Best 3075 quotes in «three quotes» category

By meditating on affectionate love and wishing love for just one moment we accumulate greater merit than we would by giving food three times every day to all those who are hungry in the world.

By the end of the shoot [of Wrestler], my trainer was pushing me up three flights of stairs to my house and holding my arm like I was an old cripple. I had three MRIs in the first two months of working on the film. I felt like it really was over by the time we started shooting the movie.

By the time the Deputy Minister presents a matter for decision to cabinet, he or she tends to present three options: ' the unacceptable', 'the politically courageous', and 'the bureaucrat-preferred' options. As such, it is usually best to get down into the department to the person doing the first drafts of any policy.

Can build plane... Delivery about three months.

Can Protagonist think of a single film that interests him as much as the three-hundredth best book he ever read?

Capitalism has taught us that markets are always more efficient than hierarchical managerial coordination. But in a situation where those three conditions aren't met, I can't outsource or partner with you because markets don't function in the absence of sufficient information.

Can you do that?” Thomas asked. “Huh?” “Kill someone three times.” “I’d figure out a way.

Carbon dioxide is unusual because it doesn't go through the usual three phases of matter, from solid to liquid to gas, but it goes straight from solid to gas. The volume of the gas is much greater than the volume of the solid. When a solid turns into a gas, we say it sublimes. The process is sublimation.

Carry an oar when you drive. Three times I've ended up in water.

Carrying those double tanks around all the time got to be a little rough on me. I had to put that damn wetsuit on and take it off, sometimes three or four times a day.

CBS News finally received anthrax in the mail. As usual, we're number three.

Cats can derive their nutrition from the air they breathe until you get the message that the Fish Fin Buffet you put in their bowl three days ago will never be acceptable.

Certainlie these things agree, The Priest, the Lawyer, & Death all three: Death takes both the weak and the strong. The lawyer takes from both right and wrong, And the priest from living and dead has his Fee.

Change is upsetting. Repetition is tedious. Three cheers for variation!

Character actors just pile up the credits because you work on a movie for like a few days. It's not like I'm the lead in everything I do - far from it. I'm not spending three or four months on a picture; I'm spending three or four weeks. Sometimes three or four days.

Chess players, people who travel all over the world, should be trusted or else not sent anywhere at all. Why are these four people (Antoshion and three other official 'minders') sent along to supervise us? With their meagre experience, all that thay did was interfere, more than ever before. And when they were needed, they weren't to be found.

Chicken pot pie--those are my three favorite things.

Children are dying." Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words.

Chile have three options - they could win or they could lose.

Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all stem from the same Abrahamic roots. All three reject terrorism.

Chronic malnutrition, or the lack of proper nutrition over time directly contributes to three times as many child deaths as food scarcity. Yet surprisingly, you don't really hear about this hidden crisis through the morning news, Twitter or headlines of major newspapers.

Close your eyes and click your heals three times...because there's no place like Dome.

Come the three corners of the world in arms, and we shall shock them.

Committee: A group which succeeds in getting something done only when it consists of three members, one of whom happens to be sick and another absent.

Colour as perceived by us is a function of three independent variables at least three are I think sufficient, but time will show if I thrive.

Common programmer thought pattern: there are only three numbers: 0, 1, and n.

Consider this: there is not a single word in [the Sermon on the Mount] about what to believe, only words about what to do. It is a behavioral manifesto, not a propositional one. Yet three centuries later, when the Nicene Creed became the official oath of Christendom, there was not a single word in it about what to do, only words about what to believe!

Composing is just another exciting thing. It's as exciting as being in a band. It's kind of like joining a new band for three months.

Conductor, when you receive a fare, Punch in the presence of the passenjare. A blue trip slip for an eight-cent fare, A buff trip slip for a six-cent fare, A pink trip slip for a three-cent fare, Punch in the presence of the passenjare! Punch, brothers! punch with care! Punch in the presence of the passenjare!

Conduct is three-fourths of our life and its largest concern.

Conversation is three women stand on the corner talking. Gossip is when one of them leaves.

Country music is three chords and the truth.

Crossing the Finish Line is a must-read for anyone concerned with the disturbing fact that Americans can no longer count on each generation being better educated than the last. Focusing on public institutions that educate more than three-fourths of U.S. students, Bowen, Chingos, and McPherson provide compelling arguments that institutions and policymakers must find new ways to overcome deeply entrenched patterns if our country is to regain its position as the most educated.

Creativity has three layers; the ultimate is the mystic: he lives in a climate of creativity. The poet, once in a while, brings some treasures from the beyond; the scientist, also very rarely, but whenever he can visit the ultimate he brings something precious to the world. But one thing is certain - mystic, scientist or poet, whatsoever comes into this world comes from the beyond. To bring the beyond is creativity. To bring the beyond into the known is creativity. To help God to be manifested in some form is creativity.

Covetousness, anger and foolishness are things to sort out well. When bad things happen in the world, if you look at them comparatively, they are not unrelated to these three things.

Culture is one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language.

David Cone is in a class by himself with three or four other players.

Day by day, dear Lord, of thee three things I pray: to see thee more clearly, love thee more dearly, follow thee more nearly, day by day.

Davis Cup, you know, does take a lot out of you over the weekend. It's tough, especially if you play all three days.

David Moyes, in Italy, would have been sacked three times now.

Days of Dutch courage, just three French letters, and a German sense of humour.

Day turned to night, His friends scattered and death thought it had won. But heaven just started counting to three

Dear Alec, As your best friend and parabatai, I am offended not to have been asked to be your best man at the wedding. Et tu, Brutus. -Jace Alec , he really is upset. He hasn't washed his hair in three days. -Clary

Dear Friend: I have nearly died three times since morning.

Death didn't bother me much. Strong Christian and all that. Method of death did. Being eaten alive. One of my top three ways not to go out.

Dawn was coming. The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts.

Deep squats work so many muscles in your body. Once a week, I do three sets of six, or eight of the free-bar ones, which can help out your balance and work more muscles than doing them on the machine.

Delaware: a state that has three counties when the tide is out, and two when it is in.

Do I rue a life wasted doing crosswords? Yes, but I do know the three-letter-word for regret.

Destiny cuts the cake of love, Three slices to some, To others, a crumb.