Few Quotes

Measles and TB evolved from diseases of our cattle, influenza from a disease of pigs, and smallpox possibly from a disease of camels. The Americas had very few native domesticated animal species from which humans could acquire such diseases.

It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry.

My father being an outdoors person, he used to take us on quite a few adventures thorugh the wild areas down there, introducing us to alligators and rattlesnakes and all the trees and plants.

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few.

Wild at Heart made a few people angry-they thought I was exploiting women by showing that when a woman says no she really means yes.

You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.

Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used to be.

Through all the relationship stuff I've gone through in the past few years, I know there are fundamental differences in how men and women view sex and how they view their futures.

The guiding principle is not to manufacture the goods everyone needs, rather to earn profits for a few capitalists.

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

It's an image that the media has given me as a bad girl, and the only reason they gave me that image is just because of the few things that have gone wrong in my life, and also because I grew up living in a trailer.

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible, and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.

It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.

Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do.

Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.

I don't know why I always get to play these guys who have few redeeming features. But don't knock it. Villains are much more fun.

For a few years, more people have been leaving our country than entering it. Wherever it is possible, we must lower the entry hurdles for those who bring the country forward.

Commercial jobs are pretty easily adjustable because they only take a few hours to complete, which is one of the reasons they are a Godsend to the actor.

There should be a law that there's a pajama day every few weeks.

When I am seriously composing, sometimes a phrase will come into my head, a catch phrase. When I was writing pop songs for a few years, as a career, separate from my folksinging career, I used to write songs for pop singers.

The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.

As one gets older, it happens that in the morning one fails to remember the airplane trip to be taken in a few hours or the lecture scheduled for the afternoon.

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.

Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects.

The masses don't shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

It is my fervent wish and my greatest ambition to leave a work with a few useful instructions for the pianists after me.

Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.

Unauthorized access to computer systems is already a serious crime in a few states and is currently being addressed in many more state legislatures as well as Congress.

I prefer to imagine that my wife, a few friends, and occasionally my mom are the only ones who read what I do, though I realize that this is somewhat unrealistic.