Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I…

For the first time in history, the human species as a whole has gone into politics. Everyone is in the act, and there is…

— Saul Bellow

Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.

— George McGovern

The first sip [of tea] is joy, the second is gladness, the third is serenity, the fourth is madness, the fifth is ecstasy.

— Jack Kerouac

Truth, in its struggles for recognition, passes through four distinct stages. First, we say it is damnable, dangerous, disorderly, and will surely disrupt society.…

— Elbert Hubbard

The first cup moistens my lips and throat; The second cup breaks my loneliness; The third cup searches my barren entrail but to find…

— Lu Tong

Can you nominate in order now the degrees of the lie? I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous; the second,…

— William Shakespeare

I started as a fourth-line fighter, went to being a third-line centre, then a second-line winger and a first-line centre. I've played every role…

— Mark Messier

When accepting the American Film Institute Life Achievement award: I beg permission to mention by name only four people who have given me the…

— Alfred Hitchcock

In almost every musical ever written, there's a place that's usually about the third song of the evening - sometimes it's the second, sometimes…

— Howard Ashman

I had a toothache during the first game. In the second game I had a headache. In the third game it was an attack…

— Siegbert Tarrasch

That was a really interesting series [Threshold ] that I think would've been really great had it continued. I know Brannon Braga, who was…

— Brent Spiner

If I was on a third or fourth line I would probably be in the NHL, because you don't have to produce every night.

— Jaromir Jagr

Imagine all human beings swept off the face of the earth, excepting one man. Imagine this man in some vast city, New York or…

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Were I to prescribe a rule for drinking, it should be formed upon a saying quoted by Sir William Temple: the first glass for…

— Joseph Addison

From the Chinese perspective, Korea ranks about third or fourth in terms of trading volume and about third in terms of investment.

— Lee Myung-bak