Second Quotes

6250 quotes by 4203 authors

You are right in demanding that an artist approach his work consciously, but you are confusing two concepts: the solution of a problem and the… — Anton Chekhov
It is foolhardy to make a second trade, if your first trade shows you a loss. Never average losses. Let this thought be written indelibly… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
He's a bootlegger....One time he killed a man who found out that he was nephew to Von Hindenburg and second cousin to the devil. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
My parents were second cousins. That is enough to explain all of my peculiarities. — Sargent Shriver
I strongly believe that a small Jewish clique which has contempt for the mass of Jewish people worked with non-Jews to create the First World… — David Icke
Every minute of every day, a child under 15 is infected with HIV - the overwhelming majority of children under 15 who are HIV-positive get… — Gabriel Byrne
I'll have you know that I am not a failed Third Division footballer. I am a failed Second Division footballer. — Eamon Dunphy
I've only suffered writer's block badly once, and that was during the writing of Chamber of Secrets. I had my first burst of publicity about… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a paragraph, I'm dodging… — Lynn Abbey
I write because something inner and unconscious forces me to. That is the first compulsion. The second is one of ethical and moral duty. I… — David Guterson
First thought is best in Art, second in other matters. — William Blake
You can't say my team aren't winners. They've proved that by finishing fourth, third and second in the last three years. — Gerard Houllier
They're the second best team in the world, and there's no higher praise than that. — Kevin Keegan
There is a creative fraction of a second when you are taking a picture. Your eye must see a composition or an expression that life… — Henri Cartier-Bresson
I want to figure out how I can make the most important statement with the least amount of information, so I don't run out of… — Larry Carlton
I have a way to photograph. You work with space, you have a camera, you have a frame, and then a fraction of a second.… — Sebastiao Salgado
The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball. In a… — Berenice Abbott
We pass the billboard and I console myself in two ways. First, I know that most photographs taken are a gamble at best. Second and… — Laura McPhee
Learn from the best; the second raters have nothing to offer. — David Hurn
The simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as the precise organization of forms which gives… — Henri Cartier-Bresson

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