time committed in practice and time actually spent in game or race conditions. — David Halberstam