Second Quotes

We have said the first step was to designate the land, inform the owners. And the second would be to get the responses from the owners. And this will be openly done.

If you stop for one second and do something, everyone is happy. You pay it forward and it comes back to you twelve-fold.

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash.

Yeah. I'm amateurish. I can play enough to write a song, or strum on a little guitar to write out a song. But, I don't play well at all. I wouldn't even attempt for a second to play in public.

When we have 'second thoughts' about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at all - just feelings.

The safest thing to do was get rid of the second breast. I just want to give myself the best chance possible to live.

You got guys now declaring they're ready to play pro ball in their second or third year of high school. It's crazy! They're missing so much.

We did like 12 shows, then we did the entire Ozzfest with the first half completely booked; then we did the second half with a couple days off here and there.

It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them.

The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast.

Well, you know, I was through the whole of the Second World War and saw all my friends killed.

To the first class belong the Gospels and Acts; to the second, the Epistles; to the third, the Revelation.

I am an artist first and a photographer second.

Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success.

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.

There are no signposts in the sky to show a man has passed that way before. There are no channels marked. The flier breaks each second into new uncharted seas.

When I interview people, and they give me an immediate answer, they're often not thinking. So I'm silent. I wait. Because they think they have to keep answering. And it's the second train of thought that's the better answer.

Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which he would not speak in the first act, would weep for joy in the second and in the last would fall backward down a flight of stairs.

Documentaries are the first line of education, and the second line of education is dramatization, such as 'The Pacific'.

My second job has been to try to use my power to create institutions of a modern state that could enter the European Union, and there was very little time. The door was closing, and I wanted to get Bosnia through before it shut.

Out of 30 years of Second City I was probably the third African-American with the main stage cast. I was surprised when I first heard that. I think part of the reason that improvisation has never been popular with African-Americans is that it isn't popular in the inner cities.

The very quick and high sales of the book caught us off guard, but fortunately we got the second edition from the printers at the end of last week and the shops should now be stocked again.

First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners who are better than you are. Third, leave them to go get on with it.

In the movies, Bette Davis lights two cigarettes and hands the second one to James Cagney. It was just so glamorous and romantic.

We have said the first step was to designate the land, inform the owners. And the second would be to get the responses from the owners. And this will be openly done.

I'll go through life either first class or third, but never in second.

The two designs are completely different. The first is totally futuristic, the second is more classical. You can of course get very excited about doing something completely out of the ordinary, just like the Olympic stadium in its time. But each to his or her own taste.

There's nothing as exciting as a comeback - seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance.

If Ralph Nader runs, President Bush is going to be re-elected, and if Ralph Nader doesn't run, President Bush is going to be re-elected. We're going to run on the president's strong and principled leadership and his positive agenda for a second term.

For me, the international expansion of eBay was the best idea. We are now in 35 countries, and have a huge global network. The second best one was the acquisition of PayPal - the wallet on eBay.