Twelve Quotes

551 Twelve quotes by 468 unique authors

Victory in defeat, there is none higher. She didn't give up, Ben; she's still trying to lift that stone after it has crushed her. She's… — Robert A. Heinlein
The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it! — Ansel Adams
We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world and it's efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding… — Mark Twain
My name is Katniss Everdeen. My home is District Twelve. Peeta was taken prisoner. He is thought to be dead. Most likely is dead. It… — Suzanne Collins
We break our huddle and Eight immediately transforms into one of his massive avatars. His handsome features melt away, replaced by the snarling face and… — Pittacus Lore
Twelve minutes. I can give you that. — Rick Riordan
What happened when you were twelve?” “Oh, Mom offered to take us all out for dinner—us girls, Dad was out of town—to celebrate, but I… — Richelle Mead
I've always been keenly aware of the passing of time. I've always thought that I was old. Even when I was twelve, I thought it… — Simone de Beauvoir
Cassoulet, that best of bean feasts, is everyday fare for a peasant but ambrosia for a gastronome, though its ideal consumer is a 300-pound blocking… — Julia Child
I don't know who I am or who I was. I know it less than ever. I do and I don't identify myself with myself.… — Alberto Giacometti
My advice to someone to follow in my footsteps is to have patience. I've been doing this for twelve years. — Christina Milian
If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that even an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls of… — Margaret Mead
What makes fantastic declarations believable is, in part, the vehemence with which they're proffered. Again, in the world of spirituality as well as of pop… — Wendy Kaminer
I came- though the child of entirely irreligious (Jewish) parents - to a deep religiousness, which, however, reached an abrupt end at the age of… — Albert Einstein
A scout troop consists of twelve little kids dressed like schmucks following a big schmuck dressed like a kid. — Jack Benny
Dear Mr. Kuhn, After twelve years in the major leagues, I do not feel that I am a piece of property to be bought and… — Curt Flood
In my mind, he was guilty of no error - he was chargeable with no exaggeration - he was betrayed by his fancy into no… — Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
Twelve-year-old me wanted to do everything: act and sing and paint and dance. — Joss Whedon
Ever since I was twelve, I dreamed of being an author. I just never had the fortitude to see any of my stories through to… — Hugh Howey
Algae is the perfect food plant. It doubles cell mass every twelve hours, depending on the strain. — Homaro Cantu
I never have been a coder, outside of when I was twelve or something, like on the Atari 1200 XP or whatever I had. — Dallas Roberts
I was a political refugee living in Venezuela. I had a job that was twelve hours a day, no money. It was a hard time. — Isabel Allende
Movies were always the goal, but I had a lot of goals. Twelve-year-old me wanted to do everything: act and sing and paint and dance. — Joss Whedon
A jazz tune, melody, or composition is usually based on either a traditional twelve-bar, eight-bar, or four-bar blues chorus or on the thirty-two-bar chorus of… — Albert Murray
Although I always loved reading and putting words on paper, I never thought about becoming a writer until I was twelve. — Kimberly Willis Holt

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