Third Rate Quotes
21 quotes by 19 authors
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Instead of wishing to see more doctors made by women joining what there are, I wish to see as few doctors, either male or female,…
— Florence Nightingale
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If this Government cannot get the adjustment, get manufacturing going again, and keep moderate wage outcomes and a sensible economic policy, then Australia is basically…
— Paul Keating
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I knew that even if I were second or third rate, it was astronomy that mattered.
— Edwin Powell Hubble
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First rate mathematicians choose first rate people, but second rate mathematicians choose third rate people.
— Andre Weil
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It's absolutely impossible to have a serious critical discussion about enthusiasms for movie stars. Because a movie star is an animal separate from acting. Sometimes,…
— Peter Biskind
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Astronomy is something like the ministry. No one should go into it without a call. I got that unmistakable call, and I know that even…
— Edwin Powell Hubble
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The great trouble with you Americans is that you are still under the influence of that second-rate - shall I say third-rate? - mind, Karl…
— H.G. Wells
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....decay and disfavor came together as other parts of the coast were developed, and the canals became weed-clogged ditches breeding mosquitoes, and the hotels were…
— Edward Bunker
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There are so many third-rate people now who are more famous than people who should be famous, but sometimes people who could or should be…
— Karl Lagerfeld
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A man doesn't amount to something because he has been successful at a third-rate career like journalism. It is evidence, that's all: evidence that if…
— Russell Baker
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The word conservative is used by the BBC as a portmanteau word of abuse for anyone whose views differ from the insufferable, smug, sanctimonious, naive,…
— Norman Tebbit
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I am saddened, not by Microsoft's success — I have no problem with their success. They've earned their success, for the most part. I have…
— Steve Jobs
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The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the…
— A A Milne
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First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.
— Leo Rosten
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It is unconceivable that the whole Universe was merely created for us who live in this third-rate planet of a third-rate moon.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
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I've lost my mind," Alex muttered, grabbing her knives again and stomping back across the kitchen. "I woke up this morning a boring little chef…
— Lynsay Sands
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Don't you worry about that, Mr. Adamsson. Why don't you head back to Reykjavik and spend some of that extortionate fee you charged me for…
— Eoin Colfer
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My illusions didn't have anything to do with being a fine actress. I knew how third rate I was. I could actually feel my lack…
— Marilyn Monroe
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In my experience, only third-rate intelligence is sent to Legislatures to make laws, because the first-rate article will not leave important private interests go unwatched…
— Mark Twain
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The people who take resort to corruption come under two major categories. The first major group is the third rate politicians, black marketers, unscrupulous businessmen,…
— T Joseph Benziger
Who Wrote These Third Rate Quotes
19 authors contributed a total of 21 Third Rate Quotes as follows: