Secondhand Quotes

48 quotes by 44 authors

People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out. — Warren G. Bennis
All it takes is to pick up that one piece of trash you pass everyday on your way to work. Or to turn the water… — Shailene Woodley
Rich widows are the only secondhand goods that sell at first-class prices. — Benjamin Franklin
To my mind there is nothing so beautiful or so provocative as a secondhand book store...To me it is astonishing and miraculous to think that… — Lionel Barrymore
The world so clamors for action that men and women devote little time to thinking. Many believe in secondhand thinking. They find it easier to… — James F. Byrnes
Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving. — Robertson Davies
If knowing yourself and being yourself were as easy to do as to talk about, there wouldn't be nearly so many people walking around in… — Warren G. Bennis
I was getting Monkees Monthly and there was a competition to draw a Monkee. I did a caricature of Micky Dolenz and won 10 pounds-a… — Andy Partridge
I love to find a great vintage secondhand shop. — Bridget Hall
There are just a number of documents within the company and the industry that clearly indicate that secondhand smoke is just as dangerous, if not… — Jeffrey Wigand
I do love secondhand books that open to the page some previous owner read oftenest. — Helene Hanff
In the '80's my gut feeling was that airlines were crap. I hated spending time on planes. I thought we could create the kind of… — Richard Branson
The world is burdened with young fogies. Old men with ossified minds are easily dealt with. But men who look young, act young and everlastingly… — Robertson Davies
I got my heroes secondhand, from television and movies, to a certain extent. — Brad Bird
My husband claims I have an unhealthy obsession with secondhand bookshops. That I spend too much time daydreaming altogether. But either you intrinsically understand the… — Kathleen Tessaro
Like secondhand smoke, the leakage of emotions can make a bystander an innocent casualty of someone else's toxic state. — Daniel Goleman
Simon Cowell seems like a very nice guy, but I think hes a secondhand Mickie Most to be honest. — Peter Noone
Experiencing the world through Endless secondhand information isn't enough. If we want authenticity we have to initiate it. — Travis Rice
Whenever anyone grows tired of the secondhand sort of existence that depends on purchased products, and wants to resume the intimate relationship with nature that… — Euell Gibbons
Secondhand experience breaks down a block from the car lot. — Ursula K. Le Guin

Who Wrote These Secondhand Quotes

44 authors contributed a total of 48 Secondhand Quotes, led by these top contributors: