Thirds Quotes · Page 58

If you think of even Tolstoy or a book like 'Anna Karenina,' you go from character to character, and each section is…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more-no less. Three shall be the number…

— Michael Palin

The first and foremost duty of the high school in teaching mathematics is to emphasize methodical work in problem solving...The teacher who…

— George Polya

The stored-program digital computer has three major attributes: it is fast, it is accurate, and it is stupid. The first two attributes…

— P. J. Plauger

I enjoy the presence of a woman in the house for brief periods of time. They fall into two categories: the organizers…

— Nelson DeMille

Ferrari leads, McLaren second, McLaren second, Jordan third, and Benneton fifth and sixth.

— Murray Walker

Many of the projects that we do that appear quite successful, it's actually often the second or third time we've given it…

— Edward Boyden

I did a lot of this through writing flashbacks. Many of the flashbacks took place at Cal's school and I eventually cut…

— Edan Lepucki

Gazzy: "What does that mean?" (points to metal plaque warning to stay off the third rail that said Stay off the third…

— James Patterson

I create offbeat advice; I don't follow it. I rarely take third-party advice on my investments.

— Mark Cuban

In fact the Hillary [Clinton] convention which did very well but not nearly as well as mine, in all fairness, would've gotten…

— Donald Trump

Let’s hope the institution of marriage survives its detractors, for without it there would be no more adultery and without adultery two…

— Peter S. Prescott

I can't play any more. I can't hit the ball when I need to. I can't steal second when I need to.…

— Mickey Mantle

There are some things that once you've lost, you never get back. Innocence is one. Love is another. I guess childhood is…

— John Marsden

I should almost therefore put forward the proposal that the third hypothsis (angle sum of a triangle less than two right angles)…

— Johann Heinrich Lambert

I would do away with Education, Commerce, and let's see - the third one I can't. I can't. Oops.

— Rick Perry

The Vores Third Quartet is a terrific piece that brings disparate components into harmony. . . it's celebratory, imaginative, touching, and fun.

— Richard Dyer

Before MTV, if you put out an album that sold 50,000 copies, your band could afford not to have day jobs for…

— Mark Mothersbaugh

All my friends are always telling me how hard it is to have kids. 'Oh, David, it's so hard.' That's not hard.…

— David Cross

Global warming, the ongoing destruction of the planet, Third World debt, the uselessness of the railways, the takeover by the corporations, the…

— Arthur Smith

Some foreigners with full bellies and nothing better to do engage in finger-pointing at us. First, China does not export revolution; second,…

— Xi Jinping

Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third — ['Treason!' cried the Speaker] — may profit by…

— Patrick Henry

I’m American. I can’t stand Brazilians. They live in a third-world country anyway, so they’ll go anywhere if there’s a little money.…

— Phil Baroni

If we do not restore the Institution of Property we cannot escape restoring the Institution of Slavery; there is no third course.

— Hilaire Belloc

The system wants you to be either a bow or an arrow; refuse both, because there is a third choice: To be…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan