Second Quotes

6250 quotes by 4203 authors

People don't really want to know what happens. They ask you for just a second, but then they don't want to know. — Jorge Garcia
It was only after Pather Panchali had some success at home that I decided to do a second part. But I didn't want to do… — Satyajit Ray
When we started out in '64, um, I was playing Number One, which was a woman second in command of a star ship. — Majel Barrett
In my second year, after moving to the Medical School, I began the courses of Anatomy and Physiology. I had begun to see that I… — Sydney Brenner
There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant. — H. Rap Brown
Coffee is real good when you drink it gives you time to think. It's a lot more than just a drink; it's something happening. Not… — Gertrude Stein
In America there must be only citizens, not divided by grade, first and second, but citizens, east, west, north, and south. — John F. Kennedy
What is the first part of politics? Education. The second? Education. And the third? Education. — Jules Michelet
If you ever get a second chance in life for something, you've got to go all the way. — Lance Armstrong
We must distinguish between those who depend on others, that is between those who to achieve their purposes can force the issue and those who… — Niccolo Machiavelli
I assert once again as a truth to which history as a whole bears witness that men may second their fortune, but cannot oppose it;… — Niccolo Machiavelli
You must know, then, that there are two methods of fighting, the one by law, the other by force: the first method is that of… — Niccolo Machiavelli
During the sole argument we had when [Chelsea] was in high school, the subject of which I don't even remember, I looked at her and… — William J. Clinton
A second ago is gone, and a second from now might be. Now is all you've got. Go for it! — Lyn St. James
I tell you, Mr. Okada, a cold beer at the end of the day is the best thing life has to offer. Some choosy people… — Haruki Murakami
I assume my stance, and take back the club, low, slowly; at the top, my eyes fog over, and my joints dip and swirl like… — John Updike
Habit is second nature, or rather . . . ten times nature. — William James
An educated memory depends on an organized system of associations; and its goodness depends on two of their peculiarities: first, on the persistency of the… — William James
Our volitional habits depend, then, first, on what the stock of ideas is which we have; and, second, on the habitual coupling of the several… — William James
If one of our players gets his second foul in the first half, then he must come out of the game and not re-enter until… — Chuck Daly

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