Second Quotes

6250 quotes by 3939 authors

Literature, whether handed down by word or mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality. — Chinua Achebe
Lahore, the second largest city of Pakistan, ancient capital of the Punjab, home to nearly as many people as New York, layered like a sedimentary… — Mohsin Hamid
Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as… — Thucydides
I am big into water sports and just being out on the water. That is second nature to me, being from Florida. — Jake Owen
I had two options One was to remain silent and wait to be killed and the second was to speak up and then be killed.… — Malala Yousafzai
We are actually fourth dimensional beings in a third dimensional body inhabiting a second dimensional world! — Neal Cassady
I kept trying to talk myself out of my second thoughts when they were trying to help me. My advice? When it comes to relationships,… — Deb Caletti
In a fragment of a second you can understand: Things you know, things you donâ€™t know, things you donâ€™t know that you donâ€™t know, conscious,… — Peter Zumthor
Rwanda was considered a second-class operation because it was a small country, we had been able to maintain a kind of status quo. They were… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali
I'm tired of being second.... I'm done with it. — Kevin Durant
Being true to one's duty is a mark of true disciples of the Lord and the children of God. Be valiant in your duty. Stay… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
With great difficulty advancing by millimeters each year, I carve a road out of the rock. For millenniums my teeth have wasted and my nails… — Octavio Paz
When I saw photographs of children murdered by the Fascist, I felt furious pity. When the supporters of Franco talked of Red atrocities, I merely… — Stephen Spender
I failed math twice, never fully grasping probability theory. I mean, first off, who cares if you pick a black ball or a white ball… — Janet Evanovich
First, nutrition is the master key to human health. Second, what most of us think of as proper nutrition--isn't. — T. Colin Campbell
Fling yourself at life and let yourself feel what you do feel upon the very tick of the second; snatch the images of life that… — Mina Loy
I do not doubt that if the Paradisal man could now appear among us, we should regard him as an utter savage, a creature to… — C.S. Lewis
When the Second World War broke out, I felt that everyone must do his share, and I began composing songs and marches for the front.… — Sergei Prokofiev
Why become a second-rate Ravel when you're already a first-rate Gershwin? — Maurice Ravel
It is very difficult to give a 15 second sound bite on why there is pain and suffering in this world and not have it… — Lee Strobel

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