Three quotes

Three

3.2K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

3.2K quotes

Explore further

Browse quotes that often appear alongside three — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.

Quote collection

Three quotes (page 27 of 161)

Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.

Conan O'Brien Television Host, Comedian
Three

"The three auto companies in the United States, they're all scrambling to come up with a plan, some way to reinvent themselves. Well this week Ford did its part. Ford unveiled a new hybrid, the Ford Fusion, which will get almost 40 miles to the gallon. Isn't that amazing? Yeah, and when asked how much it would cost, a spokesman for Ford said, '$25 billion.' They just want that money; they don't care. That's without mud flaps."

Read quote 3 likes
Conan O'Brien Television Host, Comedian
Three

"Michele Bachmann said she wants her three daughters to learn to shoot a gun. Mostly so they can put her campaign out of its misery."

Read quote 3 likes
Charles Bukowski Poet, Novelist
Three

"my mother, poor fish, wanting to be happy, beaten two or three times a week, telling me to be happy: "Henry, smile! why don't you ever smile?" and then she would smile, to show me how, and it was the saddest smile I ever saw"

Read quote 3 likes
Brad Williams Comedian
Three

"When you talk about modern comedy I think there's a big three right now, and that's Louis C.K., Bill Burr, and Jim Jefferies. I don't think anyone's doing it better than those three guys."

Read quote 3 likes
Brian Jacques Author
Three

"Basil Stag Hare tut-tutted severely as he remarked to Ambrose Spike, 'Tch, tch. Dreadful table manners. Just look at those three wallahs, kicking up a hullaballoo like that! Eating's a serious business."

Read quote 3 likes
Albert Camus Philosopher, Writer
Three

"Thus I draw from the absurd three consequences, which are my revolt, my freedom, and my passion. By the mere activity of consciousness I transform into a rule of life what was an invitation to death—and I refuse suicide."

Read quote 3 likes
Albert Einstein Physicist
Three

"It is true that my parents were worried because I began to speak fairly late, so that they even consulted a doctor. I can't say how old I was - but surely not less than three."

Read quote 3 likes
Ali Larijani Politician
Three

"Iran welcomes dialogue with any other states. I wrote a letter to the three European states inviting them to resume talks, but, they cancelled it. They had thought that Iran would no longer resume talks with them."

Read quote 3 likes
Ali Velshi Journalist
Three

"Life should be all about change. But some things shouldn't change. And my three-piece suits are one of those things."

Read quote 3 likes
Allen Tate Poet, Critic
Three

"I am not ridiculing verbal mechanisms, dreams, or repressions as origins of poetry; all three of them and more besides may have a great deal to do with it."

Read quote 3 likes
Allen Tate Poet, Critic
Three

"A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities, but never one of them alone, nor any two or three; never less than all."

Read quote 3 likes
Andy Cohen Television Producer
Three

"After three straight years of writing, though, I definitely needed a break to just go live my life."

Read quote 3 likes
Antoine de Saint-Exupery Writer, Aviator
Three

"For instance, if you come at four in the afternoon, I'll begin to be happy by three. The closer it gets to four, the happier I'll feel. By four I'll be excited and worried; I'll discover what it costs to be happy! But if you come at any od time, I'll never know when I should prepare my heart... There must be rites."

Read quote 3 likes