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Letter "S" » second thought
«America will tolerate the taking of a human life without giving it a second thought. But don't misuse a household pet.»
Author: Dick Gregory
| About:
America and Americans
| Keywords:
household, misuse, PET, pets, second thought, Second Thoughts, tolerate
«The first time you buy a house you think how pretty it is and sign the check. The second time you look to see if the basement has termites. It's the same with men.»
Author: Lupe Velez
(Actress)
| About:
Men and Women
| Keywords:
basement, buy time, check, look to, second thought, second time
«I think there is choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice. There is a choice, and the rest falls away. Second choice does not exist. Beware of those who talk about sacrifice.»
Author: Muriel Rukeyser
(Writer)
| About:
Choice,
Living
| Keywords:
beware, does not exist, fall away, second thought
«There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the money; the second that you have something to say that you think the world should know; the third is that you can't think what to do with the long winter evenings.»
Author: Quentin Crisp
(Author)
| About:
Writers
| Keywords:
evenings, Long Winter, second thought, second world, The Long, The Third, Third World, winter
«A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to second-rate thoughts, and to second-rate friends»
Author: Cyril Connolly
| About:
Friends,
Laziness,
Talent,
Thought
| Keywords:
condemned, lazy, rate, second person, second rate, second thought, Second Thoughts, talents
«I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.»
Author: Iris Murdoch
(Novelist, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
all the same, Irish, Nice, Says You, second thought
«I have always found that the man whose second thoughts are good is worth watching.»
Author: James Matthew Barrie
(Dramatist, Novelist)
| Keywords:
found, second, second thought, Second Thoughts, The Man, thoughts, watching, worth
«Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.»
Author: Oprah Winfrey
(Actress, Producer)
| Keywords:
again, fail, high, High Ones, high time, high wire, in good time, moment, mount, mounting, mounts, mount up, second, second thought, second time, The One, The Second, This Is, time and again, time and time again, try, try again, tumble, tumbled, tumbles, tumbling, wire, wired, wires, wiring
«Among mortals second thoughts are wisest»
«Here is the world, sound as a nut, perfect, not the smallest piece of chaos left, never a stitch nor an end, not a mark of haste, or botching, or second thought; but the theory of the world is a thing of shreds and patches»
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