When I saw the embryo, I suddenly realized there was such a small difference between it and my daughters. I thought, we can’t keep destroying embryos for our research. There must be another way. – Shinya Yamanaka
I come from the small town of Sialkot in Pakistan. During pre-Partition, this town had the highest literacy rate among women. – Umera Ahmad
It was a bad idea, because I think that any government reorganization has to come in relatively small bites, or else you get indigestion. – Warren Rudman
A reverse mortgage is available to anyone who is at least 62 years old and owns a home outright, or has a small mortgage balance remaining. – Suze Orman
In mid-July 2007, after a routine mammogram, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. As cancer diagnoses go, mine wasn’t particularly scary. The affected area was small, and the surgeon seemed to think that a lumpectomy followed by radiation would eradicate the cancerous tissue. – Virginia Postrel
I went in with Jack and Leslie, into this room that was lined with brick, and there on the side I can remember very clearly was this small model with plates for the bases – the original model with everything screwed together. – Sydney Brenner
Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess. – Walter Savage Landor
What should we suppose must naturally be the consequence of our carrying on a slave trade with Africa? With a country, vast in its extent, not utterly barbarous, but civilized in a very small degree? Does any one suppose a slave trade would help their civilization? – William Wilberforce
What if I told you every single person in America – every single person on Earth – is African? With a small scrape of cells from the inside of anyone’s cheek, the science of genetics can even prove it. – Spencer Wells
Those that don’t believe how small my work is should just come along and see it for themselves. – Willard Wigan
Small businesses drive this economy and it is unacceptable that the President’s budget proposal does not give them the tools they need to be successful. – Solomon Ortiz
My constituents in Kansas know the death tax is a duplicative tax on small businesses and family farms that, in many cases, families have spent generations building. – Todd Tiahrt
In 1969, I wrote a musical called ‘Mother Earth.’ It was a rock musical with an ecology theme. We did it at the South Coast Repertory Theatre in Southern California where I was a member. It was a smash hit in this small theater. – Toni Tennille
We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history. – Sonia Johnson
Conventional turbines only work up to 200 feet, but capturing a small fraction of the global wind energy at higher altitudes could be sufficient to supply the current energy needs of the globe. – Saul Griffith
Once in a while, I bump into a knitter, and we have a lovely conversation. But if you figure out the number of people who know me and the people who don’t, it’s really a small number. – Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
The way ‘star’ used to be reserved for a small number of people, and when the star category became so vast, they came up with ‘superstar,’ and then they came up with ‘megastar.’ – Tom Stoppard
The Beatles were a group made up of four very complex men, and my small hand could not have broken these men up. – Yoko Ono
Satellite datasets like WorldView can see objects as small as 1.5 feet in diameter. In 2014, WorldView-3 will be able to see objects a small as a foot. – Sarah Parcak
Today we’re focused on small acquisitions to add technology where necessary. I think it’s fair to say we’re not out looking for a large one, but I think it’s also very fair to say that as a public company you can never say never. – Sanjay Kumar
I didn’t grow up with my Kenyan family. I grew up in a small, conservative suburb of Chicago. – Tom Morello
I grew up in a small town, in a small community, and I would not have had access to great plays when I was a kid were it not for the films of ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ and ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.’ – Tracy Letts
The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted out the money in small coins before the dismayed clerk. When I came to the house, I held up the instrument before the eyes of the astonished household. – William Christopher Handy
I’m in the process of working out an arrangement to make some very, very, very small films in the midst of all these films and maybe that will help. But you get tired of talking. You just want to do it. – Steven Soderbergh
People always make the mistake of calling an idea small or stupid because they don’t understand how it’s going to evolve. – Sam Altman
At every turn, small businesses should be encouraged to compete. When they do, we all win. – Sam Graves
