Petty Quotes

Our infinite obligations to God do not fill our hearts half as much as a petty uneasiness of our own; nor His infinite perfections as much as our smallest wants.

The greatest joy a petty soul can taste is to dupe a great soul and catch it in a snare.

There's a romance to danger. There's a romance to drinking, to drugs, to petty crime and to heartbreak and loneliness. All of those things can be used to make the story of our lives better.

Poor fool! in whose petty estimation all things are little.

At its best, entertainment is going to be a subjective thing that can't win for everyone, while at worst, a particular game just becomes a random symbol for petty tribal behavior.

Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect; they mark our limitations and our bounds. Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries.

We're not going to pay attention to the silliness and the petty comments. And quite frankly, women have joined me in this effort, and so it's not about appearances. It's about effectiveness.

I've found men are less likely to let petty things annoy them.

I am the Terrible Trivium, demon of petty tasks and worthless jobs, ogre of wasted effort, and monster of habit.

Always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty.

Artists should be aware that petty stroking could be the source of arrested productivity. An artist's job includes the avoidance of premature closure by the begged or gratuitous approval of others.

Never get into the petty habit of measuring yourself worth against other people's net worth.

I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty.

I draw no petty social lines. A man to me is a man, wherever I find him.

The petty cares, the minute anxieties, the infinite littles which go to make up the sum of human experience, like the invisible granules of powder, give the last and highest polish to a character.

Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.

Should surveillance be usable for petty crimes like jaywalking or minor drug possession? Or is there a higher threshold for certain information? Those aren't easy questions.

What's terrible is that there's nothing terrible, that the very essence of life is petty, uninteresting, and degradingly trite.

News-hunters have great leisure, with little thought; much petty ambition to be considered intelligent, without any other pretension than being able to communicate what they have just learned.

Barbara Parkins was so rude and petty all of the time. I just found her behavior to be so silly.

The Band was always famous for its retirements we'd go and play and get a little petty cash together, and then not see each other till it was time to fill our pockets up again.

I'm not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.

I'll stand my ground and I won't back down.

One of my major shortcomings - I'm vindictive. I don't know why that is. Even in petty things in my life I tend to strike back. It's a lot more pleasurable a sensation than feeling threatened.

You are such a chicken. Bock. Bock. Bock." He refused to allow her very bad chicken impression to ruffle his feathers. He was above petty name-calling.

The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.” (Analects 4.16)

We should not have a petty regard for God's gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.

This is payback, isn't it?" Jim glared at me. "Don't be ridiculous," I told him. "As the Consort of the Pack, I'm far above petty revenge.

I am aware that the battle I am fighting is a petty one, but I am also aware that in order to win that which is great, you must first win that which is small.

Party loyalty lowers the greatest men to the petty level of the masses.

Any writer who has difficulty in writing is probably not onto his true subject, but wasting time with false, petty goals; as soon as you connect with your true subject you will write.

Harold Wilson is a petty bourgeois and will remain so in spirit even if they make him a Viscount.

What thou meanest by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, whilst thou who dost it with a great fleet art styled emperor.

Jurists say that a capital crime submerges all lesser crimes; and so it is with faith. Its absurdity makes all petty difficultiesvanish.

I don't think there's a petty system of heaven and hell. The love of God is much more forgiving. I'm not a believer in a wrathful God at all.

Only the luckless, the petty or the deranged [end] up in court.

Have we not all, amid life's petty strife, / Some pure idea of a noble life / That once seemed possible?

We cannot hope to scale great moral heights by ignoring petty obligations.

The least practical of us have some petty thrift dear to our hearts, some one direction in which we love to scrimp.

Fight only in direst need Not for lust or petty greed Honor those that do give birth Respect them well for their full worth

I heard that [Clarkson] said some petty things about someone I care deeply about, so I just made some petty remarks 'cause I'm a petty guy.

Stay free of petty jealousies, live by no man's code, and hold your judgment for yourself, lest you wind up on this road.

I'd always been a fan growing up, and in high school, I was really into Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen.

On the music side, I'm a cross between maybe that Texas songwriter and that Tom Petty feel.

Very few worries can stand against the influence of a good long walk ... How many petty annoyances have I thus walked away!

An ambition to excel in petty things obstructs the progress to nobler aims.

The demands that a great man makes are on himself; those of a petty man are upon others.

There happen to be whole large parts of adult American life that nobody talks about in commencement speeches. One such part involves boredom, routine, and petty frustration.

In books and movies infidelity always looks so compelling, so right. Here are people who defy petty convention and are rewarded with only the tastiest bits of human experience.

I hated the idleness, the stupidity, the respectability, the petty unselfishness.