Than Quotes

This is a frightening statistic. More people vote in 'American Idol' than in any US election.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment.

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

Apple's market share is bigger than BMW's or Mercedes's or Porsche's in the automotive market. What's wrong with being BMW or Mercedes?

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.

Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can't find.

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.

We are wiser than we know.

Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.

Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine.

You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It's one of the major happinesses. And so much more lasting than love, so much less costly in emotional wear and tear.

When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.

For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.

Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.

It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt. It is now the only place in our overly active world that does.