Third Quotes

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My friend Heinrich Zimmer of years ago used to say, 'The best things can't be told,' because they transcend thought. 'The second best are misunderstood,'… — Heinrich Zimmer
I'm a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I… — Lynn Abbey
When you write a song, most of the words you use are in black and white, and then, from time to time, you use one… — Jacques Brel
There are three ways to spoil a public man: women, gambling, and listening to experts. The first is the pleasantest, the second is the fastest,… — Georges Pompidou
When one has shot down one's first, second or third opponent, then one begins to find out how the trick is done. — Manfred von Richthofen
His nerve, his memory, and I can't remember the third thing. — Lee Trevino
The artist spends the first part of his life with the dead, the second with the living, and the third with himself. — Pablo Picasso
The church exists primarily for two closely correlated purposes: to worship God and to work for his kingdom in the world ... The church also… — N. T. Wright
It can be argued - and rightly - that Taiwan is not just another regional issue: after all, the Chinese regard it as part of… — Margaret Thatcher
What we should grasp, however, from the lessons of European history is that, first, there is nothing necessarily benevolent about programmes of European integration; second,… — Margaret Thatcher
The Third World is very much like the First World - just poorer: what works for the West will work for the rest as well. — Margaret Thatcher
To the extent that the West is to blame at all for the ills of the Third World it is to the extent that the… — Margaret Thatcher
The first is that good writing consists of mastering the fundamentals (vocabulary, grammar, the elements of style) and then filling the third level of your… — Stephen King
Thermodynamics is a funny subject. The first time you go through it, you don't understand it at all. The second time you go through it,… — Arnold Sommerfeld
Osteoporosis, as the third threat, is particularly attributable to women's physiology — Gro Harlem Brundtland
I'm a teammate guy, so whatever I can do to help my team to win like I have the past two years, that's what I… — Albert Pujols
The Lord is first, my friends are second, and I am third. — Gale Sayers
You know, it was once said of the first George Bush that he was born on third base and thought he'd hit a triple. Well,… — Ted Strickland
Between killing and dying there's a third way: live — Christa Wolf
I think the difference the Jimmy Carter presidency and the Obama regime is navet and maliciousness. I think this is purposeful maliciousness. That's why what… — Allen West

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