Quotes with three-fourths

Quotes 201 till 220 of 424.

  • Asa Gray Many years ago it was taught that plants and animals were composed of different materials: plants, of a chemical substance of three elements,- carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; animals of one of four elements, nitrogen being added to the other three.
    Asa Gray
    American botanist (1810 - 1888)
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  • Washington Irving Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.
    Washington Irving
    American writer (1783 - 1859)
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  • Arthur Godfrey Married and divorced, three beautiful daughters, two in college. The other one is 16, lives with her mom. I'm 46, I've worked for the Post Office for 18 years, seven facilities in three states.
    Arthur Godfrey
    American radio and television (1903 - 1983)
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  • P. J. O'Rourke Maybe a nation that consumes as much booze and dope as we do and has our kind of divorce statistics should pipe down about ''character issues.'' Either that or just go ahead and determine the presidency with three-legged races and pie-eating contests. It would make better TV.
    P. J. O'Rourke
    American journalist (1947 - )
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  • Benjamin Walker Maybe I'm naive, but I subscribe to the idea that nobody is actually making strategic decisions about their career. Trying to do that would be like playing three-card monte on Canal Street.
    Benjamin Walker
    American actor and stand-up comedian (1982 - )
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  • Diana Jordan Men are simple things. They can survive a whole weekend with only three things: beer, boxer shorts and batteries for the remote control.
    Diana Jordan
    American com diene
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  • Billie Holiday Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three.
    Billie Holiday
    American jazz musician and singer-songwriter (1915 - 1959)
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  • Bobby Vinton Most of those takes were one take. I made those records in three minutes. I didn't have time to get nervous or scared the first time I sang it. It was all 'live' and I enjoyed it so much.
    Bobby Vinton
    American singer and songwriter (1935 - )
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  • Bob Geldof Most people get into bands for three very simple rock and roll reasons: to get laid, to get fame, and to get rich.
    Bob Geldof
    Irish singer-songwriter, author, political activist (1951 - )
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  • Carl Rowan My advice to any diplomat who wants to have a good press is to have two or three kids and a dog.
    Carl Rowan
    American government official, journalist and author (1925 - 2000)
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard My dad's more three-dimensional than Opie Taylor or Richie Cunningham. He even has a temper! He's a real person. But some people are disappointed by that.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Orson Welles My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there are three other people.
    Orson Welles
    American film maker (1915 - 1985)
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  • Ben Foster My heroes were always Looney Toons, Robin Williams, the Three Stooges. I think everything I do is kinda funny. I think I'm sort of ridiculous.
    Ben Foster
    American actor (1980 - )
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  • Kin Hubbard My idea of walking into the jaws of death is marrying some woman who has lost three husbands.
    Kin Hubbard
    American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist (1868 - 1930)
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  • Bode Miller My sister has three kids so I've spent a lot of time around children and I've always really liked them and wanted my own. It's cool because you think all babies are the same but they aren't at all. They all have such different personalities. It's crazy.
    Bode Miller
    American former World Cup alpine ski racer (1977 - )
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  • Anthony Doerr My sister-in-law is a painter, and I'll say, how long did it take you to paint that painting. She'll say, It took me maybe three days, but it took me all my life to get the skills to paint that painting.
    Anthony Doerr
    American author (1973 - )
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  • Jackie Chan My skull, my eyes, my nose three times, my jaw, my shoulder, my chest, two fingers, a knee, everything from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet. [Listing what body parts he has broken]
    Jackie Chan
    Actor, stuntman and kung fu expert from Hong Kong (1954 - )
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  • Benny Blanco My studio's always in my house. I want to wake up and be like, 'You know I'm gonna make music today in my underwear. You know what, I'm gonna be in my pajamas. You know what, I'm actually just gonna stay inside for the next three days so I can make music.'
    Benny Blanco
    American record producer, DJ, songwriter (1988 - )
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  • Bethany Mota My viewers actually know about my little routine for spraying perfume. I put it on my wrists and rub them together, then I spray a little bit on my neck and three spritzes in front of me and then I shimmy through them.
    Bethany Mota
    American video blogger (1995 - )
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  • H. G. Bohn Nature, time and patience are the three great physicians.
    H. G. Bohn
    British publisher
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