Quotes with second-oldest

Quotes 161 till 180 of 324.

  • Angela Carter My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second World War was declared; with the family talent for magic realism, she once told me she had been to the doctor's on the very day.
    Angela Carter
    British author (1940 - 1992)
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  • Novalis My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.
    Novalis
    German poet and writer (ps. van Georg van Hardenberg) (1772 - 1801)
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  • Benedict Cumberbatch My own grandfathers were a submarine commander and a 'desert rats' tank operator in the Second World War.
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    English actor (1976 - )
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  • Rodney Dangerfield My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you're ugly too.
    Rodney Dangerfield
    American comedian, actor (1921 - 2004)
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Bobby Unser Nobody remembers who finished second but the guy who finished second.
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its second: nothing is ugly but degenerate man - the domain of aesthetic judgment is therewith defined.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • William Shakespeare Now, neighbor confines, purge you of your scum! Have you a ruffian that will swear, drink, dance, revel the night, rob, murder, and commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways?
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Bud Abbott Now, on the St. Louis team we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third.
    To which Costello replies "Thats what I want to find out." From: Naughty Nineties (1945)
    Bud Abbott
    American comedian and actor (1897 - 1974)
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  • Edwin P. Whipple Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul.
    Edwin P. Whipple
    American essay writer (1819 - 1886)
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  • Butch Trucks Once we started headlining at the Fillmore East, we were free to play all night, at least for the second set. 'Whipping Post' could get lengthy.
    Butch Trucks
    American musician (1947 - 2017)
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  • John F. Kennedy Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Margaret Mead One of the oldest human needs is having someone wonder where you are when you don't come home at night.
    Margaret Mead
    American cultural anthropologist (1901 - 1978)
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  • C. Everett Koop One of the things we want to do is find ways, first, to impress these parents how important it is to have children in a situation where they can respond to them and, second, to bring intergenerational relationships into play.
    C. Everett Koop
    American doctor and pediatric surgeon (1916 - 2013)
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  • Plautus Ones oldest friend is the best.
    Plautus
    Roman comic poet (250 - 184)
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  • Branch Rickey Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team player second, within the rules and spirit of the game.
    Branch Rickey
    American baseball player (1881 - )
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  • Gerard De Nerval Our dreams are a second life. I have never been able to penetrate without a shudder those ivory or horned gates which separate us from the invisible world.
    Gerard De Nerval
    French writer, poet (1808 - 1855)
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  • Henry James People talk about the conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it up to a certain point and leave it there. You can let your conscience alone if you're nice to the second housemaid.
    Henry James
    American author (1843 - 1916)
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  • Sir Cecil Beaton Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.
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