Minute Quotes

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Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want… — John Masefield
I just clipped 2 articles from a current magazine. One is a diet guaranteed to drop 5 pounds off my body in a weekend. The… — Erma Bombeck
I take three showers a day. I don't need to be in the shower for 15 minutes. I'm a five-minute guy. — Rodney Harrison
I have long dreaded the thought of getting to the end of life and regretting that I allowed my own timidity or other people's expectations… — Steve Saint
Greatness can never be over because you can lay it down for a minute. — Timbaland
It's time we put thoughts of lack behind us. It's time for us to discover the secrets of the stars, to sail to an uncharted… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
There were no jewelry hidden. Walt wanted this atmosphere: They were supposed to live here, they've been outside somewhere, but they could come back at… — John Hench
Man should not be in the service of society, society should be in the service of man. When man is in the service of society,… — Joseph Campbell
A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like the gentle air of a genial climate, it is a… — Walter Bagehot
Humility is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it. — Unknown Author
Basketball's so much like life: if something's going great, you wait a minute, it will change. If something's going bad, you wait a minute, it… — Tim Duncan
When life is hard and the day has been long, the ideal dinner is not four perfect courses, each in a lovely pool of sauce… — Laurie Colwin
I tested the waters on producing a record, but I'm more of a creative guy... I can't get into minute details — Dee Snider
Naturally, Iâ€™ve always been mad about clothes. You donâ€™t get born in Paris to forget about clothes for a minute. — Diana Vreeland
In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations! — Anton Chekhov
A playwright must be his own audience. A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for… — Terence Rattigan
We're under some gross misconception that we're a good species, going somewhere important, and that at the last minute we'll correct our errors and God… — Farley Mowat
I'm lucky and I appreciate that. I love every minute of every day. — Alan Shearer
Photography is a response that has to do with the momentary recognition of things. Suddenly you're alive. A minute later there was nothing there. I… — Joel Meyerowitz
That was how a Salomon bond trader thought: He forgot whatever it was that he wanted to do for a minute and put his finger… — Michael Lewis

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