Quotes with half-an-hour

Quotes 341 till 360 of 523.

  • Phyllis Mcginley Sin has always been an ugly word, but it has been made so in a new sense over the last half-century. It has been made not only ugly but passé. People are no longer sinful, they are only immature or underprivileged or frightened or, more particularly, sick.
    Phyllis Mcginley
    American poet and author (1905 - 1978)
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  • Benjamin Franklin Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Samuel Johnson So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together, but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Carmen Busquets So I'm half deaf - and dyslexic. How about that? Nobody's perfect, and I'm proud of my defects.
    Carmen Busquets
    Venezuelan entrepreneur, philanthropist and investor (1965 - )
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  • Lord George Byron So much alarmed that she is quite alarming, All Giggle, Blush, half Pertness, and half Pout.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Bob Edwards Some are pre-taped interviews because maybe we can't get that person live or maybe we're not sure it's going to work out right so we tape it an hour in advance.
    Bob Edwards
    American broadcast journalist
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  • Henry S. Haskins Some have half-baked ideas because their ideals are not heated up enough.
    Meditations in Wall Street (1940)
    Henry S. Haskins
    American stockbroker and man of letters (1875 - 1957)
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  • Billy Campbell Some of the best auditions I've ever had have been when my agent called and said, 'They want you 20 minutes ago, in an office in Century City, to see you for something.' I'm not sitting there thinking for a week and a half, before I'm supposed to go in front of a network president to do something. That just gives you time to be nervous.
    Billy Campbell
    American film and television actor (1959 - )
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  • Douglas Jerrold Some people are so fond of bad luck they run half way to meet it.
    Douglas Jerrold
    English journalist and playwright (1803 - 1857)
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  • William Dean Howells Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.
    William Dean Howells
    American writer, criticus (1837 - 1920)
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  • George D. Prentice Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.
    George D. Prentice
    American newspaper editor (1802 - 1870)
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  • Helen Rowland Some women can be fooled all of the time, and all women can be fooled some of the time, but the same woman can't be fooled by the same man in the same way more than half of the time.
    Helen Rowland
    American journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • Bayard Taylor Sometimes an hour of Fate's serenest weather Strikes through our changeful sky its coming beams; Somewhere above us, in elusive ether, Waits the fulfilment of our dearest dreams.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Bee Wilson Sometimes the buzz of reading about others eating comes from the voyeuristic thrill of seeing how the other half lives: the gold leaf and truffles or - in the case of Trimalchio's feast in Petronius' 'Satyricon' - the dormice and honey.
    Bee Wilson
    British food writer, journalist and historian
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  • Henry David Thoreau Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are once-and-a-half witted with the half-witted, because we appreciate only a third part of their wit.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Carlo Rubbia Soon after my degree, in 1958 I went to the United States to enlarge my experience and to familiarize myself with particle accelerators. I spent about one and a half years at Columbia University.
    Carlo Rubbia
    Italian physicist and inventor (1934 - )
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  • Sir Walter Scott Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife! To all the sensual world proclaim. One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
    Sir Walter Scott
    British writer and poet (1771 - 1832)
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  • Thomas Jefferson Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Brunello Cucinelli St. Benedict said to take care of your mind, body and soul. I swim for an hour every morning, do 15 minutes of Tibetan stretching and breathing exercises, and play soccer with friends four or more nights a week.
    Brunello Cucinelli
    Italian designer and businessman
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  • Bill Burr Stand up comedy is this thing you get to do, so you have to treat it with respect. You can't just be like, 'Alright, I got my hour down, people are coming to see me now. Now, I'm going to lean on the mike stand.' No, you gotta work even harder now. You got to top what you already did. Because they'll find someone else.
    Bill Burr
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster (1968 - )
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