Quotes by category:Three

On reaching the place where the Indians had surprised us, we found the bodies of the three men whom they had killed and scalped, and literally cut into pieces.

cutting three men

The best that can be said for those like Senators Nelson and Landrieu is that they held out until Obama and Reid met their price. By now, I can't even recall what it took to make Joe Lieberman say 'Uncle!' But it just goes to prove that when politicians like these three refer to themselves as moderate Democrats, we should recognize that it's similar to the distinction made in a related field when call girls insist they're not streetwalkers. It's the same profession; only the prices differ.

uncles three girl

There are three stages of an actor's career. Young, old, and "You... by Burt Reynolds

There are three stages of an actor's career. Young, old, and "You look good".

three careers looks

I can find only three kinds of business in the Universe: mine, yo... by Byron Katie

I can find only three kinds of business in the Universe: mine, yours, and God's.

mines three kind

Putting affects the nerves more than anything. I would actually g... by Byron Nelson

Putting affects the nerves more than anything. I would actually get nauseated over three-footers.

affection nerves three

In Gethsemane the holiest of all petitioners prayed three times that a certain cup might pass from Him. It did not.

cups three might

In God's dimension, so to speak, you find a being who is three Persons while remaining one Being, just as a cube is six squares while remaining one cube.

cubes three squares

He produced mainly three results: Hatred, Terror, Adoration. by C. S. Lewis

He produced mainly three results: Hatred, Terror, Adoration.

results three hatred

At least he went on saying this till Aslan had loaded him up with three dwarfs, one dryad, two rabbits, and a hedgehog, that steadied him a bit.

three rabbits two

Do you mean to say," asked Caspian, "that you three come from a round world (round like a ball) and you've never told me! It's really too bad for you. Because we have fairy-tales in which there are round worlds and I have always loved them … Have you ever been to the parts where people walk about upside-down?" Edmund shook his head. "And it isn't like that," he added. "There's nothing particularly exciting about a round world when you're there.

three mean people

For every one pupil who needs to be guarded against a weak excess of sensibility there are three who need to be awakened from the slumber of cold vulgarity. The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts.

cutting tasks three

Christianity began with 120 in the Upper Room, within three centuries it had become the predominant religion of the Roman Empire. What brought this about? The answer is deceptively simple, while Christianity was being presented to unbelievers in both Word and deed, it was the deed that far exceeded the Word in evangelistic effectiveness.

effectiveness three simple

If you check back through human history, you will find that three things, more than any others, have produced social transformation: violence, knowledge and wealth - and the greatest of these is wealth!

social-transformation violence three

I read something once that when you're online, your inhibitions are lowered to the state where you've had three drinks. Once you basically know that the entire internet is slightly drunk, it all makes a lot more sense, and you deport yourself accordingly.

drunk internet three

Just proportionately, statistically, one in three women are going to have an abortion. They're not all going to feel guilty.

abortion guilty three

If you can find a frock you look nice in and can run up three fli... by Caitlin Moran

If you can find a frock you look nice in and can run up three flights of stairs, you're not fat.

three nice running

I wish I could learn that just three drinks is enough, but I have... by Caitlin Moran

I wish I could learn that just three drinks is enough, but I have not learned that.

drink three wish

As long as I can compete, I won't quit. Reaching three-thousand is not the finish line as long as I can contribute.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

lines three long

You have to stand every day three or four hours of visitors. Nine-tenths of them want something they ought not to have. If you keep dead-still they will run down in three or four minutes. If you even cough or smile they will start up all over again.

Calvin Coolidge

want-something three running

$Did you know that five out of three people have trouble with frac... by Calvin Trillin$

Did you know that five out of three people have trouble with fractions.

three trouble people