Thirds Quotes · Page 12

We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.

— Jimmy Carter

I think to compare Germany to the Third Reich is utterly ludicrous.

— Tariq Ali

If it's third-and-one, then I'm going in, no ifs or buts about.

— Brandon Jacobs

I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade.

— Margaret Haddix

I helped Ben with the third edition of Security Analysis, published in 1951.

— Walter Schloss

Between killing and dying there's a third way: live

— Christa Wolf

I will cut all state taxes by at least one third.

— Sonny Landham

First is first. That's the way I was brought up. Second or third are nowhere.

— Alan Shearer

I'm a Third World person. I grew up in an occupied zone [Greenville, South Carolina] and had to negotiate with the superpower,…

— Jesse Jackson

I don't think DIY is something that necessarily comes to mind when people hear Third Eye Blind, but that is completely how…

— Stephan Jenkins

Until Sammy Baugh - pro football in Texas was a one-paragraph story on the third page of the Monday sports section.

— Dan Jenkins

I remember, with the third [Twilight] movie, when we went to Munich and the entire Olympic stadium was filled with fans. We…

— Robert Pattinson

Third world nations are producing too many children too fast...it is time to ignore the controversy over family planning and cut out-of-control…

— Al Gore

The first Matrix genius, the second one, what's up with the dancing? I haven't even seen the third one.

— Ethan Embry

Pay attention America. Third party might not win it this year, but we could be seeing the shift away from a two…

— Jill Stein

I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me,…

— Ralph Nader

The doctrine of foreordination is not a doctrine of repose; instead, it is a doctrine for second- and third-milers, and it will…

— Neal A. Maxwell

The third component of the Law of Dharma is service to humanity--to serve your fellow human beings and to ask yourself the…

— Deepak Chopra

There are five things which no one is able to accomplish in this world: first, to cease growing old when he is…

— Gautama Buddha

Sophronia was minding her own business and running late to luncheon, as was her custom. She'd let to learn the advantage of…

— Gail Carriger

I think, on both sides of the camera or the novel: Distraction. I'm obsessed with: Can I get this actress or my…

— Woody Allen

In solitude the mind gains strength, and learns to lean upon herself; in the world it seeks or accepts of a few…

— Laurence Sterne

In my third husband I had discovered a blissfully laid-back type who thought it nothing less than hilarious when I misread the…

— Julie Burchill

You know, it was once said of the first George Bush that he was born on third base and thought he'd hit…

— Ted Strickland

Simon had drawn three pictures. In the top left corner, like a salutation, was a ghost. The middle had a big sketch…

— Kelley Armstrong

Coral reefs, the rain forest of the ocean, are home for one-third of the species of the sea. Coral reefs are under…

— James Hansen

Different people call on [God] by different names: some as Allah, some as God, and others as Krishna, Siva, and Brahman. It…

— Ramakrishna

People ask me all the time how I got hired onto the Office. Another common question is how do I manage to…

— Mindy Kaling

Water is an individual, an animal, and is alive, remove the hydrogen and it is an animal and is alive; the remaining…

— Mark Twain

After a day on Mykines, I changed my mind about life not going on. A sort of life was going on, beating…

— Lawrence Millman

It is clear that several countries, in the Balkans for example, need to be considered countries of safe origin. But others like,…

— Paolo Gentiloni

Science spotlights three dimensions of nature that point to God. The first is the fact that nature obeys laws. The second is…

— Antony Flew

Some third person decides your fate: this is the whole essence of bureaucracy.

— Anonymous

When people ask what were the qualities of Bobby Kennedy that they most admired, it was first that he was tough. Second,…

— Emilio Estevez

Then Elrond and Galadriel rode on; for the Third Age was over and the Days of the Rings were passed and an…

— Anonymous

Just spend a few more months playing video games. That hand-eye coordination will come in handy when you get to third base.

— John Green

The publication of the third volume of Capital has made hardly any impression upon bourgeois economic science.

— Rudolf Hilferding

I don't think I want to write a third book. But the more people talk to me about it, the more I…

— Frederick Busch

We have two eyes to see two sides of things, but there must be a third eye which will see everything at…

— D.T. Suzuki

The second draft is on yellow paper, that's when I work on characterizations. The third is pink, I work on story motivations.…

— Jacqueline Susann