Top 165 Few Things Quotes

Few things are more important to each individual’s future success or to our nation’s prosperity than education.

I abhor the words ‘classical music.’ Few things satisfy me more than a really good cover version.

The flag is a symbol of our freedom, and burning it absolutely is one of the least patriotic things that a person could possibly do. I say ‘one of the least’ because I can think of a few things that would actually be less so – and, as a matter of fact, I think that banning flag-burning would absolutely be on that list.

There are very few things of virtuosity or genius that you can actually witness.

There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won’t cure, but I don’t know many of them.

There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes of others. Nothing can help that man. What is left of that man flees from what is left of human attention.

Taking offense is, in fact, one of the few things that brings us together.

Managers will tell people what to do, whereas leaders will inspire them to do it, and there are a few things that go into the ability to inspire.

I could say I’m a writer or that I’m a musician but I don’t really do music; I do music to go with things I’m developing. Then I do act in a few things, but I’m not really an actor. I’m not a comedian, but I am known for comedy. I just don’t know. I feel like I’m a slightly interdisciplinary jack of all trades.

There are few things more American than falling back on the language of race when what we’re really talking about is class or, more accurate still, manners, values and taste.

I’m desperate to be in the same room as Katie Hopkins. There are a few things I’d like to say to her, really calmly. I’d just like to put forward a case for her to integrate the ‘her’ that she pretends to be on TV with the ‘her’ she is as a real person.

There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece of land.

You need wickets to be brave. When you get wickets, you can try anything. But when you don’t, you always hesitate to try a few things because it is not always about giving runs and getting wickets.

I’d say an ideal wardrobe should have a mix of high-fashion gowns, clothes that spell ‘boho chic,’ and at least a few things that are playful.

Few things parallel the bonding that occurs post-performance when congratulatory remarks are awarded, regrets are confessed, and gossip is exchanged.

I’m on Twitter, Facebook. There’s a lot you can do with it, and it’s great to keep in touch. I try to throw a few things out on Twitter every day.

Things for me really started to click right after my third year in the league. I sort of figured out that there were a few things that I needed to do if I wanted to get better – I needed to gain some more weight and add some strength.

I don’t believe in regrets. There are a few things I’d do differently, but I can’t go back in time and redo them, however much I might wish to. All I can do is learn from past mistakes and move forward.

My mother enjoyed few things more than investing in the underdogs and showing them that they were special and could achieve their dreams.

I was very afraid to write a novel – it was a dream for a very long time, and it was one of the few things that I was afraid to try.

I have changed a few things since playing in Europe, and for the better.

I am not a natural fan of Mr Tillerson’s political instincts. Indeed, there maybe few things I would agree with Rex on: for example, he vouched his support for the war in Yemen, approved of Assad’s regime, and has pushed for tax cuts for American big business.

Leave your ego at the door every morning, and just do some truly great work. Few things will make you feel better than a job brilliantly done.

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed.

Steve Jobs’ ability to focus in on a few things that count, get people who get user interface right, and market things as revolutionary are amazing things.

We had very few things. I had a couple pairs of jeans, a couple shirts. And same with my mom and sister. I think my sister had, like, two toys. We were living off of instant noodles.

I just feel passionately about a few things and particularly about helping artists get off the ground.

Few things trigger fear and misconception more than economic tribulation, and nothing prompts elected officials to react with more simplistic populism.

What is right, what is wrong, how can anyone say? I view very, very, few things as Right with a capital R.

We are in Europe, and we want a Europe that does few things and does them well, one that recognizes people’s identities, languages, etc.

I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth century that have made giant strides in reverse.

I really, really like ‘Eastbound & Down.’ It’s one of the few things that makes me laugh.

I only know about a few things, but I am quite good at bluffing. There are a whole range of subjects, including the Renaissance, which I am prepared to sound expert on.

I’ve worked really hard in this industry and feel I’ve learnt a few things along the way.

I do like to cook. But I only cook a few things, but those few things I do really well.

Few things are as democratic as a snowstorm.

I don’t bench press, but I use machines to work 10-12 muscle groups. Biceps, triceps, a few things for the back, calves, shoulders and so on – and then I’ll go on the running machine, cross-trainer or mountain climber.

There are very few things that are purely conceptual without any hard content.

There are few things more fundamentally encouraging and stimulating than seeing someone else die.

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.

There’s been a few things that have been insane with ‘Rather Be’, and being nominated for a Grammy is, like, the pinnacle one.

I always felt and still feel that fairy tales have an emotional truth that is so deep that there are few things that really rival them.

When it comes to inmates, we have boiled them down to just the few things we know about them – their crime, their current life situation, their identification number. But the reality is they were something before they were their crime.

I’m a role model now. I didn’t know I was gonna have 13-year-old fans, so I’ve tried to change a few things here and there. But I also know that the girls don’t want me to be Miley Cyrus, either.

There are very few things in the world that make me feel a feeling, really.

Sometimes you need a humbling experience to think about a few things.

Talent is one of the few things that can’t be created. It can be enhanced – it can be coached and brought out of people – but you can’t deny it.

Empire Square production finishes in about a month’s time, so at the moment, right now, I’m just completely full on Empire Square. There’s no time to do anything else. But there’s a few things on the back burner, including another Blur album before too long.

Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you’re generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don’t make.

The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy.

There are very few things that I have any patience for that are not at least a little bit humorous.

One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet’s curtain calls is the Royal Ballet’s dancing.

I used to, in the summertime, spend so much money doing a lot of fun stuff. Now, I’m actually consciously trying to save so we can live how we want to live after basketball. I’ve even sold a few things.

It’s something that – jazz is one of the few things that you can go and listen to, I don’t care where you’re from, what you are, what background you come from – there’s something there for you.

I’ve got a few things on YouTube and the most I’ve ever had is about 8,000 clicks over five years.

During my years as a press secretary, I developed a powerful internal filter, which worked to strip all things ‘off message’ from my thoughts before they came out of my mouth. It didn’t always work, of course, and I said more than a few things I regretted.

I wouldn’t wear turtlenecks. That I’m not envious of. But who knows? I might sneak out a few things and hope and pray that no one says, ‘Hey, didn’t you wear that when you were playing an enormous geek on TV?’

Despite living in an increasingly digital world, there are a few things I still like to keep as physical reminders. So every time I see an exhibition, I make a pit stop at the museum gift shop to buy a postcard of something that inspired me.

There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for.

One of the few things that can be said for certain about Europe’s prehistoric peoples is that they all came from somewhere else.

Few things are as essential as education.

When you get pure joy out of ‘being’ rather than ‘doing’ or ‘seeing’, that’s when you realize how big and unexplainable some things are and being a dad is one of those very few things.

Every dollar I spend, I’m looking to fall in love. I have a few things I already love, but I’m always thinking that I can do better. I’m always on the hunt.

There’s a few things I learned from my experience on ‘Hieroglyph.’ First of all, I learned that building a world doesn’t need to be as expensive as a summer blockbuster. Yeah yeah, newsflash, I know.

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A ‘you can do it’ when things are tough.

I like to have a few things going on at once. It feels natural.

You gotta trust your artist. I love writing pages without dialogue, which seems weird, I guess. But few things are as powerful in comics as a really strong silent page.

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

Go out and make something that reflects your interests, your taste, and your ideas. No one will pay you to make something until you have a few things you can show that you’ve directed. I got my start by making short films on my own.

One of the few things I like about Bill Clinton is that he has very good manners. If his momma were still alive, I would congratulate her.

There are few things more powerful than a life lived with passionate clarity.

I came to office promising major ethics reform to end the culture of self-dealing. And today, that ethics reform is a law. While I was at it, I got rid of a few things in the governor’s office that I didn’t believe our citizens should have to pay for. That luxury jet was over-the-top. I put it on eBay.

Few things grace a plate as dramatically as a whole plucked upland bird, however it’s cooked.

I had a different impression of motherhood. I was told it’ll be tough but I realised that eventually it is what you make of it. When you see the love your child gives, giving up a few things doesn’t feel like any sacrifice.

I know a lot about a few things – mostly useless things.

He who leaves nothing to chance will do few things poorly, but he will do few things.

It’s funny how I use social media because I don’t use it to promote my restaurants that much. I use it for social issues and I think that’s what it’s for. I do a few things – I mess around with music a lot because that’s a passion of mine. If something strikes me and I want to share it, I do.

There are few things more liberating in this life than having your worst fear realized.

I’ve seen few things more depressing than the end-of-season Giants-Padres series in 2001 in which Barry Bonds hit his 68th homer of the year while a .227-hitting, rapidly fossilizing Rickey Henderson staggered like a delirious marathoner toward 3,000 hits.

There are very few things that a good run can’t help you figure out.

You can focus on the few things that give people a negative image about me, or you can see the other things I’ve done, or talk to people in my inner circle who know more about who I really am.

You need to cut a few things out if you want to be the best you can be.

Especially when I first really started to work with Kenneth and Franklin, who had been in space already. And so, they were able to talk about space and tell me a few things about how things would really happen.

David Lynch is my friend, and I love his movies and his art and his music. Few things make me happier than working with him.

There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory.

Sports is one of those few things left in our society where, as soon as you step on the court, or get in the ring, you are who you are.

There are a few things I lost which I shouldn’t have lost. I know what I did wrong. I was lazy.

Well, we didn’t have our original drummer on our last record. And most of that album was not played as a band in the studio. It was mostly the world of computers and overdubs. There was very few things played live or worked out as a band.

There are very few things that surprise me.

The autobiographical doesn’t interest me. I could think of few things less interesting than rooting about in my life.

Professional sports is a monster. It’s not even real life. It’s one of the few things in life, the economy goes bad, you still get your money.

I believe your career is one of the few things that stay with you forever. It also gives you the confidence to lead a happy life.

Very few things are off-limits for me.

I think as an older player, there’s a kind of natural responsibility or natural role to go around the lads and say a few things. I had it when I came into the team; when you look to the older boys in certain situations to see what they say, see how they act, and see what they expect.

I thought I had a pretty good American accent but I had a few sessions with a voice coach over there and she was picking up on a few things. Possibly because I’ve got such a strong Northern accent, I emphasise the wrong part of words so the idea is to work on my American accent.

All great pitches have a few things in common: the founder/team is wicked smart, the idea is big and a breakthrough, and the market is potentially enormous.

There are very few things in the body that nitric oxide doesn’t regulate.

One of the few things that will remain of this time is what artists are doing. They are the journal and the diary of our time.

I truly enjoy working with kids because they teach me something and it allows me to get in touch with few things that are a bit personal to me.

I need to be thinking about a few things at once. I think it actually helps because you’re cross-fertilizing yourself.

Few things can make us feel crazier than expecting something from someone who has nothing to give.

There are a few things for the New York actor that you hope to one day cross off the bucket list. One of them was I got to do an episode of ‘Blue Bloods,’ which was really fun.

There are very few things in real life on which I agree with Jeremy Clarkson, surprisingly few for people who have to make a TV show together. But that’s part of what makes it work.

I would like to say a few things about that photo in ‘Tatler’. I have no regrets. The article was about the 20 cleverest people in England, covered up only by the thing that makes them clever. A saxophonist, for example, had only his saxophone, and an artist, his easel. So I was covered by books.

Some big actresses told me a few things that inspired me. One said that the biggest challenge for a female actress was to make sure they are not profoundly bored. Another told me to just do whatever you want – do anything.

We are going to transform Britain’s rail system from the worst in the world to the best. If you can do a few things like that, when the body gives out, you can say you’ve lived a good life.

In 13 years of doing my day job, I’ve learned a few things about motivating people. It’s about setting a vision and, as long as everyone knows why they’re doing what they’re doing, you achieve that vision.

There have been times I’ve said a few things in anger when we’ve lost. But it’s just how I’m programmed. I want to win.

There’s no point in having a bunch of stuff that you’re not going to wear. Why not just have a few things that you actually like?

I’d like to make as much art as I possibly can before I die, so I’m working on a few things.

This happiness consisted of nothing else but the harmony of the few things around me with my own existence, a feeling of contentment and well-being that needed no changes and no intensification.

As you grow older, you learn a few things. One of them is to actually take the time you’ve allotted for vacation.

Once you have a computer that can do a few things – strictly speaking, one that has a certain ‘sufficient set’ of basic procedures – it can do basically anything any other computer can do. This, loosely, is the basis of the great principle of ‘Universality’.

Few things give rise to imprecise rhetoric like the issue of race. It’s understandable, but damaging.

For me, few things are more compelling than watching a great opera.

Sometimes with artists, I want to hear a few things before I buy the whole album.

You should carefully study the Art of Reasoning, as it is what most people are very deficient in, and I know few things more disagreeable than to argue, or even converse with a man who has no idea of inductive and deductive philosophy.

When I was 19 and 20, and 20 or 25 in the world , I was enjoying it. But now it’s a rollercoaster and I just can’t seem to find the commitment to work hard, to enjoy and to lift trophies. Maybe I have to look at a few things and maybe play less tournaments.

I think there are few things more patriotic than taking the time to make your country a better place.

Fix a few things here, improve a few things there, launch a new feature every so often. That’s coasting. And I don’t want Basecamp to coast.

There are a few things that people all around the world need to admit to themselves. Trade restraints slow economic growth, the euro is not a reserve currency, and scoreless sports ties are boring.

M. Night Shyamalan can draw quite a few people to quite a few things, and having the opportunity to work with him is very cool.

I spend a fair bit of time in Los Angeles, and there is much I love about the place – the weather, the food, the beaches and the golf. And a few things I don’t. Like the way an enormous number of mentally ill people seem to be forced to live on the streets with little or nothing in the way of government assistance.

And, strangely, this one of the few things in life that the third, the latter, the buy with our eyes closed has actually done better than everybody else.

There are very few things that are certain in this market – apart from one, and that is that small displacement diesels are dead.

There are few things that define us as a country more distinctly than the idea of the American Dream. The idea that anyone can make it here through hard work and dedication. And that dream rests on giving people here a fair shot.

Investing is not nearly as difficult as it looks. Successful investing involves doing a few things right and avoiding serious mistakes.

In ‘Haraamkhor,’ I have explored a few things which I wouldn’t have been able to do in bigger films. The process of shooting this film was so organic that it enhanced me as an actor and an artiste.

There are few things quite so effortlessly enjoyable as watching an eminent person getting in a huff and flouncing out of a television interview, often with microphone trailing.

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.

There are few things that you can’t do as long as you are willing to apply yourself.

There are a few things a true gentleman cannot live without. The black silk knitted square-bottom tie is just such an indispensable item. No true gentlemen would be without one.

There are few things as seemingly untouched by the real world as a child asleep.

Even though I know I can work out at any point in my day, I set a time that I want to get this workout in by. I set times when I’m waking up and having breakfast. Finding a few things you can stick to in your daily routine is helpful when there’s a lot of uncertainty and your scheduling is really off.

I’ve done quite a few things based on real events or real people, and I think that’s always really interesting that you can read about them or, if you’re lucky, you can meet them.

Yeah, uh, no, I play the cello. I played it, when, a lot when I was younger and it’s one of those such a beautiful instrument. It’s kind of the few things I’ve kept up.

Most people I know that are successful have a few things in common that are undeniable: driving ambition, and they have applied that to something they’re good at, that they love doing… and they are fun to be around, especially when they’re talking about their passion.

I had to leave, and my husband was forced to stay on this plantation until after the harvest season was over. And then the man that we had worked for, he’d taken the car, and the most of the few things we had had been stolen.

There were a few things going on then away from football, my nan and grandad passed away quite close together and, this might sound daft to anyone who doesn’t have a dog, but my dog passed away and that hurt me.

Of all the parts that make up my somewhat quirky life, there are few things that raise a stranger’s eyebrows faster than discovering I love country music.

I travel pretty frequently, but a few things that are routine are going for a run, getting my green tea in the morning, and checking email… well, all the time!

I was fortunate to be under my dad. And there’s a ton of things that I learned from my dad what to do. There’s probably a few things I learned what not to do.

One of the few things the Air Force did admit to me existed out there presently without admitting that it was Area 51 is this drone called the ‘Beast of Kandahar’ which does not fire missiles, unlike the Predator and the Reaper, but just conducts surveillance.

There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can’t think without metaphors.

A lot was accomplished in my mixtape career. But I still needed a few things: I needed to be recognized. I need to have radio. I need to have a real retail machine that can get us where we need to get that.

Few things give me more pride and hope for our future than when I see women, of all ages and backgrounds, in leadership roles. We need even more women in elected office, running businesses, and guiding organizations.

I am always available to share my experiences. I am happy to talk to people in Indian sports administration, maybe teach them a few things, and eventually help out an athlete. That would make me happiest.

You have to learn a few things, which you do along the way, but basically, poetry is a matter of the ear. Iambic pentameters or what constitutes a stanza comes naturally – your ears will know.

Let me clarify a few things about TV news on the national level at NBC and MSNBC. We write our own stories. There is no teleprompter for reporters. No traveling makeup artists or stylists. And there is very little sleep.

I can think of a number of things more interesting to read about than tax law, but few things affect our lives more.

It is not always important that you have dialogues. How you present your role depends on the director and the cameraman; the actor also has few things to do.

Bubbles have quite a few things in common, but housing bubbles have a spectacular thing in common, and that is every one of them is considered unique and different.

Compared to my physique before pregnancy, yes, I do feel different. I have worked really hard and changed a few things – not only my fitness regime but also my nutrition. When I think about it, being pregnant definitely helped my physique.

I have done quite a few things that I’m not proud of. But now I can equate it to artistry without an outlet. At school, I couldn’t help but colour outside the lines. My passion just caused my reactions to be that much more volatile.

On a personal level, I’ve seen a lot in my time as attorney general, but few things have affected me as greatly as my visit to Ferguson. I had the chance to meet with the family of Michael Brown. I spoke to them not just as attorney general but as a father of a teenage son myself.

Aladdin’ was one of the few things that I watched as a kid where I was like, ‘Oh, that guy looks like me and has a similar culture to mine.’

Life is full of what-ifs, many of which could easily have been realities, had just a few things been different.

I write a lot of music in my time off and I compose most of the songs on guitar. I’ve actually gone into the studio and recorded a few things, but it’s tough trying to sell a song. It’s all about finding that hook, that melody.

Every story I write is different. Some are hard. Some aren’t. ‘Chronicle’ was tremendously easy. I have a hard time comparing my process on different things, but I will say this: The more you write, the better you get at it. That’s one of the few things that’s markedly true.

When I talk about taking bold actions in the world, few things are bolder than creating the ‘Huffington Post’ from scratch and reinventing the newspaper business.

Personal narrative is one of the few things where people don’t get caught up in fighting over esoteric rhetoric.

It’s an image that the media has given me as a bad girl, and the only reason they gave me that image is just because of the few things that have gone wrong in my life, and also because I grew up living in a trailer.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

In Brazil, you buy tickets to go to the stadium to watch the carnival, but in Trinidad, you buy a costume and take part. There are very few things that can rival that experience.

You have to get outside of your comfort zone if you’re going to make significant changes in your life, and since few things scare people like the unknown, feeling fear is an excellent sign that you’re on the right track.