Quotes with first-hand

Quotes 1821 till 1835 of 1835.

  • Ambrose Bierce Hand: A singular instrument worn at the end of the human arm and commonly thrust into somebody's pocket.
    Source: The Devil's Dictionary
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Ronald Reagan I recently learned something quite interesting about video games. Many young people have developed incredible hand, eye, and brain coordination in playing these games. The air force believes these kids will be our outstanding pilots should they fly our jets.
    Ronald Reagan
    American politician and actor (1911 - 2004)
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  • Bryan Robson I've left Boro in the Premiership, which was always what I wanted to do. Actually that's not quite true. I took them to three cup finals, where they'd never been before. But I had set my eyes on being the first manager in their history to deliver a major trophy.
    Bryan Robson
    English football manager and player (1957 - )
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  • Ludwig Wittgenstein If you do know that here is one hand, we'll grant you all the rest.
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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  • Thomas Fuller It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart.
    Thomas Fuller
    English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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  • Barbara Ward Jews were the first to believe that history itself has meaning and that progress, not repetition, is the law of life.
    Barbara Ward
    British economist
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  • Denis Diderot Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
    Denis Diderot
    French philosopher (1713 - 1784)
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  • Bob Beauprez My parents were exactly like millions of other Americans who had a fire in their belly to build something of their own, and in so doing they exemplified the dignity of work, the opportunity available in this great nation to those willing to work, and they left the world a bit better than it was when they first showed up.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg People often become scholars for the same reason they become soldiers: simply because they are unfit for any other station. Their right hand has to earn them a livelihood; one might say they lie down like bears in winter and seek sustenance from their paws.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Thomas Alva Edison Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
    Thomas Alva Edison
    American inventor and founder of General Electric (1847 - 1931)
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  • Thomas Alva Edison The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.
    Thomas Alva Edison
    American inventor and founder of General Electric (1847 - 1931)
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  • Robert M. Pirsig The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.
    Robert M. Pirsig
    American writer and philosopher (1928 - 2017)
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  • Elias Canetti The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm of the hand.
    Elias Canetti
    Austrian novelist and philosopher (1905 - 1994)
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  • Denis Diderot The world is the house of the strong. I shall not know until the end what I have lost or won in this place, in this vast gambling den where I have spent more than sixty years, dicebox in hand, shaking the dice.
    Denis Diderot
    French philosopher (1713 - 1784)
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  • George Bernard Shaw There is nothing that can be changed more completely than human nature when the job is taken in hand early enough.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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