Second Quotes

6250 quotes by 4203 authors

First, there is no typical grief cycle, and second, it's not something I went through. I'm still grieving. — Tony Dungy
My son, when you pray, do it like a person who is bidding farewell to this world, and don't assume you will have another chance… — Muadh ibn Jabal
Two kinds of people live a life without care: one kind are extremely worthy of praise, the other kind are extremely worthy of criticism. The… — Ibn Hazm
The second effort was spreading the word among the people, first, in a bid to raise their morale, and second to instil in them a… — Hassan Nasrallah
I could be joking and smiling [with infidels] and then cutting their throats in the next second. — Tarik Shah
By Allah, whenever I endure any adversity I gain four blessings of Allah in exchange. The first of them is, when the adversity is not… — Umar
He was like a second father to me (of George Halas) — Sid Luckman
Ask yourself these two questions: Do I remember at every moment that I am dying, and that everyone and everything else is, and so treat… — Sogyal Rinpoche
In Mendrisio I felt it - the exhilaration of what the bike has to offer. It's a simple machine that conjures a vast mix of… — Cadel Evans
While society cannot provide employment for its members, the production/work/income nexus has to be abandoned as a justification for our present parsimony to the unemployed.… — Bob Hawke
Nuclear terrorism is still often treated as science fiction. I wish it were. But unfortunately we live in a world of excess hazardous materials and… — Kofi Annan
Do you realise that people die of boredom in London suburbs? It's the second biggest cause of death amongs the English in general. Sheer boredom... — Alexander McCall Smith
But now inquiry is being made concerning these issues. First, can any believer enlist in the military? Second, can any soldier, even those of the… — Tertullian
Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second. — Bernard Berenson
Experience has two things to teach. The first is that we must correct a great deal and the second, that we must not correct too… — Eugene Delacroix
I thank Thee first because I was never robbed before; second, because although they took my purse they did not take my life; third, because… — Matthew Henry
It is only possible to succeed at second-rate pursuits - like becoming a millionaire or a prime minister, winning a war, seducing beautiful women, flying… — Malcolm Muggeridge
Yes sir. You can be more careless, you can put more trash in [a novel] and be excused for it. In a short story that's… — William Faulkner
If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of… — Dorothy Parker
May I die like a dog rather than hasten the ripening of a sentence by a single second! — Gustave Flaubert

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