Seconds Quotes

890 quotes by 723 authors

Recent research has indicated that the average individual listens for only seventeen seconds before interrupting and interjecting his own ideas. — Gary Chapman
I held out my hot dog, which had grown cold. â€œDo you want this?â€ â€œNo way. Youâ€™re going to need it. If anything bad happens,… — Becca Fitzpatrick
I watched as that kid died. In his last few seconds there was pure terror in his eyes. You can't do that. You can't do… — James Dashner
Because just for a few seconds, someone else hurts, too. For just a few seconds, I'm not alone. — Jennifer Donnelly
It took only seconds for me to make these discoveries, but even in that short time, my stomach nearly jumped through my mouth trying to… — Stephenie Meyer
For a second, two seconds, they had exchanged an equivocal glance, and that was the end of the story. But even that was a memorable… — George Orwell
His eyes held hers. â€œBecause I knew, ten seconds after walking into this office and meeting you, that we had this in the bag. — Julie James
She dares me to pour myself out like a living waterfall. She dares me to enter the soul that is more than my own; she… — Virginia Woolf
Normal and I parted ways when Pateir1ch strolled into my life. Patch has seven inches on me, operates on cold, hard logic, moves like smoke,… — Becca Fitzpatrick
Time was our very first king. We all live our lives to the aggressive ticking of the clock. We don't question that our lives are… — Lauren DeStefano
Aunt B walked out onto the helipad wearing loose yoga pants. â€œIâ€™m just here to stretch. Kate, want to help?â€ â€œSure.â€ Thirty seconds later, as… — Ilona Andrews
Laughter rarely lasts longer than a few seconds, it's true. But how enjoyable those few seconds are. — David Levithan
I eyed Dimitri, recalling a shadow in my periphery back in the ballroom. "You followed when I jumped in front of Lissa, didn't you? Who… — Richelle Mead
Ali Bell doesn't play hide-and-seek," Lucas said. "She plays hide-and-pray-I-don't-find-you." Mackenzie smiled. "When Ali Bell gives you the finger, she's telling you how many seconds… — Gena Showalter
One cannot walk down an avenue, converse with a friend, enter a building, browse beneath the sandstone arches of an old arcade without meeting an… — Alan Lightman
When we meet someone and fall in love, we have a sense that the whole universe is on our side. And yet if something goes… — Paulo Coelho
In composition you have all the time you want to decide what to say in 15 seconds, in improvisation you have 15 seconds. — Steve Lacy
Every 10 seconds we lose a child to hunger. This is more than HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. — Josette Sheeran
If the age of the Earth were a calendar year and today were a breath before midnight on New Year's Eve, we showed up a… — Janine Benyus
Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace.It takes 20 years or more of peace to make a man; it takes… — Baudouin of Belgium

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