Top 25 Fewer Quotes of 49

Remember, the greater the opportunity, the fewer are those who see it.

Remember, the greater the opportunity, the fewer are those who see it.

James Cook

Opportunity, Remember, Fewer

The better we feel about ourselves, the fewer times we have to knock somebody else down to feel tall.

Odetta

Feels, Fewer, Tall

In the future, there will be fewer but better Russians.

Joseph Stalin

Democracy, Fewer

Acquaint yourself with fewer people, and as a result, you will backbite less frequently.

Sufyan al-Thawri

People, Results, Fewer

The better it gets, the fewer of us know it.

Ray Brown

Music, Jazz, Fewer

Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.

Sophocles

Inspirational, Expression, Fewer

The lower the rank of managers, the more they know about fewer things. The higher the rank of managers, the less they know about many things.

Russell L. Ackoff

Higher, Fewer, Knows

Russell L. Ackoff (2006). “A Little Book of F-Laws”, p.2, Triarchy Press Limited

Fewer things are lovelier to me than a full-blown rose when it opens up its heart.

Audrey Hepburn

Heart, Rose, Fewer

We have fewer friends than we imagine, but more than we know.

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Imagine, Fewer, Knows

An author who waits for the right 'mood' will soon find that 'moods' get fewer and fewer until they cease altogether.

Vera Brittain

Waiting, Mood, Fewer

Vera Brittain (1947). “On becoming a writer”

What can be explained by the assumption of fewer things is vainly explained by the assumption of more things.

William of Ockham

Assumption, Fewer

William (of Ockham), Philotheus Boehner (1990). “Philosophical Writings: A Selection”, p.21, Hackett Publishing

If I had it to do again, I'd ask more questions and interrupt fewer answers.

Robert Breault

Listening, Answers, Fewer

But now it seems possible that the truth about getting older is that there are fewer and fewer things to make fun of until finally there is nothing you are sure you will never be.

Jenny Offill

Fun, Getting Older, Fewer

Jenny Offill (2014). “Dept. of Speculation”, p.77, Granta Books

The fewer expectations you have, the better.

Laurie Anderson

Expectations, Fewer

In the past, few women have tried and even fewer have succeeded.

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

Past, Achievement, Fewer

The fewer species there are and the fewer species we know about, the fewer questions we even know to ask.

Lynn Margulis

Species, Fewer, Knows

The more things a government undertakes to do, the fewer things it can do completely. When the government tries to do everything it must do everything badly.

Henry Hazlitt

Government, Trying, Fewer

Henry Hazlitt (1971). “Man Vs. the Welfare State”, p.183, Ludwig von Mises Institute