Quotes of: Every-second Keyword

Anyone who believes that a second is faster than a decade did not live life.

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Are you an idiot, or an idiot?' Gargarin hissed. 'The first one. I really resent being called the second.

Froi of the Exiles

A second date always felt like an announcement at his age. And he never felt ready for the announcement.

The Fever

And don't you let your guard down for a second because you think anything's inevitable.

Gregor and the Code of Claw

Trying to second-guess Tegan was like trying to track a tornado. A tornado he had no business chasing.

Beg Me to Slay

A second type of direct evidence is formed by statements, whether as formal legends or personal information, regarding the age or relative sequence of events in tribal history made by the natives themselves.

Edward Sapir

There's a basic law, Klein's second, or third, or fourth law of politics in the TV age, which is warm always beats cold, with the exception of Richard Nixon. The nicer guy usually wins.

Joe Klein

A woman tells her doctor, 'I've got a bad back.' The doctor says, 'It's old age.' The woman says, 'I want a second opinion.' The doctor says: 'Okay - you're ugly as well.'

Tommy Cooper

I don't know how many thoughts we have a second, but it's quite an amazing number, and just to pin down the appropriate sequence of those, all you really need is a pencil and a piece of paper.

Robert Wyatt

The first, that their pretensions to this possession of an art properly so called in their art of speaking are entirely unfounded; and the second, that they are involved in a profound mistake in their confusion of the good with the pleasant.

Friedrich Schleiermacher

Mission accomplished. The Museum of Modern Art's wide-open, tall-ceilinged, super-reinforced second floor was for all intents and purposes built to accommodate monumental installations and gigantic sculptures, should the need arise. It has arisen.

Jerry Saltz

We almost made it to thirty seconds without an insult. I think we set a new record.

Acheron

If I weren't out of my mind at this second, I would've sworn he nuzzled my temple.

Her Game, His Rules

As far as I'm concerned, if something is so complicated that you can't explain it in 10 seconds, then it's probably not worth knowing anyway.

The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes

How could I forget the man who can break uncountable bones just in a few seconds.

Johnny Fracture

Did not one spend the first half of one's days in dreams of happiness and the second half in regrets and terrors?

The Joy of Life

Stop living in the shadows of another. You've been given everything needed to live a purposed filled life. Don't be a second rate version of yourself.

Release The Ink

I have only two wishes," said Jean. "The first is for strong coffee, and the second is for stronger coffee.

The Republic of Thieves

Mr. Carter cleared his throat. “Soy sauce.” He deadpanned. “Really, Sera?

Second Time Around

An infinitely unpleasant fraction of a second is a small price to pay for the opportunity to stride across eternity.

Steal from the Devil

I was once told that sometimes out of limitation comes our greatest strength.

Second chances: true stories of living with Addison's disease