#lesser

Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values. ↗

— A. R. Ammons

#directed #greater #lesser #more #often

I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father. ↗

— Carlisle Floyd

#extent #father #i #lesser #lesser extent

We of Africa protest that, in this day and age, we should continue to be treated as lesser human beings than other races. ↗

— Robert Mugabe

#age #beings #continue #day #human

Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men. ↗

— Miyamoto Musashi

#lesser #men #over #spirit #strategy

A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted by android Barbie creep. All those thick swatches of lifeless strands clustering lankly round ladies' necks! Like orange tanning spray, this is a fashion fad that should be put out of its misery. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#android #barbie #children #complaint #creep

The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists. ↗

— H. Allen Smith

#differs #his #human #human animal #lesser

We may not commit a lesser Sin under pretence to avoid a greater, but we may, nay we ought to endure the greatest Pain and Grief rather than commit the least Sin. ↗

— Mary Astell

#commit #endure #greater #greatest #grief

It's not a bad problem to have because a lot of classic acts are known for one or two songs and in their show they basically hold those songs off until the end and you sit through an hour or so of lesser known material but in our case most of the songs are well known. ↗

— Gerry Beckley

#bad #basically #because #case #classic

Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one. ↗

— Mark Twain

#conduct #control #controls #greater #laws

I'm just deeply disappointed that once again we may have to settle for the lesser of two evils. ↗

— Howard Dean

#deeply #disappointed #evils #i #just