Quotes of: Second-city Keyword

I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a paragraph, I'm dodging bullets and gasping for breath.

Lynn Abbey

On my second swim at Deception Island, the water was very clear and I was looking at hundreds of whale bones beneath me. It was a graveyard from the whaling some time in the 1920s-30s.

Lewis Gordon Pugh

People still recognize me all the time on the street. The first thing they say when they stop me is, 'Where have you been?' The second comment they make is always, 'Oh, you've grown up.'

Macaulay Culkin

I knew trucking was growing. It grew from the Second World War to the time that I bought the bridge. There were interstate highways being built. I thought there was opportunity.

Manuel Moroun

Risk is the sort of word that is easy to discuss upfront but tough to handle when it comes time to pay the piper. There will always be some who wimp out and second-guess when the pain hits, but that is a childish reaction.

Nathan Myhrvold

I think by that time I knew where Chewie was going, and he left me to do what was called for, because the character had been well established. You know, it was like putting on a second skin by that time.

Peter Mayhew

The stronger you stand on your principles, the easier it is to fight. The first time, it's tough, but the second time, it's always easier. You just have to push for your rights.

Shaffi Mather

I think there is more pressure at trials when you are trying to make the team and you have to come first or second, and you have to go under qualifying time.

Stephanie Rice

I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.

Viggo Mortensen

As a teen, I heard the second Velvet Underground album, 'White Light/White Heat,' and it was too much for my limited scope of appreciation. It was intense, but I didn't get it.

Henry Rollins

All this misjudgment that we have of each other is based on ignorance. The second you get to travel, you see that human beings, no matter where they come from, they are the same.

Marjane Satrapi

Trust me, my runners aren't going to run one event while looking past it to the second event. When they get on the line for the 10K, that's a do-or-die situation for them.

Alberto Salazar

Motherhood is not what was left over after our Father blessed His sons with priesthood ordination. It was the most ennobling endowment He could give His daughters, a sacred trust that gave women an unparalleled role in helping His children keep their...

Sheri L. Dew

Heinrich: Noooo! Second contact closing fast, bearing 076! Captain: Damn them! Another one!

Das Boot

Frank: 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds. That is when the world will end. Donnie: Why?

Donnie Darko

Stephen: I count six shots, nigger. Django: [pulls out a second revolver] I count two guns, nigger.

Django Unchained

Priest Vito Cornelius: I... have... a different theory, to offer you, sir. President Lindberg: You have twenty seconds.

The Fifth Element

Richard Nixon: [Prior to the second interview] Ah, the great inquisitor. David Frost: More like a trusted confidante.

Frost/Nixon

Professor Henry Jones: And in this sort of race, there's no silver medal for finishing second.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Yuri Orlov: The second rule of gun-running is always ensure you have a foolproof way of getting paid.

Lord of War

King Arthur: On second thought, let's not go to Camelot. It is a silly place.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail