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Most Famous Small Quotes of All Time!

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We have all kinds of limitations as human beings. I mean we can't see the whole electromagnetic spectrum; we can't see the very small; we can't see the very far. So we compensate for these short comings with technological scaffoldings....

Quotes by Jason Silva

Even as a small child, I wondered why the Dominican nuns who educated me were subservient to the Jesuit priests who educated my brothers.

Quotes by Janine di Giovanni

One tries to be an observer as an actor and indeed as a director because the small things, the give-away things are what are really interesting to a performer.

Quotes by Janet Suzman

I was a huge 'Friends' fan. I had a very small part. I played a real-estate agent in the very last season.

Quotes by Jane Lynch

Our assistance in Somalia has been remarkably effective and successful, and we have helped with very small resources - a large group of people and we can now do even more.

Quotes by Jan Egeland

Color is just in a small area of our vision, and the rest we add with the mind.

Quotes by James Turrell

My first record was made in Termonfeckin, which is a small town on the north-east coast of Ireland. I had been in London, but it didn't click. So, at home, I didn't think about making something, just whether something could...

Quotes by James Vincent McMorrow

I think that most of the people running companies today are motivated and pay is a small portion of the motivation.

Quotes by James Sinegal

Small changes done now would preserve Social Security at full benefit.

Quotes by James Roosevelt

We may seem insignificantly small, but we exist. So I remain optimistic.

Quotes by James Rosenquist

As an example, one of the schools I have been studying is too small to compete effectively in most sports, but participates with vigor each year in the state music contests.

Quotes by James S. Coleman

There are, it is true, at present no great prizes in literature such as are offered by the learned professions, but there are quite as many small ones - competences; while, on the other hand, it is not so much...

Quotes by James Payn

I've always worked very efficiently on small budgets, both in documentaries and in features.

Quotes by James Marsh

I split my time between a small town in New Jersey and New York City.

Quotes by James McBride

South Carolina is too small for a republic and too large for an insane asylum.

Quotes by James L. Petigru

There are numerous cases of that, where one of our writers discovers another writer whom he likes, and we then take that book on. So it's a very close relationship. We can do that because we're so small.

Quotes by James Laughlin

I can do small things in a great way.

Quotes by James Freeman Clarke

Latter-day Saints, having received the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands, are entitled to personal inspiration in the small events of life as well as when they are confronted with the giant Goliaths of life.

Quotes by James E. Faust

Men are not great or small because of their material possessions. They are great or small because of what they are.

Quotes by James Cash Penney

Every existence above a certain rank has its singular points; the higher the rank the more of them. At these points, influences whose physical magnitude is too small to be taken account of by a finite being may produce results...

Quotes by James C. Maxwell

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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