Short quotations about, first - Page 6

Oscar Levant

When you give up drinking, you have…

15 Feb , 2011  

When you give up drinking, you have to deal with that wonderful personality that started you drinking in the first place. Great short quote and quotation by: Oscar Levant , (1906 – 1972)

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Josiah Quincy

When you have a number of disagreea…

15 Feb , 2011  

When you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform, always do the most disagreeable first. Great short quote and quotation by: Josiah Quincy ,

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Leigh Hunt

Whenever evil befalls us, we ought …

15 Feb , 2011  

Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering, how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers. Great short quote and quotation by: Leigh Hunt , English author & editor (1784 – 1859)

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Herman Melville

Where does the violet tint end and …

15 Feb , 2011  

Where does the violet tint end and the orange tint begins? Distinctly we see the difference of the colors, but where exactly does the one first blending enter into the other. So with sanity and insanity. Great short quote and quotation by: Herman Melville , US novelist & sailor (1819 – 1891)

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While one should always study the m…

15 Feb , 2011  

While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first is personality, which no one should copy; the second is perfection, which all should aim at. Great short quote and […]

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Whom the gods would destroy, they f…

15 Feb , 2011  

Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. Great short quote and quotation by: Euripides , Greek tragic dramatist (484 BC – 406 BC)

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May Sarton

Women are at last becoming persons …

15 Feb , 2011  

Women are at last becoming persons first and wives second, and that is as it should be. Great short quote and quotation by: May Sarton ,

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Women remember the first kiss, men …

15 Feb , 2011  

Women remember the first kiss, men remember the last. Great short quote and quotation by: Unknown , Quotations by unknown authors

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Anna Quindlen

You cannot be really first-rate at …

27 Apr , 2010  

You cannot be really first-rate at your work if your work is all you are. Great short quote and quotation by: Anna Quindlen, A Short Guide to a Happy Life ,

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Loretta Lynn

You either have to be first, best o…

27 Apr , 2010  

You either have to be first, best or different. Great short quote and quotation by: Loretta Lynn ,

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Ethel Barrymoore

You grow up the day you have your f…

27 Apr , 2010  

You grow up the day you have your first real laugh — at yourself. Great short quote and quotation by: Ethel Barrymoore ,

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Stanislaw J. Lec, "Unkempt Thoughts"

You must first have a lot of patien…

27 Apr , 2010  

You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience. Great short quote and quotation by: Stanislaw J. Lec, “Unkempt Thoughts” , Polish writer (1909 – 1966)

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