Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values. A. R. Ammons Poet More A. R. Ammons Quotes 0 0
Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth? The goose who trades his is soon a pile of feathers. Aldo Leopold Environmentalist More Aldo Leopold Quotes 0 0
But most Canadians have recognized to a greater or lesser extent that despite much of the so-called progress of the affluent society, essential ingredients to a meaningful life seem to be either entirely lacking, or at best, difficult to grasp. Alex Campbell Politician More Alex Campbell Quotes 0 0
Over the past several years, all of us as Canadians, and as members of the North American cultural and economic environment, have been to a greater or lesser extent party to a significant attitudinal change towards our culture. Alex Campbell Politician More Alex Campbell Quotes 0 0
There's so much in our city: music, art, architecture, ... I don't know why we need to appeal to the lesser instincts. Alfred Hughes More Alfred Hughes Quotes 0 0
I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a woman's domain, considered a lesser domain at the time they were told. Alice Hoffman Author More Alice Hoffman Quotes 0 0
Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em, And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum, And the great fleas themselves, in turn, have greater fleas to go on, While these again have greater still, and greater still, and so on. . Augustus de Morgan More Augustus de Morgan Quotes 0 0
Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it. Baltasar Gracian Philosopher More Baltasar Gracian Quotes 0 0
The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the good and the lesser good. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Writer More Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Quotes 0 0
a supporting but lesser aspect of a strategy that will be based fundamentally on diplomatic and economic leverage to compel cooperation with international law. Barry McCaffrey More Barry McCaffrey Quotes 0 0
With the lesser days of the month coupled with the fact that January had New Year's Eve, the busiest gaming weekend of the year, I'd read these as being very good numbers. Beverly Martin More Beverly Martin Quotes 0 0
I don't care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things. Billy Joel Musician More Billy Joel Quotes 0 0
We came here. We attacked. The better team doesn't always win. We were not the lesser team last week. We were not the lesser team this week. I'm always a realistic optimist. We are as good as anyone in this league when we perform like we know we can. Bob Gansler More Bob Gansler Quotes 0 0
I don't know who in this room had their stuff together at 21. There are going to be lesser days. That's what the coaching staff, Curt and his veteran teammates are here for. It's a support system. Bob Gansler More Bob Gansler Quotes 0 0
We would be a lesser place without the H-1Bs, and the benefits to our patients would be lesser in their absence. Bruce Larson More Bruce Larson Quotes 0 0
I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father. Carlisle Floyd Composer More Carlisle Floyd Quotes 0 0
It's just aggravating, ... Hale is retired somewhere, fat and happy, while others who are accused of much lesser crimes face court-martials, public humiliation and financial ruin. Carolyn Maloney More Carolyn Maloney Quotes 0 0
Professor Mehta is a very well known scientist, but there are many lesser known scientists to whom this is happening. The bigger issue is important. Carthage Smith More Carthage Smith Quotes 0 0
To a lesser extent (they like) the whites and reds, but blues, yellows and oranges are the main bee flowers. Although there are very good white bee flowers - white sweet clover is the best honey plant in the world. Chip Taylor More Chip Taylor Quotes 0 0
I would have given him a lesser fine if it were not for that, but I stopped short of banning him for the last test. I have respect for the England captain and I expected the same from him,. Clive Lloyd More Clive Lloyd Quotes 0 0
I feel like we took a step forward in each of those games. It was probably lesser competition but we still played Auburn football. I think we won games we were supposed to win and won convincingly. Courtney Taylor More Courtney Taylor Quotes 0 0
A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out. Cyril Connolly Journalist More Cyril Connolly Quotes 0 0
It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing. David Herbert Lawrence Writer More David Herbert Lawrence Quotes 0 0
All of these seemingly unrelated people were trading in the same stocks. They were lesser known stocks one wouldn't expect them all to be trading together. David Markowitz More David Markowitz Quotes 0 0
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows - Optimism on this Friday, the 13th! :) 0 5
The Saint Detective Magazine (July 1955) ... Reverend Bill Proctor -- referred to himself as an "indentured slave to the state." (June 20, 2011) ...item 2.. We are not his preferred constituents. (Feb 9, 2012 at 01:54 PM) ... 0 5
"Never open the door to a lesser evil for other ones invariably slink in after it." -Baltasar Gracian 0 5