“First thought: It was a dream
Second thought: No it wasn't
Third thought: Crap”
Laurie Halse Anderson (1961) American children's writer
Source: Twisted
“To their own second thoughts.”
Job 6.
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Theologician from Wales 1662–1714Related quotes
“Second thoughts, they say, are best.”
John Dryden (1631–1700) English poet and playwright of the XVIIth century
Act II, scene 2.
The Spanish Friar (1681)
“I wasn’t having second thoughts, but I was having thoughts.”
Jonathan Safran Foer book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
“In this world second thoughts, it seems, are best.”
Variant translations: Among mortals second thoughts are the wisest.
Second thoughts are ever wiser.
Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.
Source: Hippolytus (428 BC), l. 435, as translated by David Grene
“Listen to your second thought, or the third might be too late.”
Shannon Hale (1974) American fantasy novelist
Source: Palace of Stone
“I will not waste time on second thoughts. My life will not be an apology. It will be a statement.”
Andy Andrews (1959) author and corporate speaker
Source: The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success
“Yeah, well,” Nico said, “not giving people a second thought…that can be dangerous.”
Rick Riordan book The House of Hades
Source: The House of Hades
Victor Hugo book William Shakespeare
Dieu se manifeste à nous au premier degré à travers la vie de l’univers, et au deuxième degré à travers la pensée de l’homme. La deuxième manifestation n’est pas moins sacrée que la première. La première s’appelle la Nature, la deuxième s’appelle l’Art.
Part I, Book II, Chapter I
William Shakespeare (1864)
Fisher Ames (1758–1808) American politician
Speech on Biennial Elections before the Convention of Massachusetts (January 1788), reported in Seth Ames, John Thornton Kirkland, Works of Fisher Ames with a Selection from His Speeches and Correspondence (1854) p. 7.