Minimal Quotes

See also Core English Vocabulary (M) Quotes

I can never take for granted the euphoria produced by a cup of coffee. I`m grateful every day that it isn`t banned as a drug, that I don`t have to buy it from a pusher, that its cost is minimal and there`s no need to increase the intake. I can count on its stimulation 365 mornings every year. And thanks to the magic in a cup of coffee, I`m able to plunge into a whole day`s cheerful thinking.

- Anita Loos

"On stage your job as actor is to present and show the story by your behavior, body language, and vocal work. In film, you musn`t. You just have to be. You are...and it`s mostly intuitive. The amount of characterization you do is very minimal. In fact, you try not to act at all. It`s actually better that way, and it`s taken me years to learn that."

- Hal Holbrook

(Describing director Christopher Nolan`s method for filming Batman): "We tend to shoot at night like some kind of covert operation. So, we have minimal people actually seeing me in that way."

- Christian Bale

Buddy Holly and the early rock `n` roll was no lighter than the way I play. It`s very minimal.

- Joni Mitchell

I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I`ve tried to keep the corruption minimal.

- Fiona Apple

I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either.

- William Hurt

[From her 1977 book "Cast of Thousands"[ I can never take for granted the euphoria produced by a cup of coffee. I`m grateful every day that it isn`t banned as a drug, that I don`t have to buy it from a pusher, that its cost is minimal and there`s no need to increase the intake. I can count on its stimulation 365 mornings every year. And thanks to the magic in a cup of coffee, I`m able to plunge into a whole day`s cheerful thinking.

- Anita Loos

We`ve been very fortunate that the loss of life in Alabama has been very, very minimal.

- Jim Walker

They need fair representation, not just minimal representation.

- Robert Newman

The level of potential physical productivity of a society depends on both the development of the intellect of its members, and a minimal standard of both demographic characteristics and of consumption.

- Robert Trout

I think the Suncoast will have minimal impact on the locals market. The market grows fast enough to more than make up for increases in casino supply.

- David Anders

We know that there are unaccounted-for Scud and other ballistic missiles in Iraq. And part of the problem is that, since 1998, there has been no way to even get minimal information about those programs except through intelligence means.

- Condoleezza Rice

We use a minimal amount of taxpayers money on our battle with drugs, ... It gives me great pleasure to buy drugs in our drug efforts with money seized from other drug dealers.

- John Morris

He didn`t want us to have any preconceived ideas coming into a day. So the eight pages were very minimal. It would say, `Dillon fights with Dove.` He wanted it to be just right in the moment ? whatever comes out comes out.

- Kirby Heyborne

The next year will be the year of mega-mergers. (Subsequent acquisitions) will make us look at eBay and Skype as minimal.

- Mark Evans

It allows your car to run on straight vegetable oil just the same way you would on diesel, with very minimal modifications.

- Brian Friedman

The influence of Paris, for instance, is now minimal. Yet a lot is written about Paris fashion.

- Geoffrey Beene

Black is invisible to the customer and makes a much nicer presentation. It adds a minimal cost to the package, but we think about what one accident could be worth. You cannot put a price tag on customer safety.

- John Boyer

I love sculpture, and minimal sculpture is really my favorite stuff, but I wasn`t very good at it, and I don`t think in a three-dimensional way.

- Chuck Close

In July of 1983, I left Washington, DC area and have had minimal contact with Judge Clarence Thomas since.

- Anita Hill

The more minimal the art, the more maximum the explanation.

- Abigail Perkins

The good news is that even minimal activity can significantly extend life.

- Alexandros Roussos

But with a rate of return of 1.6 percent or less, or a negative rate of return, our children and our grandchildren, if we do not make changes, will in fact not have a secure retirement. Indeed, they will not have the funds when they go to retire to even minimally get by.

- Allan Collins

There is a consistency of femininity and glamour which sort of pulls the two together. I think both the `50s and `60s are wonderful because they are very pared-down. It`s minimal and very chiseled. All the little details play an important role, like scalloped edges, belts, the little hip-hugger pants and the little sweater, combined together with swim wear.

- Andy Wagner

We worked really hard to make it a minimal impact.

- Angela Monet

You sacrifice everything to start a new business. To have the thought of that taken away with no or minimal compensation is very frightening as a business owner.

- Ann Wilkie

We`re very, very fortunate to have been spared as much as we were. While there has been flooding, it`s isolated, and the damage is very minimal.

- Apollinaire Malu Malu

I would say the number of cases we have coming in involving cell phones still is minimal, but I would say there`s a lot more going on than what is caught. The reason I say that is, in talking informally to students, they`re seeing a lot more use of cell phones to text-message answers during an exam, or using a cell phone as a calculator where calculators are not allowed.

- Arfan Karniody

It seems the storm is not going to be as strong as we feared and that was enough to take some of the selling pressure off stocks today. We are not likely to see real stock-buying this afternoon as most investors still want to see what happens with the storm during the weekend, but if damage is minimal, we might be bound for a rally on Monday.

- Art Gallagher

When confronted with the need to take a particular medicine, it is certainly worth asking what data are available that justify its use in a particular patient. Much more tailored approaches to medication usage need to happen in the future. This should allow for optimal benefit with minimal risk.

- Atsushi Osa