Second Quotes
6250 Second quotes by 3939 unique authors
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Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took six years.
— Jennifer Egan
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It's a great feeling to know that I've played the best golf throughout the season of any of the guys for the second time in…
— Rory McIlroy
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I'm very surprised - midway through my second glass of red wine last night, I really didn't think I'd be standing here with a trophy…
— Graeme McDowell
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A journey of a thousand miles continues with the second step.
— Larry Wall
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When I'm a man, I will be an astronaut, and find Peter Pan on the second star on the right.
— Kate Bush
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If you feel like loving me, if you've got the notion, I second that emotion.
— Smokey Robinson
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The first time I lose I drink whiskey, second time I lose I drink gin. Third time I lose I drink anything 'cause I think…
— Gram Parsons
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If in a city we had six vacant lots available to the youngsters of a certain neighborhood for playing ball, it might be "development" to…
— Aldo Leopold
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The "second sight" possessed by the Highlanders in Scotland is actually a foreknowledge of future events. I believe they possess this gift because they don't…
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
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All human affairs follow nature's great analogue, the growth of vegetation. There are three periods of growth in every plant. The first, and slowest, is…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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We can distinguish three groups of scientific men. In the first and very small group we have the men who discover fundamental relations. Among these…
— Wilder Dwight Bancroft
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My name is Luka I live on the second floor. I live upstairs from you, yes, I think you've seen me before.
— Suzanne Vega
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Irresolute men are sometimes very persistent in their undertakings, because if they give up their designs they would have to make a second resolution.
— Giacomo Leopardi
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Everything comes to us in fifteen-second sound bites and photo opportunities. All possibility for ambiguity - the most precious trait of any adequate analysis -…
— Stephen Jay Gould
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Give me the third best technology. The second best won't be ready in time. The best will never be ready.
— Robert Watson-Watt
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The second of our Lord's two great commandments carries a double charge: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself' (Matt. 22:39). Therefore, love of companion…
— Russell M. Nelson
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... circles of trust ... are a rare form of community - one that supports rather than supplants the individual quest for integrity - that…
— Parker J. Palmer
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It all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.
— Magic Johnson
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The second we see somebody on the street or meet someone, we make snap judgments about them, about who they are and why we wouldn't…
— Max Cannon
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If you quit once, it's so much easier to quit the second, third, fourth time.
— Michael Chang
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