Small Quotes

When I was very small, the electricity was turned off because we didn't pay the bill. I remember sitting by the oil lamp listening to my mother playing 'Careless Love' on the piano.

Jools Holland
I like directors that give their composer a juicy role in their films. Some films have a small, minor role for music, some have a larger role.

Cliff Martinez
- Music
- Role
- Films

One has to create music with mass appeal and not something which is niche. With niche music, you will only go a small distance.

Mohit Chauhan
- Music
- Distance
- Something
To all companies large and small, I would say this: the British economy is fundamentally strong; we are highly competitive, and we are open for business.

George Osborne
- Business
- Strong
- Small
I use a little brush only for really small details. Over the years, I've started to use a much larger brush.

Anthony Browne
- Small
For a while, I could only wear sweat pants because I was that intermediate size that you're not a small, you're not a large.

Shakira
- Small
I think people seem to want to read pieces that are shorter but not as short as the pieces they can read in small bites on the Internet. It may be that the sort of long essays are hitting a sweet spot between the tiny morsels online and the full-length book.

Meghan Daum
- People
- Long
- May
When I was a teenager, I was the only black girl at a small, private Episcopal school, where my tuition was paid by the family my mother worked for. It was hard being the only one, and I faced a fair amount of racist and classist bullying there.

Jesmyn Ward
- School
- Family
- Mother