Thirds Quotes

1618 Thirds quotes by 1268 unique authors

Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, When once it is within thee; but before Mayst rule it, as thou list: and… — George Herbert
In various talk th' instructive hours they past, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British queen,… — Alexander Pope
When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was… — Plutarch
He (Cato) used to say that in all his life he never repented but of three things. The first was that he had trusted a… — Plutarch
A universal applause is seldom less than two thirds of a scandal — Roger L'Estrange
Out in the sun, some painters are lined up. The first is copying nature, the second is copying the first, the third is copying the… — Paul Gauguin
We are largely the playthings of our fears. To one, fear of the dark; to another, of physical pain; to a third, of public ridicule;… — Horace Walpole
If you listen to the urban speech patterns in India you'll find it's quite characteristic that a sentence will begin in one language, go through… — Salman Rushdie
Thus hope, aided by imagination, makes one man a hero, another a somnambulist, and a third a lunatic; while it renders them all enthusiasts. — James Fitzjames Stephen
I seem to write an opera about every 20 years; if you live long enough you can write four operas. I finished my third in… — Virgil Thomson
Last night I dreamed that I came face to face with a picture I had done and forgotten, a forest done in simple movement, just… — Emily Carr
Assuming that two-thirds of the Senate will not vote to remove the president, what is the alternative? I think we need to explore that in… — Thad Cochran
When I see people making 'abstract' painting, I think it's just a dialogue and a dialogue isn't enough. That is to say, there is you… — Philip Guston
You live a third of your life when you dream. So you may as well live in your dreams – the way you want to… — Nicole Kidman
We are ready to build large underground gas storages in Turkey, to participate in the privatization of Turkey's gas-distribution networks, to use the existing and… — Vladimir Putin
The presentation of the Golden Badge of the Movement is the highest honor the Third Reich has to offer. — Hjalmar Schacht
I think that's why I play tennis, because of the challenge, because of the competition, .. That's why we love to play tiebreaker in the… — Maria Sharapova
It is not possible to think of a way of screening out effectively the most appropriate embryos, and hence, what we should expect would be… — Ian Wilmut
These others -- the overwhelming majority of Iraq's people -- have repeatedly given every indication of valuing their newfound freedom: voting in two elections at… — Fouad Ajami
There is less leisure now than in the Middle Ages, when one third of the year consisted of holidays and festivals. — Ralph Borsodi
Life is best enjoyed when time periods are evenly divided between labor, sleep, and recreation...all people should spend one-third of their time in recreation which… — Brigham Young
If we are to avoid that catastrophe [a nuclear World War III], a system of world order — preferably a system of world government —… — Walter Cronkite
I make one image—though 'make' is not the right word; I let, perhaps, an image be 'made' emotionally in me and then apply to it… — Dylan Thomas
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
First, think. Second, believe. Third, dream.And finally, dream. — Walt Disney

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