Petty Quotes

Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious.

Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.

At its best, entertainment is going to be a subjective thing that can't win for everyone, while at worst, a particular game just becomes a random symbol for petty tribal behavior.

My father was raised with brothers, he was a football player and a boxer, he was a chief petty officer in the Navy, he was a man of his times.

Every man may reign secure in his petty tyranny, and spread terror and desolation around him, until the trump of the Archangel shall excite different emotions in his soul.

Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.

Don't be afraid of failure; be afraid of petty success.

I think there's a suspicion in the South of people putting on airs. You see it in most successful Southern politicians, but you also see it in someone like Richard Petty, who may be a multimillionaire stock car driver, but he's also beloved because he has a nice self-deprecatory way about him.

In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close.

In an interview with a journalist, you look petty taking the pot shot but in a slick ad you can really do damage - including unfair damage - from afar. It is not that much different than waging a war by a drone than by hand-to-hand combat.

If I would go up on a high note, Eddie would want a low one. That's how petty the situation had become.

If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government.

The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.

Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.