Trifling

Famous quotes containing the word trifling:

“I began my editorial career with the presidency of Mr. Adams, and my principal object was to render his administration all the assistance in my power. I flattered myself with the hope of accompanying him through [his] voyage, and of partaking in a trifling degree, of the glory of the enterprise; but he suddenly tacked about, and I could follow him no longer. I therefore waited for the first opportunity to haul down my sails.”
—William Cobbett (1762–1835)

“It is the privilege of greatness to give great enjoyment with trifling gifts.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“Whenever I see the word Operation, especially Trifling Operation, I at once write off the patient as dead.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)