Small: Defense is superior to opulence
Adam Smith
"Defense is superior to opulence"
Adam Smith, Economist
Small: Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter
David Byrne
"Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter"
David Byrne, Musician
Small: It didnt even occur to me that Im the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music
David Byrne
"It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music"
David Byrne, Musician
Small: To some extent I happily dont know what Im doing. I feel that its an artists responsibility to trust that
David Byrne
"To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that"
David Byrne, Musician
Small: Ive been in beautiful landscapes where one is tempted to whip out a camera and take a picture. Ive learned to
David Byrne
"I've been in beautiful landscapes where one is tempted to whip out a camera and take a picture. I've learned to resist that"
David Byrne, Musician
Small: Im afraid that everything will get homogenized and be the same
David Byrne
"I'm afraid that everything will get homogenized and be the same"
David Byrne, Musician
Small: My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food
David Byrne
"My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food"
David Byrne, Musician
Small: When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another
David Byrne
"When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another"
David Byrne, Musician
Small: I find rebellion packaged by a major corporation a little hard to take seriously
David Byrne
"I find rebellion packaged by a major corporation a little hard to take seriously"
David Byrne, Musician
Small: Thats the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit?
David Byrne
"That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit?"
David Byrne, Musician
Small: Everythings intentional. Its just filling in the dots
David Byrne
"Everything's intentional. It's just filling in the dots"
David Byrne, Musician
Small: For success, attitude is equally as important as ability
"For success, attitude is equally as important as ability"
Walter Scott, Novelist
Small: Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn
"Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn"
Walter Scott, Novelist
Small: There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last
Robert Louis Stevenson
"There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last"
Robert Louis Stevenson, Writer
Small: Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits
Robert Louis Stevenson
"Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits"
Robert Louis Stevenson, Writer
Small: I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console us for not being alw
"I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console us for not being always twenty-five?"
George Byron, Poet
Small: We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it
Robert Louis Stevenson
"We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it"
Robert Louis Stevenson, Writer
Small: Dont judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant
Robert Louis Stevenson
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant"
Robert Louis Stevenson, Writer
Small: Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition
"Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition"
Alexander Smith, Poet
Small: Trees are your best antiques
"Trees are your best antiques"
Alexander Smith, Poet
Small: There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury
"There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury"
Alexander Smith, Poet
Small: The sea complains upon a thousand shores
"The sea complains upon a thousand shores"
Alexander Smith, Poet
Small: Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
David Hume
"Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them"
David Hume, Philosopher
Small: True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful
"True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful"
Paul Sweeney, Politician
Small: He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstan
David Hume
"He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance"
David Hume, Philosopher
Small: Custom is the great guide to human life
David Hume
"Custom is the great guide to human life"
David Hume, Philosopher
Small: Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all he can do
"Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all he can do"
Henry Drummond, Writer
Small: I was amazed and upset by the looks I got just walking around the studio... It illuminates the ugliness and th
"I was amazed and upset by the looks I got just walking around the studio... It illuminates the ugliness and the beauty that exists within each of us, and that's what this story represents to me"
Gerard Butler, Actor
Small: I am not an Englishman, I was never an Englishman, and I dont ever want to be one. I am a Scotsman! I was a Sc
Sean Connery
"I am not an Englishman, I was never an Englishman, and I don't ever want to be one. I am a Scotsman! I was a Scotsman and I will always be one"
Sean Connery, Actor
Small: Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need fo
Sean Connery
"Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God"
Sean Connery, Actor
Small: I went from somebody who didnt sing to somebody who didnt speak
"I went from somebody who didn't sing to somebody who didn't speak"
Gerard Butler, Actor
Small: I started singing for The Phantom in January, and we started filming in October and I sang all the way through
"I started singing for The Phantom in January, and we started filming in October and I sang all the way through to the next June. In fact, I was singing for about two months before I even knew I had the role"
Gerard Butler, Actor
Small: I love doing the stunts. Its as simple as that
"I love doing the stunts. It's as simple as that"
Gerard Butler, Actor
Small: As a child I was taken to the pantomime or the theatre and I would always, always fall in love with somebody o
"As a child I was taken to the pantomime or the theatre and I would always, always fall in love with somebody on the stage. And want to have sex with them"
Ewan McGregor, Actor
Small: If youre suddenly doing something you dont want to do for four years, just so youve got something to fall back
"If you're suddenly doing something you don't want to do for four years, just so you've got something to fall back on, by the time you come out you don't have that 16-year-old drive any more and you'll spend your life doing something you never wanted to do in the first place"
Ewan McGregor, Actor
Small: Im just into making quality stuff if I can, with interesting people and good scripts. But its very important t
"I'm just into making quality stuff if I can, with interesting people and good scripts. But it's very important that it's about something and that it says something. Otherwise, I don't know what the point is, really"
Ewan McGregor, Actor
Small: More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution
"More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution"
James Thomson, Musician
Small: That is ever the way. Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse
J. M. Barrie
"That is ever the way. Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse"
J. M. Barrie, Novelist
Small: To have a man who can flirt is next thing to indispensable to a leader of society
"To have a man who can flirt is next thing to indispensable to a leader of society"
Margaret Oliphant, Novelist
Small: Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought
"Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought"
Margaret Oliphant, Novelist