Second Quotes
6250 quotes by 3939 authors
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There are some who question the relevance of space activities in a developing nation. To us, there is no ambiguity of purpose. We do not…
— Vikram Sarabhai
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Unintended Consequences is full of substance, it is one of the must-read books of the year, and once I finish it I will be giving…
— Tyler Cowen
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I had post-traumatic amnesia, five-second memory, it happens as a result of brain injury.
— Richard Hammond
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It is not necessary to argue to those for whom I write that the two great needs of mankind, that all men may be lifted…
— Josiah Strong
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The algebraic sum of all the transformations occurring in a cyclical process can only be positive, or, as an extreme case, equal to nothing. Statement…
— Rudolf Clausius
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There is no democracy in physics. We can't say that some second-rate guy has as much right to opinion as Fermi.
— Luis Walter Alvarez
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All women are troublemakers who take the money their husbands need desperately for a new and better speaker, and selfishly squander it on things like…
— Stan Freberg
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You aren't ill: it is just that you are made of second-rate materials
— Natalia Ginzburg
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There are two kinds of travelers. There is the kind who goes to see what there is to see, and the kind who has an…
— Adam Gopnik
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Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe; a moment that never was before and never will be again.
— Pablo Casals
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My dad dragged me to a Bruce Springsteen concert as a kid. It was my first concert, but I fell asleep in the middle. My…
— Nate Ruess
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The Catholic Church must be the biggest corporation in the United States. We have a branch office in every neighborhood. Our assets and real estate…
— Avro Manhattan
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Everybody needs to understand that I learned Arabic from the United States Army as a second language. I never spoke it at home.
— John Abizaid
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The gloves are like a second skin. They are part of me. An extension of me. I become hyperreal.
— Imogen Heap
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I only like decoration if it plays second to the architecture of a dress,
— Madeleine Vionnet
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It can be said that the first half of the marathon is 20 miles long; the second half, 6.2 more.
— Hal Higdon
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My second record was all about big ideas - I was trying to make big statements about the culture, about life. I think in a…
— Duncan Sheik
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There was no point in doing art if you were going to be second-rate.
— Christopher Bram
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I am only too aware that I am open to Rees's Second Law of Quotation: However sure you are that you have attributed a quotation…
— Nigel Rees
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A goal is created three times. First as a mental picture. Second, when written down to add clarity and dimension. And third, when you take…
— Gary Blair
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