Top 1200 Lesser Known Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

All politicians will say they celebrate the NHS, but to a greater or lesser extent, they've all undermined it.

The lesser jihad is our active fulfillment of Islam's commands and duties.

I've known attractive airheads, and I've known ugly idiots.

He was definitely known as the foremost man killer in the West; however there's controversy about virtually every killing that he was known to have been involved in.

If I choose abstraction over reality, it is because I consider it the lesser chaos.

The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes.

I think I should be here alone to rethink the world, I do. I want these lesser humans gone.

Have you ever not known something but known it at the same time?

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.

The side that feels the lesser urge for peace will naturally get the better bargain.

You look back on some little decision you made and realize all the things that happened because of it, and you think to yourself "if only I'd known," but, of course, you couldn't have known.

I have known the Indians intimately - known them in their private relations - I think I understand the Indian character pretty well.

Musical theater is often seen as a lesser form of acting, although I don't see it that way.

When a really new product comes along, it's almost always a mistake to hang a well-known name on it. The reason is obvious. A well-known name got well-known because it stood for something. It occupies a position in the prospect's mind. A really well-known name sits on the top rung of a sharply defined ladder. The new product, if it's going to be successful, is going to require a new name. New ladder, new name. It's as simple as that.

I feel a lot of adult fiction looks down on plot as a lesser form of literature.

You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself.

Everyone is entitled to commit murder in the imagination once in a while, not to mention lesser infractions.

Successful people recognize crisis as a time for change - from lesser to greater, smaller to bigger.

I have always been known as Mahesh Bhatt's wife, and I would tell people, 'Hello! I'm here!' This has always been a struggle. I would like to be known for who I am. I'm very happy to be known as his wife or Alia's mother. But I am also a person who, in her own right, has gone through quite a lot of odds.

When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil.

Art lies in conceiving and designing, not in the actual execution' - this was left for lesser minds.

Economy is half the battle in life, but it is not so hard to earn money as to spend it well. Hundreds would never have known want if they had not first known waste.

...sitting and waiting is one of the most miserable occupations known to man - not that it usually is known to men; women do it much more often.

I don't want to be known as just a 'Dance Moms' competitor. I'd really like to be known for all of Sia's work, too.

When we started the show, 'Dallas' was known as the city where JFK was assassinated. By the end it was known as JR's home town.

You have to build systems to protect against your lesser self.

You shouldn't have to accept being seen as lesser or discriminated against because of your skin.

We have to have more consideration for people who have lesser means than we do. It is a problem of survival.

As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.

We as Aboriginal people still have to fight to prove that we are straight out plain human beings, the same as everyone else. You know, I grew up, born on a government blanket under a palm tree. I lived under lantana bushes, I've seen more dinner times than I've seen dinners, I've known discrimination, I've known prejudice, I've known all of those things... but some of that is still with us... and it's got to be changed.

Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.

We have all lost touch with life, we all limp, each to a greater or lesser degree.

I get better roles in television. I'm not going to do a lesser role just to be in a feature film.

I'm very little drawn to photographing people that are known or even subjects that are known. They fascinate me when I've barely heard of them.

Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.

Truths are known to us in two ways: some are known directly, and of themselves; some through the medium of other truths. The former are the subject of Intuition, or Consciousness; the latter, of Inference; the latter of Inference. The truths known by Intuition are the original premisses, from which all others are inferred.

I think I should be here alone to rethink the world - I do. I want these lesser humans gone.

Lovers have known sometimes what saints have not known.

If it feels like you're choosing between the lesser of two evils, don't. There is always a higher choice.

I'm kind of known for something that's not so great to be known for.

Hate equals motivation. Five years ago, I was known as Doc Rivers's son, and now I'm known as my own person, and that's through hard work.

To be known as an actor is to be known for your role and lines. But the country knows me for the stance I have taken, for the villages I have adopted, the social work I do, the comfort zone I have left.

I think that if past lives are real then we have been lovers in every single one of them. I've known you for a short time, but I feel like I've known you forever.

I think people of lesser talent will become stars.

The world is known by the senses The senses are known by the mind The mind is known by Consciousness And Consciousness is known by itself

If we are honest and fair, then we are known by that. If we are not, alas, we are known by that as well. What we want to do is do right, but you have to say it, you have to show it, and not stop.

Now it looks like I'll be known as the musical comedy guy. Which is good news for me. Or I'll be known as the New Zealand idiot.

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.

Those who judge children in their innocence, prove themselves the lesser of character and the greater of ignorance.

It's always hard, after you've been in command, to take a lesser role.

I'm just deeply disappointed that once again we may have to settle for the lesser of two evils.

Wisdom consists of knowing how to distinguish the nature of trouble, and in choosing the lesser evil.

Miracles happen in silence... lesser important things create world headlines.

I'm known for playing bad guys, so this was an interesting departure from what I'm known to play, which is a softer, more likable, affable character.

Time's up on cheesy, lesser, boring roles for females in the stories that we try to tell.

Reason is the lesser faith that steers us when we have already lost a greater one.

To have passed through life and never experienced solitude is to have never known oneself. To have never known oneself is to have never known anyone.

I would not suggest that people skip meals. Instead, compensate with eating in lesser portions.

The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists.

The lesser of two evils, or the least of the worst, is not good enough for the American people anymore.