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Petty People Quotes

Quotes tagged as "petty-people" Showing 1-10 of 10
T.F. Hodge
“People you've known, seemingly forever, may claim to have love for you, but when gossip's tainted tongue whips you - they don't show enough love to weigh your history against false witness. Be that as it may, press forward as the dust settles. Your purpose is much bigger than their paltriness.”
T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence

Val McDermid
“To come up against someone who appeared not to give a damn about exerting petty power almost restored his faith in the public.”
Val McDermid, Insidious Intent

Riccardo Bruni
“He was going to hurt the people he hated, but inside he didn't feel any real sense of satisfaction. He hated them all the more for having made him feel so small, so petty and mean, which was all he felt just then. But it wasn't enough to stop him.”
Riccardo Bruni, The Lion and the Rose

Bernard Kelvin Clive
“Don't let the pettiness of life prevent you from enjoying God's plenty.”
Bernard Kelvin Clive

“He'd rather wish for his neighbour's cow to die than have his own cow brought back to life. It's peasant mentality.”
Juliet Butler

Madeline Miller
“He was large, but I was a goddess, and we were of a height. “I need your cloak,” I said to him, “and your tunic, at once.”

His eyes narrowed, and I could see the reflexive no in them. I would come to know this type of man, jealous of his little power, to whom I was only a woman.”
Madeline Miller

John M. Sheehan
“We are not entitled to grumble and complain about pithy and petty little annoyances. Not even about big things!”
John M. Sheehan

Greg Iles
“Biegler, you remind me of every REMF I ever met in a combat zone. You want a guaranteed result with zero risk, and your ass covered if the shit hits the fan. But that's not how it works in the real world. So please shut the fuck up and let me work here.”
Greg Iles, Third Degree