Second Quotes
6250 Second quotes by 3939 unique authors
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The difficulty of writing a second novel is directly proportional to how successful the first novel was, it seems.
— Khaled Hosseini
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It never ceases to amaze me that every second of every day, more than 6,000 billion neutrinos coming from nuclear reactions inside the sun whiz…
— Lawrence M. Krauss
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Yes, the natural world is the first and primary Bible. We have not honored it, so how could we, or would we, know how to…
— Richard Rohr
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Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power…
— Steven Pressfield
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I always thought that I would spend the first half of my life making money so I can spend the second half of my life…
— Blake Mycoskie
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In the second grade, I would just get bored and a joke would pop into my head and I would have to say it. It…
— Anthony Jeselnik
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The rise of the West is, quite simply, the pre-eminent historical phenomenon of the second half of the second millennium after Christ.
— Niall Ferguson
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All men seek one goal : success or happiness. The only way to achieve true success is to express yourself completely in service to society.…
— Aristotle
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In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves…
— Mark Twain
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Death is the begining, the birth of births, a rebirth, a second chance to fix all mistakes, Death is the begining.
— Marc Lampe
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The first time you buy a house you think how pretty it is and sign the check. The second time you look to see if…
— Lupe Velez
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In the life of children there are two very clear-cut phases, before and after puberty. Before puberty the child's personality has not yet formed and…
— Antonio Gramsci
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The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
— Clarence Darrow
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Whatever right the Second Amendment protects is not as important as it was 200 years ago... The government should deconstitutionalize the subject by repealing the…
— George F Will
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Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air, but only for one second without hope
— James Matthew Barrie
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Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized In the first it is ridiculed, in the second it is opposed, in the third…
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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The second office of this government is honorable and easy, the first is but a splendid misery.
— Thomas Jefferson
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Talking about dreams is like talking about movies, since the cinema uses the language of dreams; years can pass in a second and you can…
— Federico Fellini
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Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and infinitely more; and to Tiny Tim, who did not die, he was a second…
— Charles Dickens
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Experience has two things to teach: the first is that we must correct a great deal; the second, that we must not correct too much
— Unknown Author
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I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-Second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a low dishonest decade: Waves of…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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In my friend, I find a second self.
— Unknown Author
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In a friend you find a second self.
— Unknown Author
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Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing…
— Izaak Walton
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I recognize two kinds of faith. The first is the kind which is apparent in the world. It is the common denominator of most everything…
— Boyd K. Packer
Who Wrote These Second Quotes
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