#few

I asked Ring Lardner the other day how he writes his short stories, and he said he wrote a few widely separated words or phrases on a piece of paper and then went back and filled in the spaces. ↗

— Harold Ross

#back #day #few #filled #his

Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#although #few #gold #know #knowing

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#feel #few #hearts #own #see

Last night, I had a telephone townhall for my constituents back in Vermont, and we had 11,500 people on it. And I had people on Social Security saying if getting fewer benefits will help us on the debt, they're for it. And I had a farmer saying that he's had subsidies for 35 years but we can't afford them anymore. ↗

— Peter Welch

#anymore #back #benefits #constituents #debt

There are a few very small incompatible changes - I really doubt most people will ever run into them. ↗

— Stephen Wolfram

#doubt #ever #few #i #incompatible

If there ever was a religious war full of terror, it was the crusades. But you can't blame Christianity because a few adventurers did this. That's my message. ↗

— Moustapha Akkad

#because #blame #christianity #crusades #did

We're going to hear a lot of spirited discussion about the President's plan in the next few days and weeks and that's fine as long as everyone comes ready to talk and not just snipe, complain and argue. ↗

— George Allen

#argue #comes #complain #days #discussion

I've worked with very few directors who've asked of me what I asked of myself. ↗

— Asia Argento

#directors #few #i #me #myself

There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#circumstances #criticisms #distinguish #few #may

It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth. ↗

— Arthur Balfour

#enthusiasm #enthusiasts #few #moves #speak