Seconds Quotes - Page 27

• The Seconds that tick as the clock moves along
  Are Privates who march with a spirit so strong.
  The Minutes are Captains. The Hours of the day
  Are Officers brave, who lead on to the fray.
  So, remember, when tempted to loiter and dream
  You've an army at hand; your command is supreme;
  And question yourself, as it goes on review--
  Had it helped in the fight with the best it could do?

  Philander Chase Johnson

  Dream, Strong, Moving

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• Can you be a girl for a few seconds?" "I'm always a girl" I frown. "You know what I mean. Like a silly, annoying girl" I twirl my hair around my finger. "Kay.

  Veronica Roth

  Funny, Girl, Silly

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• Whoever came up with "hold the shift key for eight seconds to turn on 'your keyboard is buggered' mode" should be shot.

  Linus Torvalds

  Keys, Eight, Keyboards

  Google+ blog, plus.google.com. June 23, 2013.

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• Sixty-five seconds," he said. "You weren't breathing for sixty-five seconds after we found you. I lived and died during each one of them." He let out a breath. "Never again.

  Jill Shalvis

  Breathing, Found You, Said

  Jill Shalvis, Elle Kennedy (2015). “Time Out & Body Check”, p.108, Harlequin

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• I nodded, pretending I was relaxed. I watched the sunlight sparkling on the water and practiced mind-body integration for a few seconds by quietly hyperventilating.

  Miranda July

  Water, Mind, Body

  Miranda July (2011). “It Chooses You”, p.22, Canongate Books

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• In fact, though their acquaintance had been so short, they had guessed, as always happens between lovers, everything of any importance about each other in two seconds at the utmost, and it now remained only to fill in such unimportant details as what they were called; where they lived; and whether they were beggars or people of substance.

  Virginia Woolf

  Two, People, Details

  Virginia Woolf (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)”, p.1260, Delphi Classics

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• I make up my mind about whether I can trust someone within 60 seconds of meeting them

  Richard Branson

  Mind, Meetings, I Can

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• There are men with guns up there. When they see me, they will kill me, if they can," I tell my father quietly. I search his eyes. "Should I let them?" He stares at me for a few seconds. "Go," he says, "and God help you.

  Veronica Roth

  Father, Eye, Gun

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• By then she was dead. In fact, she may have been dead a while ago. Physically, several seconds ago, mentally, ages ago.

  Koushun Takami

  Age, May, Facts

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• It was as if his point of view had, within seconds, gone from that of an ant to that of an eagle. For the sky was hollow, and the world was round.

  Christopher Paolini

  Eagles, Views, Sky

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.2884, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• 37 seconds, well used, is a lifetime.

  Dustin Hoffman

  Meaningful, Lifetime, Used

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• His gift is slower than Jane's. It creeps. It will touch us in a few seconds.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Creeps, Jane

  Stephenie Meyer (2009). “Breaking Dawn: Twilight”, p.422, Hachette UK

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• But what I can do is paint you a picture of what you’ll never see when you’re with a guy who’s really into you: You’ll never see you staring maniacally at your phone, willing it to ring. You’ll never see you ruining an evening with friends because you’re calling for your messages every fifteen seconds. You’ll never see you hating yourself for calling him when you know you shouldn’t have. What you will see is you being treated so well that no phone antics will be necessary. You’ll be too busy being adored.

  Greg Behrendt

  Hate, Phones, Guy

  Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo (2009). “He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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• His pacing stopped. The mattress sighed as he sat on the edge. seconds ticked by before he spoke so softly she could barely hear. "Sometimes I want to leave this town so bad I can taste it.

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Want, Taste, Towns

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• It felt as if maybe the curse had lifted, the tide had shifted, but then the breeze picked up and a skeet took a very unfortunate turn. Seconds later, Angus was pulling his shot far to the right, shooting a large hole in the second-story galley not ten feet above Marcus's head.

  Ally Carter

  Feet, Stories, Shooting

  Ally Carter (2012). “Heist Society: Uncommon Criminals”, p.131, Hachette UK

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• Sometimes I'll go out into the crowd and keep singing, but I'll get maybe seven rows out and I'm out of synch, I'm a couple seconds behind the band and then it becomes chaos.

  Rob Zombie

  Couple, Singing, Band

  Interview with Rachael Mattice, rjmattice.wordpress.com. November 11, 2013.

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• Sometimes you go up to people who look totally normal and then you talk to them for a few seconds and you are like, Oh I better get out of this, because this person is a little mentally unbalanced, and they are not going to get a joke.

  Billy Eichner

  People, Looks, Littles

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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• In the same way that I tend to make up my mind about people within thirty seconds of meeting them, I also make up my mind about whether a business proposal excites me within about thirty seconds of looking at it. I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.

  Richard Branson

  People, Mind, Statistics

  Richard Branson (2005). “Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography”, Virgin Pub

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• You don't look at it as the size of the role. Quantity is not the point. You can be as thorough in 30 seconds as you can in three hours.

  William Hurt

  Three, Roles, Looks

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• On the other hand, and let's face it, there's always another hand, unless you're a Saudi Arabian shoplifter of course, hurt feelings can be quite traumatic. I've heard that it can take seconds, sometimes even minutes, to get over it.

  Pat Condell

  Hurt, Hands, Feelings

  YouTube Channel "Pat Condell"/"O Dhimmi Canada", www.youtube.com. January 19, 2008.

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• You are told from the moment you enter school that time is constant. It never changes. It is one of those set things in life that you can always rely on... much like death and taxes. There will always be sixty seconds in a minute. There will always be sixty minutes in an hour. And there will always be twenty-four hours in a day. Time was not fluctuating. It moved on at the same, constant pace at every moment in your life. And that was the biggest load of crap that I'd ever been taught in school.

  S.C. Stephens

  School, Sixty Minutes, Things In Life

  S.C. Stephens (2013). “Effortless”, p.98, Simon and Schuster

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• The universe is hilarious! Like, Venus is 900 degrees. I could tell you it melts lead. But that's not as fun as saying, 'You can cook a pizza on the windowsill in nine seconds.' And next time my fans eat pizza, they're thinking of Venus!

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Fun, Thinking, Degrees

  "Rebooting the 'Cosmos'". Interview with Mike Kessler, www.gq.com. March 6, 2014.

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• No matter how organized your ducks are, life can turn on 2 seconds. So, you can't keep on waiting. Because, if you keep on waiting, it's gone.

  Diem Brown

  Ducks, Waiting, Gone

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• There is something wrong when you wait in line thirty minutes to get a hamburger that was cooked for ninety seconds an hour ago.

  Lewis Grizzard

  Waiting, Hamburgers, Lines

  Lewis Grizzard (1995). “Life Is Like a Dogsled Team . . . If You're Not the Lead Dog, the Scenery Never Changes: The Wit and Wisdom of Lewis Grizzard”, Longstreet Press

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• We're not really afraid to die. We're only afraid of being forgotten. We know that we'll be forgotten, and the idea is unbearable, don't you agree? As time passes we become infrequent visitors in the minds of those left behind. The ones who clear out the house & divide up the belongings. Throw away the rubbish. And forget. If we knew that every evening someone lit a candle and sat down to think – thought about is if only for a few seconds – then we could depart this earth in peace. No-one will light a candle for me. Who would do that?

  Karin Fossum

  Thinking, Light, Ideas

  Karin Fossum (2008). “When The Devil Holds The Candle”, p.84, Random House

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