Third Quotes
1961 quotes by 1550 authors
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Place three individuals in a situation wherein the interest of each depends on the voice of the others, and give to two of them an…
— James Madison
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The third group [of society] are those irresponsible and reckless ones having little regard for the consequences of their acts, or whose religious scruples prevent…
— Margaret Sanger
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Imagine all human beings swept off the face of the earth, excepting one man. Imagine this man in some vast city, New York or London.…
— Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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The third error leading to the assumption that there is nothing to be learned about love lies in the confusion between the initial experience of…
— Erich Fromm
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All Gaul is divided into three parts, one of which the Belgae inhabit, the Aquitani another, those who in their own language are called Celts,…
— Julius Caesar
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There are three things in life which are real: God, human folly and laughter. Since the first two are beyond our comprehension, we must do…
— John F. Kennedy
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If you do something once, people will call it an accident. If you do it twice, they call it a coincidence. But do it a…
— Grace Hopper
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It's very much to do with how I'm feeling ... I love to be experimental and use eclectic mismatched things and put them together to…
— Bat for Lashes
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Of all the strange 'crimes' that human beings have legislated out of nothing, 'blasphemy' is the most amazing -- with 'obscenity' and 'indecent exposure' fighting…
— Robert A. Heinlein
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For me the whole world is like a gigantic theater in which I am the only spectator without opera glasses. The orchestra plays the prelude…
— Isaac Babel
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You may think it odd that there were three men to look after one tiny station, but the people who ran the railway knew that…
— Joan Aiken
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Because there are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends by…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Minds are of three kinds: one is capable of thinking for itself; another is able to understand the thinking of others; and a third can…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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You must first have the knowledge of your power; second, the courage to dare; third, the faith to do.
— Charles F. Haanel
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I wouldn't take the Pope too seriously. He's a Pole first, a pope second, and maybe a Christian third.
— Muriel Spark
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In this country there is a universal third person, the man we all want to be. Advertising has discovered this man. It uses him to…
— Don DeLillo
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The most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me. I am…
— Helen Keller
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I had discovered long ago the first lesson of political courage: to think anew. I had then learned the second: to be prepared to lead…
— Tony Blair
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For many of us we are always wanting more - we would be happier if we had such and such. Maybe we should pause for…
— Abigail Van Buren
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My alma mater is the Chicago Public Library. I got what little educational foundation I got in the third-floor reading room, under the tutelage of…
— David Mamet
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