Quotes with second-greatest

Quotes 101 till 120 of 851.

  • Thomas Jefferson An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Brin-Jonathan Butler An offer to fight Muhammad Ali came after Stevenson won his second Olympic gold in Montreal in 1976. Stevenson was at his peak. The world had never seen a heavyweight with the tools Stevenson brought into the ring.
    Brin-Jonathan Butler
    American journalist and filmmaker
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  • Brandi Chastain And I remember how proud I was to put on my training jersey and go out on the field. Making it back to that environment was for me my greatest moment, because somebody had told me I couldn't do it and I never gave up on myself, the game and my teammates.
    Brandi Chastain
    American soccer player (1968 - )
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  • David Hume And what is the greatest number? Number one.
    David Hume
    Scottish Philosopher, Historian (1711 - 1776)
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  • Cass Sunstein Antonin Scalia was witty, warm, funny, and full of life. He was not only one of the most important justices in the nation's history; he was also among the greatest.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Anais Nin Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic.
    Anais Nin
    French-born American Novelist, Dancer (1903 - 1977)
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  • Katharine Whitehorn Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who are too busy to want to sit on it for a second longer than they have to.
    Katharine Whitehorn
    British journalist, writer, and columnist (1928 - 2021)
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  • Bipasha Basu Any relationship should have love, and if there is no love, it is better to call off a relationship. People say that love happens only once, but I don't believe in it because for me, if one relationship doesn't work, you should move on and seek love in another relationship. Who knows; you might find love in the second relationship.
    Bipasha Basu
    Indian film actress and model (1979 - )
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  • George Ade Anybody can win unless there happens to be a second entry.
    George Ade
    American humorist, playwright (1866 - 1944)
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  • Arnold J. Toynbee Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice.
    Arnold J. Toynbee
    British historian and author (1889 - 1975)
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  • Marquis de Sade Are not laws dangerous which inhibit the passions? Compare the centuries of anarchy with those of the strongest legalism in any country you like and you will see that it is only when the laws are silent that the greatest actions appear.
    Marquis de Sade
    French aristocrat, writer, politician and philosopher (1740 - 1814)
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  • Francois René de Chateaubriand Aristocracy has three successive ages. First superiority s, then privileges and finally vanities. Having passed from the first, it degenerates in the second and dies in the third.
    Francois René de Chateaubriand
    French poet, writer and politician (1768 - 1848)
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  • A. J. Liebling As a result of its generous stand, the University of Chicago's undergraduate college acts as the greatest magnet for neurotic juveniles since the Children's Crusade, with Robert Maynard Hutchins playing the role of Stephen the Shepherd Boy.
    Chicago: The Second City (2004) p.110
    A. J. Liebling
    American journalist (1904 - 1963)
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  • Benjamin Todd Jealous As an American people, what is greatest about our history are the many times we have led this world away from hate, towards hope.
    Benjamin Todd Jealous
    American civic leader and politician (1973 - )
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  • Albrecht Durer As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.
    Albrecht Durer
    German painter (1471 - 1528)
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  • Ban Ki-moon As I prepare for my second term as Secretary-General, I am thinking hard about how we can meet the expectations of the millions of people who see the U.N.'s blue flag as a banner of hope. We have to continue our life-saving work in peacekeeping, human rights, development and humanitarian relief.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Bobby Wallace As more speed afoot was constantly demanded for big league ball, I noticed the many infield bounders which the runner beat to first only by the thinnest fractions of a second.
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  • Oliver Goldsmith As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • John Donne At most, the greatest persons are but great wens, and excrescences; men of wit and delightful conversation, but as morals for ornament, except they be so incorporated into the body of the world that they contribute something to the sustentation of the whole.
    John Donne
    English poet (1572 - 1631)
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