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Federal regulations should promote safety without unnecessarily burdening small firms and costing much-needed jobs.

Quotes by Sam Graves

The RFA requires federal agencies to assess the economic impact of their regulations on small firms, and if significant, consider less burdensome alternatives. Federal agencies sometimes fail to comply at all, or simply 'check the box,' fulfilling the letter of...

Quotes by Sam Graves

The economy needs thriving, job-creating small businesses, but excessive and ill-considered regulations too often get in the way of growth.

Quotes by Sam Graves

Small businesses all across this nation are tired of the uncertainty created by Washington.

Quotes by Sam Graves

By and large, small companies don't want to settle for part-time employees over full-time positions.

Quotes by Sam Graves

At every turn, small businesses should be encouraged to compete. When they do, we all win.

Quotes by Sam Graves

Small businesses win as they get more contracts; workers win as small businesses create jobs; and taxpayers win as prices are driven down.

Quotes by Sam Graves

Small companies need capital to invest, expand, and create jobs. And the economy needs a healthy small business community to bolster and sustain its recovery.

Quotes by Sam Graves

The JOBS Act will allow entrepreneurs to utilize 'crowdfunding,' which permits them to raise equity capital from a large pool of small investors.

Quotes by Sam Graves

Many small businesses rely on small financial institutions, like credit unions and community banks, to meet their capital requirements. Without them, these small businesses would have to close their doors.

Quotes by Sam Graves

Small lending institutions lack the capability of their larger counterparts to hire the additional manpower necessary to deal with the hundreds of additional regulations created by Dodd-Frank.

Quotes by Sam Graves

I have heard firsthand from several small business owners about their struggle to borrow and their fear of taking on additional debt.

Quotes by Sam Graves

Congress can protect small businesses by providing effective oversight over SBA policies and make sure they take into account the needs of small businesses while also protecting taxpayer dollars. Congress also needs to make sure that new banking regulations do...

Quotes by Sam Graves

In order to help small businesses gain access to the credit and capital they need to run their business successfully, Congress must adopt policies that support functional capital markets without imposing undue restrictions on providers of debt and equity capital.

Quotes by Sam Graves

The federal government has gone too far on many nonessential regulations that are harming small businesses. Employers are rightly concerned about the costs of these regulations - so they stop hiring, stop spending, and start saving for a bill from...

Quotes by Sam Graves

I was a Presbyterian minister at a small church in Omaha, Nebraska.

Quotes by Sam Barry

I have a small house so I borrow everything except art, that's what I love.

Quotes by Salma Hayek

Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.

Quotes by Sallust

I had just had small parts in other films, and I'd worked with a lot of directors in TV.

Quotes by Sally Kellerman

It is no small misfortune and disgrace that, through our own fault, we neither understand our nature nor our origin.

Quotes by Saint Teresa of Avila

Frequently Asked Questions

Do these quotes only talk about small in terms of size?
Not at all — "small" here ranges from company size to towns to personal ambition. One speaker even once thought a company was "a small company ripping off our copyrights," before it turned out to be a much bigger deal than expected. For more on how scale plays out in the working world, see Business quotes.
What do these quotes say about small towns?
One is blunt about it: "Small towns are the worst for getting recognised." It's a candid take on how a smaller community can limit visibility or opportunity, at least in this speaker's experience.
Is being small always seen negatively in these quotes?
No — one turns it into something aspirational: "I want to be in the small percentage of women who don't settle for conventional roles." Here, "small" describes an exclusive, admirable group rather than a limitation. If you'd rather explore the opposite end of scale, Big quotes covers bigger ambitions too.
How does this collection compare small and great?
One quote draws a direct contrast: "Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous." It suggests smallness here is linked to pettiness, while greatness is linked to generosity of spirit. Explore that idea further in Great quotes.
Is there a common thread tying these small quotes together?
Mostly that "small" is relative here — it can mean underestimated, limiting, exclusive, or even petty depending on context, and these four quotes touch on nearly every version of that. For more everyday words examined from every angle, check out Always quotes.

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