Second Quotes

6250 quotes by 4203 authors

As the Earth continues to slow, leap seconds will grow more common. Eventually we will need one every year, and then even more. Scientists could… — James Gleick
Particle physicists may freeze a second, open it up, and explore its dappled contents like surgeons pawing through an abdomen, but in real life, when… — James Gleick
Nanosecond precision matters for worldwide communications systems. It matters for navigation by Global Positioning System satellite signals: an error of a billionth of a second… — James Gleick
When I was a boy, I had a baseball team of my own. We played on a vacant lot between Ninetieth and Ninety-second streets. I… — Jacob Ruppert
For several years, I have had my eye on second baseman Del Pratt of St. Louis. I cannot say that he is a better player… — Jacob Ruppert
The Philippines was with the U.S. in the Second World War, in the Korean War, in the Vietnam War, and now in the war against… — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
We have to be bold in our national ambitions. First, we must win the fight against poverty within the next decade. Second, we must improve… — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
I was born in Belgium on 6 November 1932. I am married to Mira Nikomarow and have five children: Michele, Anne, Georges, from a first… — Francois Englert
I knew trucking was growing. It grew from the Second World War to the time that I bought the bridge. There were interstate highways being… — Manuel Moroun
By the second time I sang by myself in school, I just realized that I was more in control of my environment than I had… — Seinabo Sey
By the second sentence of a pitch, the entirety of the story should be explained. — Michael Hastings
First, you must have entrepreneurs who fully grasp their customers. They understand their product so well because they themselves are customers. The second thing is… — Craig Sherman
The popular story is that America was built by immigrants and that, therefore, everything about immigration is good and leads to a more successful society.… — James Howard Kunstler
I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City. — Harland Williams
I feel like I have adopted the Philippines as my second country. — Dan Hill
As gun owners, my husband and I understand that the Second Amendment is most at risk when a criminal or deranged person commits a gun… — Gabrielle Giffords
I second guess everything I do musically, and I often could spend hours on, say, one snare sound. — Chet Faker
Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. — Ronald Reagan
Fiction gives us the second chances that life denies us. — Paul Theroux
She is the first head of government in history to give a whole country its second childhood. — Simon Hoggart

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