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Quotes on wanting and having more.

These quotes explore the idea of 'more' - a director admitting to more confidence behind the camera than as a writer, and a novelist noting how fictional characters can carry more vitality than the people around them. Related pages include Life Quotes.

I am impressed with the belief that our naval force ought not to cost more in proportion than the British. In some things they may have the advantage, but we will be found to have equally great in others.

Quotes by John C. Calhoun

There is often, in the affairs of government, more efficiency and wisdom in non-action than in action.

Quotes by John C. Calhoun

Of the two, I considered it more important to avoid a war with England about Oregon than a war with Mexico, important as I thought it was to avoid that.

Quotes by John C. Calhoun

Fanatics, as a class, have far more zeal than intellect and are fanatics only because they have. There can be no fanaticism but where there is more passion than reason; and hence, in the nature of things, movements originating in...

Quotes by John C. Calhoun

I want prose fiction to be recognized as that, and I'm not interested in writing as it becomes more personal.

Quotes by John C. Hawkes

I think private ownership is generally superior to public because you care about the land more and it doesn't get trashed.

Quotes by John C. Malone

War today is such a more visible thing. We see it on television, on CNN. In 1914, war was a concept.

Quotes by John Boyne

You can find more traditional Shakespeare than we do. But what we want to bring to these works is energy, passion, freshness.

Quotes by John Bradshaw

Any Reform Bill which is worth a moment's thought, or the smallest effort to carry it, must at least double, and it ought to do much more than double, the representation of the metropolitan boroughs and of all the great...

Quotes by John Bright

The place of my birth, and residence for nearly sixteen years, in the early part of my life, became endeared to my feelings and affections; and more especially so after I had quitted it for an unknown place, and to...

Quotes by John Britton

I have always found fact infinitely more interesting than myths and falsehoods.

Quotes by John Brunner

U.S. companies rely on the European market for more than half of their global foreign profits.

Quotes by John Bruton

U.S. companies earn more from their investments in the EU than in the rest of the world combined.

Quotes by John Bruton

Proliferation of nuclear weapons to terrorist organisations is far more dangerous than proliferation of nuclear weapons to states, even states like North Korea.

Quotes by John Bruton

The best prayers have often more groans than words.

Quotes by John Buchan

There is no word more generally misinterpreted than the word egoism, in its modern sense.

Quotes by John Buchanan Robinson

But egoism is more than this. It is the realization by the individual that he is above all institutions and all formulas; that they exist only so far as he chooses to make them his own by accepting them.

Quotes by John Buchanan Robinson

People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors.

Quotes by John Betjeman

It's easy to kick somebody when they're down. George W. Bush has dealt with more difficult issues than any president since Franklin Roosevelt. And I've told my colleagues it's time that we go stand up for the president.

Quotes by John Boehner

I talked to a lot of employers who just are, are fearful of what's coming next out of Washington. It's all the spending, it's all the debt. It's their national energy tax, they want to call it cap and trade...

Quotes by John Boehner

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of quotes are on the "More" page?
These are quotes about degree and comparison — someone admitting they have more confidence as a director than as a writer, a reflection on being "more like that" (exclusive, echo-chamber thinking) in their early twenties, and an appreciation for how horror films need a little more craft than people give them credit for.
Is this page about self-comparison?
Largely, yes — several of these quotes involve comparing one part of yourself to another, like confidence in one skill versus another, or how you've changed since your twenties. Me quotes covers similar self-reflective ground.
Is there a quote here about creative work?
Yes — the ones about directing versus writing, and about films like 'Friday the 13th' needing more craft than they get credit for, both touch on creative work and how it's judged.
How does "More" differ from <a href="/like-quotes">Like</a> quotes?
"Like" is about preference and similarity, while "More" is specifically about comparison and degree — doing something more than, or being more of, something else.
What if I want quotes about consistency instead of comparison?
Try Always quotes for that angle, or Life quotes for something broader.

Other lines touch on needing a little more of something, whether it's craft in filmmaking or personal growth over time. Continue with Like Quotes or Me Quotes.