Quotes with three-quarters

Quotes 241 till 260 of 432.

  • 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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  • Harlan Miller Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one consists of leaving about three or four things a day unsaid.
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  • Buffalo Bill On reaching the place where the Indians had surprised us, we found the bodies of the three men whom they had killed and scalped, and literally cut into pieces.
    The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout, and Guide: An Autobiography (1978 edition), U of Nebraska Press
    Buffalo Bill
    American soldier, bison hunter, and showman (1846 - 1917)
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  • Bernard Malamud Once you've got some words looking back at you, you can take two or three or throw them away and look for others.
    Bernard Malamud
    American novelist (1914 - 1986)
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  • Elbert Hubbard One can play comedy, two are required for melodrama, but a tragedy demands three.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Max Weber One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of responsibility, and a sense of proportion.
    Max Weber
    German economist, historian and sociologist (1864 - 1920)
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  • Edward Dahlberg One cat in a house is a sign of loneliness, two of barrenness, and three of sodomy.
    Edward Dahlberg
    American novelist, essayist and autobiographer (1900 - 1977)
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  • James T. Mccay One good analogy is worth three hours discussion.
    James T. Mccay
    American author
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  • Buzz Osborne One of my main problems with music is that the basic formula is always the same: verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, verse, chorus, chorus, chorus, end. One of the bands that changed that was The Beatles. If you listen to 'Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey.' It's three verses, bridge, end.
    Buzz Osborne
    American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter (1964 - )
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  • Carolyn Murphy One of my most laughable moments was when we visited the monkeys in Ubud - they really seemed to like me and at one point, I had three males on my head and shoulders.
    Carolyn Murphy
    American model and actress (1974 - )
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  • Ann Landers One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three closes friends; if they seem OK, then you're the one.
    Ann Landers
    American columnist (1918 - 2002)
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  • Bernard Ebbers Our communications services revenue growth is being driven by continued strong top-line performance in data, Internet and international - three of the fastest growing and most profitable areas within communications services.
    Bernard Ebbers
    Canadian businessman (1941 - 2020)
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  • Barney Ross Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers.
    Barney Ross
    American professional boxer (1909 - 1967)
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  • Bhagat Singh Our entire family is replete with sentiments of patriotism. Uncle Swarna Singh left for his heavenly abode in jail in 1910, two or three years after my birth. Uncle Ajit Singh is leading the life of an exile in foreign countries.
    Bhagat Singh
    Indian socialist revolutionary (1907 - 1931)
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  • Carol P. Christ Our great symbol for the Goddess is the moon, whose three aspects reflect the three stages in women's lives and whose cycles of waxing and waning coincide with women's menstrual cycles.
    Carol P. Christ
    American feminist historian and author (1945 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify, simplify! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Sir John Suckling Out upon it, I have lov'd three whole days together, and am like to love three more if it proves fair weather.
    Sir John Suckling
    English poet (1609 - 1642)
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  • Bonnie Hunt Over the years, if you look at the films of people like Billy Wilder, Preston Sturges, Frank Capra, their supporting characters, even if it's a doorman with two lines, always seem three-dimensional. To me, that's a sign of good storytelling.
    Bonnie Hunt
    American actress, comedian, director and producer (1961 - )
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  • Francis Bacon People of great position are servants times three, servants of their country, servants of fame, and servants of business.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Bette Davis Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me was probably what made me successful. I've seen some very talented actors go into analysis and really lose it.
    Bette Davis
    American Actress, Producer (1908 - 1989)
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