Quotes About Small

Man needs only a small patch of earth for his pleasures, and a smaller one still to rest beneath.

Perhaps the greatest pleasure in science comes from theories that derive the solution to some deep puzzle from a small set of simple principles in a surprising way. These

I was proud of this small insight; I had no notion how close I was to the truth, and therefore I was as far away as ever.

the values of the constants of Nature are rather bio-friendly. If they are changed by even a small amount the world becomes lifeless and barren instead of a home for interesting complexity

I was born and I live in a small village, where the centre of life is the square, and the small bar/cafe.

Life is made up of moments, small pieces of glittering mica in a long stretch of gray cement.

One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats, and if some of these can be inexpensive and quickly procured so much the better.

I have noticed that doing the sensible thing is only a good idea when the decision is quite small. For the life-changing things, you must risk it.

the little things in life often make more trouble than the big things.

Small change, small wonders - these are the currency of my endurance and ultimately of my life.

The logarithms of life are written in increasingly small numerals...

Worry gives a small thing a big shadow. Swedish proverb

Especially in a small organization, it was important that everyone work well together. As I was unable to tell from an interview how a new hire would mesh with our corporate culture, I told everyone that they were temporary for the first six months, as were we for them. Sometime during that period, if we mutually agreed, they would become regular employees.

Think naught a trifle, though it small appear; sands make the mountain, moments make the year, and trifles, life. Your care to trifles give, else you may die ere you have learned to live.

Great minds talk about ideas; small minds talk about people

I would have the small happinesses of the unmarried girl in glasses who spends her life studying: a walk, being taken by the hand.

Europe was so small. It seemed weird that people took it so seriously.

Better than living in a home bought on a long-term loan is often staying in a rented, small house for a year or so.

Better to hold a big position in a small organization than a small post in a big corporation, but better than the best is always to run own business even if it is the smallest shop.

Small is beautiful only if it soulful and heart-touching to the noble minds.

Revolutions are not trifles, but spring from trifles.

The choice is not, Reich argues, between a governed and an ungoverned market, but between a market governed by laws favoring monopolistic companies and one governed by those favoring small business.

America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.

I argue that a right of exit is important in order to limit government power. I sometimes think that what kept the U.S. government small in the early 19th century was not so much the Constitution as the fact that people kept leaving the then-current United States for adjacent territories. The option to exit would have made it quite difficult for government to grow large and intrusive.