Quotes Tagged "large"

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

Any man who behaves arrogantly with what little he knows, or claims to know all, only reveals to all that he really knows nothing. Real greatness does not reside inside those who feel large. The truly wise are meek.

Real greatness does not reside inside those who feel large. The truly wise are meek.

Many obese people spend a significant amount of their energy on suppressing the urge to tell some of the people who are staring at them that they do not eat as much and as frequently as they seem to.

Each and every year, the United States loses an estimated $100 billion a year in tax revenues due to offshore tax abuses by the wealthy and large corporations.

VCs like acquisitions as much as IPOs because the acquiring companies often can rationalize paying large multiples over the current valuation of the startup.

U.S. analysts estimate that Russian military expenditures have tripled during the Bush-Putin years, in large measure a predicted reaction to the Bush administration's militancy and aggressiveness.

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man.

Whether it's steamships disrupted by the railroads or railroads disrupted by the airlines, it's typically the large entrenched incumbents that are displaced by innovators.

The history of antitrust law enforcement shows that successful antitrust prosecutions have often strengthened and brought vitality to extremely large companies and businesses.

There is no object so large but that at a great distance from the eye it does not appear smaller than a smaller object near.

It would take an extremely large spacecraft to deflect a large asteroid that would be headed directly for the Earth.

Certainly the attrition rate of Hollywood couples looms large.

In a government whose distinguishing characteristic should be a diffusion and equalization of its benefits and burdens the advantage of individuals will be augmented at the expense of the community at large.

There is so much bad manners and oafishness in large corporations.

A battery by definition is a collection of cells. So the cell is a little can of chemicals. And the challenge is taking a very high-energy cell, and a large number of them, and combining them safely into a large battery.

Public behavior is merely private character writ large.

Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.

Boko Haram, by itself, has destroyed large areas in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger.