Petty Mind Mocks Quotes & Sayings

Chickenshit refers to behavior that makes military life worse than it need be: petty harassment of the weak by the strong; open scrimmage for power and authority and prestige; sadism thinly disguised as necessary discipline; a constant 'paying off of old scores'; and insistence on the letter rather than the spirit of ordinances. — Paul Fussell

Petty mind mocks. — Toba Beta

He smiled against my cheek and kissed me again. "Talking with you would be much more enjoyable than talking with Talia, Lilly." His eyes scanned the floor by my feet. "She's paint by number; you're watercolor." Things like that, moments like those, how do you explain to other people that no one else in the world can make you feel this way? — Amber L. Johnson

I did not know how to paint or even what to paint, but I knew I had to begin. — Margaret Atwood

My love of fine art increased - the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see. — J. Paul Getty

In the city, we work until quitting time. On the farm, we work until the job is finished. — John Bytheway

Others may use the ocean as their road; Only the English make it their abode. — Edmund Waller

Snow pursued by the wind is not wholly unlike a retreating army. In the open field it ranges itself in ranks and battalions; where it can get a foothold it makes a stand; where it can take cover it does so. You may see whole platoons of snow cowering behind a bit of broken wall. — Ambrose Bierce

I try to be green as much as I can and it's hard. I feel like I'm never doing enough. For me as an actor, there's only so many things I can do, and this is a way, through a film, to teach and hopefully get the message out to young kids. — Zac Efron

One problem with test-based accountability, as currently defined and used, is that it removes all responsibility from students and their families for the students' academic performance. NCLB neglected to acknowledge that students share in the responsibility for their academic performance and that they are merely passive recipients of their teachers' influence. — Diane Ravitch

The best way to live, then, was this: have a very simple lifestyle, be kind to those around you, and surround yourself with friends. — Nigel Warburton

China continues to welcome foreign investment, and the door will open even further. — Li Keqiang