Second Quotes
6250 Second quotes by 3939 unique authors
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The whole history of pop music had rested on the first person singular, with occasional intrusions of the second person singular.
— Brian Eno
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Life holds one great but quite commonplace mystery. Though shared by each of us and known to all, seldom rates a second thought. That mystery,…
— Michael Ende
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I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome.
— Epicurus
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We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.
— Gloria Estefan
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Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.
— Euripides
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It is impossible for any number which is a power greater than the second to be written as a sum of two like powers. I…
— Pierre de Fermat
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The second you are handed a newborn it is yours. It doesn't matter what body it came out of. I've never felt more strongly about…
— Edie Falco
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I defend Israel's right to exist, to defend themselves, to not let themselves be exterminated a second time.
— Oriana Fallaci
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We take a lot for granted as second wave feminists, what our mothers and aunts did for us.
— Vera Farmiga
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I'm going to tell you the story about the geese which fly 5,000 miles from Canada to France. They fly in V-formation but the second…
— Alex Ferguson
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I think I'm just someone that just tries to get by. I'm kind of - if it was during the Second World War, I'd be…
— Craig Ferguson
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After college, I knew I wanted to work in comedy, so the first thing I did was go to where the comedy was. I moved…
— Tina Fey
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But there isn't any second half of myself waiting to plug in and make me whole. It's there. I'm already whole.
— Sally Field
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Dieting on New Year's Day isn't a good idea as you can't eat rationally but really need to be free to consume whatever is necessary,…
— Helen Fielding
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The sets were fantastic. The Harry Potter sets are brilliant. You do get transported for a second.
— Ralph Fiennes
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I often say that if you want to really want to understand the contract of marriage, just ask anyone who has been divorced. The marriage…
— Harvey Fierstein
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There are no second acts in American lives.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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It would be refreshing to have a politician try to defend guns without any reference to the Second Amendment, but on the merits of guns.
— Jonathan Safran Foer
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I was so devastated by my second divorce that I had a nervous breakdown.
— Jane Fonda
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The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first…
— Margot Fonteyn
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