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Quotes About Few

Give all power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all power to the few, they will oppress the many.
~ Ron Chernow
In times of war or crisis, power is easily stolen from the many by the few on a promise of security. The more elusive the or imaginary the foe, the better for manufacturing consent.
~ Ronald Wright
States strong enough to do good are but few. Their number would seem limited to three.
~ Robert Frost
There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
~ Andre Gide
Jesus] said to his disciples, The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master
~ Alice Camille
A]ll History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world. 'Progress' affects few. Only revolution can affect many.
~ Alice Walker
A warrior knows that his days are few which leads him to an intense experience of life that is unknown to others.
~ Milton Katselas
Regrets, I've had a few but then again too few to mention. And more, much more than this, I did it my way.
~ Paul Anka
There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.
~ Edgar Allan Poe
Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
~ Anonymous
Of all the love stories ever published, I have - realistically - read very few.
~ Richard Flanagan
There are a few directors around who I have some excitement about spending my $7 at the theatre watching their movies.
~ Sean Penn
You are afraid of the one–I, of the few. We agree perfectly that the many should have a full fair and perfect Representation.–You are Apprehensive of Monarchy; I, of Aristocracy. I would therefore have given more Power to the President and less to the Senate.
~ John Adams
Few things in this world are more predictable than the reaction of conventional minds to unconventional ideas.
~ John Anthony West
Life is short And pleasures few And holed the ship And drowned the crew But o! But o! How very blue the sea is.
~ Clive Barker
While those whom devotion to abstract discussions has rendered unobservant of the facts are too ready to dogmatize on the basis of a few observations.
~ Aristotle
Nobility and worth are to be found only among the few, but their opposite among the many; for there is not one man of merit and high spirit in a hundred, while there are many destitute of both to be found everywhere.
~ Aristotle
I do most of my racing here in California now. There's no reason to go anywhere else except for a few of the big races.
~ Bob Baffert
I think that I have very few personal gifts to bring to real politics.
~ Jason Alexander
I don't know if there's anything sadder than an actor who hasn't made a good picture, and at least I got a few good ones that will stand the test of time. I feel very fortunate about that.
~ Michael Madsen
is the business of the very few to be independent; it is a privilege of the strong. And whoever attempts it, even with the best right, but without being OBLIGED to do so, proves that he is probably not only strong, but also daring beyond measure.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
That's our thesis, to operate in a few places and make them home, rather than operate in many places and not have significant ownership.
~ Ritesh Agarwal
In the world of acting, many are thin but few are talented.
~ Roger Ebert
Mexico has made a mistake. Alone, it fights a war against a global phenomenon that only matters to a few. That makes the headlines in every case because of its unusual cruelty.
~ Sabina Berman