“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”
Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”
Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
“A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.”
A.A. Milne (1882–1956) British author
“There is very little difference between men and women in space.”
Helen Sharman (1963) British chemist who became the first Briton in space
Independent on Sunday, 9 June 1991
Hermann Hesse (1877–1962) German writer
Sometimes quoted in grammatically corrected form as "They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed..." but the apparent editing error here is retained in the published versions of this translation.
Siddhartha (1922)
Context: Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom to one man seems nonsense to another.
Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012) Polish writer
"The Letters of the Dead"
Poems New and Collected (1998), Could Have (1972)
“For little differs death and heavy sleep.”
Torquato Tasso (1544–1595) Italian poet
Dal sonno alla morte è un picciol varco.
Canto IX, stanza 18 (tr. Fairfax)
Gerusalemme Liberata (1581)
“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.”
Jimmy Johnson (1928) American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
“Humankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.”
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
J. R. Partington (1886–1965) British chemist
Introduction
Higher Mathematics for Chemical Students (1911)