Thirds Quotes
1618 Thirds quotes by 1268 unique authors
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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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As for AIDS, it's a plague. We are human, we get plagues. They come along every so often, kill off two thirds of the population;…
— Larry Niven
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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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To have passion, to have a dream, to have a purpose in life. And there are three components to that purpose, one is to find…
— Deepak Chopra
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When I was eight years old, I got a dummy for Christmas and started teaching myself. I got books and records and sat in front…
— Jeff Dunham
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What is human life? The first third a good time; the rest remembering about it.
— Mark Twain
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I am clearly more popular than Reagan. I am in my third term. Where's Reagan? Gone after two! Defeated by George Bush and Michael Dukakis…
— Marion Barry
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Two-thirds of all the strifes, quarrels, and lawsuits in the world arise from one simple cause-money.
— J C Ryle
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She's one of those third year girls who gripe my liver... You know, American college kids. They come over here to take their third year…
— Gene Kelly
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Should you ask me what is the first thing in religion, I should reply that the first, second, and third thing therein is humility.
— Saint Augustine
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I turned down the first script offered to me, and the second. I lay on my back one day under an umbrella, in the garden,…
— Conrad Veidt
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