Fewer Quotes

• You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans.

  George Carlin

  Funny, Texas, Execution

  George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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• Successful people don't have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.

  Benjamin Carson

  Inspirational, Moving On, Success

  "Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story". Book by Benjamin Carson, 1990.

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• The more hours of television a girl watches, the fewer options she thinks she has in life.

  Geena Davis

  Girl, Thinking, Watches

  "How Geena Davis became a champion for women on screen" by Alexandra Spring, www.theguardian.com. March 5, 2017.

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• The great thing about having a small family is that there are fewer people to disappoint.

  Dov Davidoff

  Family, People, Disappoint

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• Successful people don't have any fewer problems than unsuccessful people; they just have a different mindset in dealing with them.

  John C. Maxwell

  Inspiring, Successful, People

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• The fewer men, the greater share of honor.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Honor, Fame

  'Henry V' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 20

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• The possession of gold has ruined fewer men than the lack of it.

  Thomas Bailey Aldrich

  Men, Gold, Possession

  Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1907). “Ponkapog papers: A sea turn, and other papers”

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• We might hope that the law as a profession does not vanish, because justice may vanish with it - but we could probably do with far fewer lawyers. Since I think agriculture will come back closer to the center of life, I think there will be many vocational opportunities there - especially with the so-called 'value-added' activities associated with food production. That's a windy way to say more local wine and cheese-makers - and probably fewer giant factories producing cheez doodles and Pepsi Cola.

  James Howard Kunstler

  Wine, Opportunity, Thinking

  Source: www.treehugger.com

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• A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids.

  Andrew Vachss

  Children, Home, Kids

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• The machines that are first invented to perform any particular movement are always the most complex, and succeeding artists generally discover that, with fewer wheels, with fewer principles of motion, than had originally been employed, the same effects may be more easily produced. The first systems, in the same manner, are always the most complex.

  Adam Smith

  Artist, Principles, Machines

  Adam Smith (2016). “The Essays on Philosophical Subjects: the Great Master”, p.460, VM eBooks

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• The fewer the voices on the side of truth, the more distinct and strong must be your own.

  William Ellery Channing

  Strong, Truth, Voice

  William Ellery Channing (1848). “The Works”, p.310

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• The boundaries between you and not-you — what lies beyond your skin — relax and become more permeable. While infused with love you see fewer distinctions between you and others. Indeed, your ability to see others — really see them, wholeheartedly — springs open.

  Barbara Fredrickson

  Spring, Lying, Love You

  Barbara L. Fredrickson, Ph.D. (2013). “Love 2.0: Finding Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection”, p.20, Penguin

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• More people on unemployment benefits is not success in America, fewer people on not because we kicked them off but because they have been able to get a job in the private sector, because government got out of the way.

  Scott Walker

  Jobs, Government, America

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• Some of this is unavailable to the male-female union: there is more likely to be greater understanding of the need for extramarital outlets between two men than between a man and a woman; and again, the lack of children gives gay couples greater freedom. Their failures entail fewer consequences for others. But something of the gay's relationship's necessary honesty, its flexibility, and its equality could undoubtedly help strengthen and inform many heterosexual bonds.

  Andrew Sullivan

  Honesty, Couple, Children

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• I try to concentrate on quality clothing and accessories that are worth having, and to get my people to take fewer trips by air and stay longer each time they travel. It’s more human, especially if they take time to visit an art gallery while there.

  Vivienne Westwood

  Art, Air, People

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• Maybe it's the culture, maybe it's the cliché of Latino machismo, but the Mediterranean male character is more dull than the female character. Women are more surprising and they have fewer prejudices.

  Pedro Almodovar

  Character, Males, Female

  Interview with Maria Delgado, www.theguardian.com. August 4, 2006.

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• The studios are making fewer films. They are making more expensive films. Profits are tougher to come by. Not only because of the expense of production. But also because of the expense of promotion and hype. To boil that all down, it's more about hype than it is about filmmaking.

  William Friedkin

  Hype, Film, Promotion

  "EXCLUSIVE: William Friedkin Revisits To Live and Die in L.A. on Blu-ray". Interview with B. Alan Orange, movieweb.com. February 19, 2010.

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• Every day, human beings are worth less. That's the triumph of capitalism. The money gets made, and the fewer people we need to make that money.

  David Simon

  People, Triumph, Needs

  Interview with Scott Tobias, tv.avclub.com. March 9, 2008.

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• Generalists, people with moderately strong attachments to many ideas, should be hard to interrupt, and once interrupted, should have weaker, shorter negative reactions since they have alternative paths to realize their plans. Specialists, people with stronger attachments to fewer ideas, should be easier to interrupt, and once interrupted, should have stronger, more sustained negative reactions because they have fewer alternative pathways to realize their plans. Generalists should be the upbeat, positive people in the profession while specialists should be their grouchy, negative counterparts.

  Karl E. Weick

  Strong, Attitude, Attachment

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• I take more jobs when I need more money, if I'm investing in films. I take fewer when I don't. Or if something really good comes along, I usually find a way to do a good job on it in the time that I've got.

  John Sayles

  Jobs, Needs, Investing

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• I think Ed Koch is the person most responsible for allowing AIDS to get out of control. It happened here first, on his watch. If he had done what any moral human being should have done in the beginning, and put out alarms, then a lot fewer people would have gotten sick.

  Larry Kramer

  Thinking, Should Have, People

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• I have read that, on the average, the Japanese are getting taller, but at the moment they seem to be about the same height as American junior-high-school students, only with fewer guns.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Humorous, School

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry Does Japan”, p.40, Ballantine Books

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• Fewer than half of all university professors publish as much as one article per year.

  Derek Bok

  University Professors, Years, Half

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• There's always an imbalance with actors and actresses in the industry. And I think because there are just fewer movies overall being made, it's that trickle down effect.

  Michelle Pfeiffer

  Movie, Thinking, Actresses

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• When I meet with the founders of a new company, my advice is almost always, ‘Do fewer things.’ It’s true of partnerships, marketing opportunities, anything that’s taking up your time. The vast majority of things are distractions, and very few really matter to your success.

  Evan Williams

  Opportunity, Advice, Marketing

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