Thirds Quotes · Page 5

Absolute passion cannot be understood by a third party.

— Soren Kierkegaard

Two women seldom grow intimate but at the expense of a third person.

— Jonathan Swift

One of the hardest things in life to accept is a called third strike.

— Robert Frost

Football is one-third offense, one-third defense, and one-third special teams.

— George Allen

A universal applause is seldom less than two thirds of a scandal

— Roger L'Estrange

I was nuts for stuff in the Middle Ages when I was just in the third and fourth grades.

— Tamora Pierce

I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win.

— Ayrton Senna

Retire me to my Milan, where Every third thought shall be my grave.

— William Shakespeare

True humility is absolute obedience and dependence on God. It puts Him first, others second, and ourselves third in all things.

— John Bevere

Thailand's seafood industry is the third largest in the world. And much of it is ending up on our dinner tables.

— Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Why do 'slow down' and 'slow up' mean the same thing? Why is the third hand on the watch called the second…

— George Carlin

How did they know that I was the one who saved them?" "They don't. You're the third knight they've celebrated over since…

— Gerald Morris

This man [Barack Obama] does not have the interests of our country. That's not his agenda. His agenda is to bring us…

— Ted Cruz

This, in my judgment, is the highest philosophy: First, do not regret having lost yesterday; second, do not fear that you will…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

My suggestion is that we should first work to ensure the Third World has clean drinking water and sanitation.

— Bjorn Lomborg

There's always a third choice in life. Even if you think you're stuck between two impossible choices, there's always a third way.…

— Marcus Sedgwick

It took him 75 steps to get from third to home. I thought we were going to have to go out there…

— Derek Jeter

We need that same mentality in philanthropy, trying things, taking risks, recognizing the first try, maybe the second try, maybe the third…

— Steve Case

It is a very unusual sector and the one thing I would ask of them is to understand that for most of…

— Anonymous

In various talk th' instructive hours they past, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of…

— Alexander Pope

If we can develop and design streets so that they are wonderful, fulfilling places to be - community-building places, attractive for all…

— Allan Jacobs

Geology holds the keys of one of the kingdoms of nature; and it cannot be said that a science which extends our…

— William Buckland

I endorse a lot of people - sometimes people say I endorse too many books. And my response has always been the…

— Tom Peters

People may like what third-party candidates say, because often they are the only ones saying anything, but they usually won't vote for…

— Michael Parenti

This is really good,” Donovan Caine said, attacking his third strawberry pancake. “You sound surprised,” I said. He shrugged. “I just didn’t…

— Jennifer Estep

Well, years and years ago, I started to ask myself three very simple questions, which dominated my life for many years. One…

— Dee Hock

Use the head, use the heart, and if you can use both a tremendous revolution will happen. If you can use both…

— Rajneesh

Even when couples share more equitably in the work at home, women do two-thirds of the daily jobs at home, like cooking…

— Arlie Russell Hochschild

The great advantages of simulation and dissimulation are three. First to lay asleep opposition and to surprise. For where a man's intentions…

— Francis Bacon

If the bubble reputation can be obtained only at the cannon's mouth, I am willing to go there for it, provided the…

— Mark Twain

It was this same Jesus, the Christ who, among many other remarkable things, said and repeated something which, proceeding from any other…

— Wilbur Smith

[How to think about a problem:] The first step is to make the problem specific . . . ; The second step…

— Brand Blanshard

Save one-third, live on one-third, and give away one-third

— Angelina Jolie

I was in Graham's office the day he bought GEICO. Warren owns one-third of the stock today.

— Walter Schloss

Suffering Third World children have nutritional deficiencies not vaccine deficiencies.

— Lendon Smith

We must remember that [Albert] Camus wrote not even a third of what he had wished to.

— Catherine Camus

There is no pressure at the top. The pressure is being second or third.

— Jose Mourinho

A man ought never to trust another mans evaluation of a third mans disposition.

— Eleanor Catton

Wizard's Third Rule Passion rules reason, For better or for worse.

— Terry Goodkind

Masters runners fare best when they designate every third week as a recovery week.

— Matt Fitzgerald