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If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.

Quote by Douglas Adams about family

The most intellectual of men are moved quite as much by the circumstances which they are used to as by their own will. The active voluntary part of a man is very small, and if it were not economized by a sleepy kind of habit, its results would be...

Quote by Walter Bagehot about circumstances, habits, man

By the same token it must follow that the state we now call a small state is in reality a power if it plays such a role in the development of civilization that it marches in the front ranks and wins victories in the fight for law which surpass...

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about state, evolution, civilization, fight, reality, law, power

Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.

Quote by Scott Adams about end, things

It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.

Quote by Sfanta Tereza De Avila about sin, faith, love

From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.

Quote by Aeschylus about philosophy

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Quote by Aesop about goodnes, waste

The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

Quote by Aesop about success, waste, imagination

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

Quote by Aesop about stupidity, mind

You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain or rise with your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant...

Quote by James Lane Allen about aspiration, vision, fall, present, ideal, contentment

Organized labor, if they're doing a responsible job, is going to organize the pooling of small amounts of money to protect the interests of the people who are not rich.

Quote by Warren Beatty about wealth, money, people

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about mediocrity, end, man

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about success

Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love.

Quote by Albert Camus about people, idea, love, man

Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.

Quote by Charles Dickens about heart, life

If a problem is undermining you, the smallest performance becomes an insuperable obstacle. You dread it. Then, miraculously, you clear the hurdle.

Quote by Placido Domingo about obstacles, contentment

Invaluable art collections and a small but first rank symphony orchestra carry the fame of Winterthur far across the borders of Switzerland.

Quote by Richard Ernst about fame, art, magic

There thus appears to be an inverse correlation between recovery and psychotherapy; the more psychotherapy, the smaller the recovery rate.

Quote by Hans Eysenck

But I'm not an artist. Maybe an artist with a small a.

Quote by John Galliano about artists

I wanted to do Buddy Faro as a small budget movie. They said no. So I wanted to do it as a series of recurring TV movies, and they said no. So I agreed to do it as a series.

Quote by Dennis Farina