Two Quotes

Two things of opposite natures seem to depend / One on another, as Logos depends / On Eros, day on night, the imagined On the real. / This is the origin of change.

The Laboratory for Radioactivity consisted of only two rooms at the time; at a later date, when tests of radioactive substances became more extensive, it expanded into four rooms.

Only two countries in this hemisphere are not democratic, but many countries in both Central and South America, and in the Caribbean, are really fragile democracies.

When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.

It is probably true quite generally that in the history of human thinking the most fruitful developments frequently take place at those points where two different lines of thought meet.

We need just two players to be a contender. Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax.

If you’re not hearing the music of the gospel in your home, please remember these two words: keep practicing.

The only reason I didn't kill myself after I read the reviews of my first book was because we have two rivers in New York and I couldn't decide which one to jumo into.

One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.

I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy befall thee!

The horse's neck is between the two reins of the bridle, which both meet in the rider's hand.

Aside from some extra fiber, eating two slices of whole wheat bread is really little different, and often worse, than drinking a can of sugar-sweetened soda or eating a sugary candy bar.

There are two basic rules which should never be broken. Be subtle. And don't, for God's sake, try to do business with anyone who's having a bad game.

Finally, in 1954 [Ho Chi Minh] agreed to the Geneva Agreement, which divided the country temporarily into two zones, in the hope that national elections might unify the country under his leadership.

I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.

Shouldn't Democrats insist that Sen. Durbin step down as their whip, the number two man in their leadership?

Two starving men cannot be twice as hungry as one; but two rascals can be ten times as vicious as one.

The color of the king doth come and go, Between his purpose and his conscience, Like heralds 'twixt two dreadful battles set: His passion is so ripe, it needs must break.

There's not a shirt and a half in all my company, and the half shirt is two napkins tacked together and thrown over the shoulders like a herald's coat without sleeves.

And where two raging fires meet together, they do consume the thing that feeds their fury.

I'll be at charges for a looking-glass And entertain a score or two of tailors To study fashions to adorn my body: Since I am crept in favor with myself, I will maintain it with some little cost.

Two may keep counsel putting one away!

Grief hath two tongues; and never woman yet Could rule them both without ten women's wit.

In thigh-high yellow leather boots Plump Saphonisba strides. Too bad that, just to hide her calves, Two calves have lost their hides.

If you wish to see the thousand years, look at today; if you wish to understand the millionfold, then look at the one or the two.

When confronted with two alternatives, life and death, one is to choose death without hesitation.

If you take two steps towards God,' he used to tell me, 'God runs to you!

When you give 100 percent to another person, two literally become one.

There are only two reasons why a woman doesn't pick up her phone. She either likes him too much or hates him too much.

Similarity is stasis; difference is motion. And if the two happen to exist in dynamic equilibrium, everything is right in the world.

Another time I cracked two of the vertebrae in my back and broke a rib.

So why is a third of our world battling obesity and spending huge sums to burn off excess calories, while the other two-thirds yearn to get more of them?

And here he was, a little halfling from the Shire, a simple hobbit of the quiet countryside, expected to find a way where the great ones could not go, or dared not go. It was an evil fate.

I had a very hard father. I had two sisters. He was soft on them and hard on me.

There are two ways to get rid of an anxiety monster,my friend-you either have a bath or a nap.

You can never have 'equality' between two things that are not equal by definition. And so, for example, you can have equality among 'people', but not between 'men' and 'women'.

You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.

And I'm hoping that between now and two years from now and four years from now and future election cycles, people have gotten past the hype and the hysteria of these most recent allegations.

There are two things for a marriage to be good. One is to work hard on it. The other one is to marry above you. And I succeeded at both of those.

My mother only ever said two things. She said,'I don't know, dear.'And she said,'Can I get you a sandwich, honey?

To be influential in our conversations, we must first be aware of two things, (1) what do we want to bring to the conversation and (2) what do we want to bring out in others.

We will die a slow death over the next two years as this oil creeps ashore.

And after two days in civilization we realized we could never stay for long and started to plan our next adventure.

Marriage is only good for two things: tax breaks and adultery.

You should never do two things. You should hammer one nail all your life, and I didn't do that; I hammered on a lot of nails like a xylophone.

There are two ways to argue with a woman, and neither of them work.

There are two things that I know for certain guys are good for: pushing swings and killing insects.

In some ways, we've been through something no one else can ever understand but the two of us... And it made me realize. We are always and absolutely better together.

I don't ever really list things that I want to do. The only two things that I've ever wanted to do are be in a rock band and be a wrestler. Those were my two goals.

Two weeks ago we couldn't pronounce your name, but you were in the lead in a film that made millions, so we're sending you all these scripts.