“Horseshoes are lucky. Horses have four bits of lucky nailed to their feet. They should be the luckiest animals in the world. They should rule the country. They should win all their horse races, at least. 'In the fifth race today, every single horse was first equal...one horse threw a shoe came in third...the duck was ninth...and five ran.'” WorldShouldFirstsCountryTodayWinningBitsAnimalRaceFiveFourFeetLuckyEqualThirdsHorseShoesRanDucksFifthHorseshoes Author:Eddie Izzard
“I seem to write an opera about every 20 years; if you live long enough you can write four operas. I finished my third in 1970.” IfsWritingYearsLongEnoughSeemsFourThirdsFinishedOpera Author:Virgil Thomson
“The four laws of learning are: the first is demonstration of what you want. The second is the criticism of the demonstration. The third is the imitation of the correct model, and the fourth is repetition, over and over until it becomes habit where is you don't think about it.” ThinkingWantFirstsLawFourHabitModelsCriticismThirdsWhat You WantFourthImitationRepetitionDemonstration Author:John Wooden
“The New Testament was not produced as a single work issued by an authoritative Church for the instruction of its members. The four Gospels were composed in different times and places over perhaps a third of a century, and for a time circulated separately among a number of other narratives of our Lord's life (of which the newly discovered fragment of an unknown gospel may have been one).” MayHas BeensDifferentChurchNumbersLordFourCenturyMembersThirdsNarrativeInstructionTestamentFragmentsOur LordNew TestamentDifferent Times Author:Frederic G. Kenyon
“"Motherboard," for me, has four different levels: the bottom part is the water, vegetation, and growth. The second part is the world with figures and animals; there's chaos and civilization. The third part is the digital zone - these red things are turning into really loud digital sounds. Then the fourth level is like ether and things turning into air. This idea of how we're becoming partly digitalized is really interesting to me.” WorldIdeasDifferentSoundGrowthWaterAnimalInterestingLevelsFourAirFiguresBecomingCivilizationRedThirdsChaosBottomLoudZoneDigitalFourthReally InterestingDifferent LevelsVegetation Author:Ali Banisadr
“If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth.” IfsLongTwoRememberFourAnxietyMouthsThirdsTeeth Author:Martial
“These, then, are the four kinds of royalty. First the monarchy of the heroic ages; this was exercised over voluntary subjects, but limited to certain functions; the king was a general and a judge, and had the control of religion The second is that of the barbarians, which is a hereditary despotic government in accordance with law. A third is the power of the so-called Aesynmete or Dictator; this is an elective tyranny. The fourth is the Lacedaemonian, which is in fact a generalship, hereditary and perpetual.” FirstsKindFactsGovernmentAgeLawCertainFourSubjectsJudgingKingsThirdsFunctionTyrannyHeroicFourthPerpetualDictatorRoyaltyMonarchyBarbariansHereditary Book:Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated)
“There are four pillars to happiness, which is the ultimate goal in life-to be happy. Health is first, family is second, home is third. That safe place where you can go to and regroup, be in a safe place by yourself start over. Those three things lead to the fourth pillar which is the hope and dream that tomorrow is going to be better. Without that you have not much at all.” FirstsHomeDreamThreeGoalFourTomorrowSafeUltimateThirdsFourthThree ThingsStarting OverPillarsLife GoalUltimate GoalHopes And DreamsSafe Places Author:Bill Walton
“The 60th seed at Wimbledon gets a chance at Center Court. The 60th seed in the NCAA gets a chance to go to the Final Four. But the third seed [in presidential politics] is shut out.” ChanceFourThirdsCourtFinalsSeedsPresidentialWimbledonNcaa Author:Ralph Nader
“The Four Reliances. First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words; Second, rely on the teachings, not on the personality of the teacher; Third, rely on real wisdom, not superficial interpretation; And fourth, rely on the essence of your pure Wisdom Mind, not on judgmental perceptions.” MindFirstsRealSpiritTeacherFourTeachingPersonalityPurePerceptionEssenceThirdsBuddhistRelyInterpretationFourthSuperficialRelianceJudgmentalReal Wisdom Author:Gautama Buddha
“Lands' End has undergone three major changes over the past couple of decades. The first was the introduction of an 800 number, in 1978; the second was express delivery, in 1994; and the third was the introduction of a Web site, in 1995. The first two innovations cut the average transaction time-the time between the moment of ordering and the moment the goods are received-from three weeks to four days. The third innovation has cut the transaction time from four days to, well, four days.” FirstsWellsTwoEndsMomentsPastThreeNumbersFourCuttingWeekLandCoupleMajorsThirdsInnovationAverageDecadesGoodsSiteIntroductionDeliveryOver The PastTransactionsMajor Change Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“That is a gift to have four weeks to rehearse something. But remember, when you're doing a play half of that time you're getting to know the play and the other actors and then finally in the third week you have it pretty much on its feet. So it's all relative in different ways.” KnowsWayDifferentPlayRememberActorsHalfFourWeekFeetThirdsDifferent WaysRelativeRemember When Author:Jeff Fahey
“My dad also survived five divorces, and the women he married cleaned his ass out every time. I used to think my dad got divorced because he wanted new furniture. At one point in my life, all we had left was a wooden box, a 12 black-and-white TV, and a four-man rubber raft for a couch. And yet, I was the coolest kid in third grade. Mom, can we have a sleepover in Christopher Titus' house? They have a raft in the living room! We can row to breakfast in the morning. I can actually be Captain Crunch!” ThinkingMenI CanKidsWantedUsedHouseLeftBlackWhiteRoomsMorningFiveFourTvsMomDadMarriedThirdsMy DadBoxesDivorceAssGradesBreakfastBlack And WhiteCaptainsSurvivedFurnitureDivorcedCouchesLiving RoomRubberCrunchThird GradeSleepovers Author:Christopher Titus