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Definition of First-Rate |
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First-rate
Of the highest excellence; preeminent in quality, size, or estimation. A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class. Related Definitions: Class, Estimation, Excellence, Grade, In, Most, Of, Or, Powerful, Preeminent, Quality, Size, The, Vessel, War |
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First-Rate Quotations
A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting. Abraham Maslow Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor. Oliver Wendell Holmes The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. F. Scott Fitzgerald Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. Judy Garland What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better. Doris Lessing A first-rate organizer is never in a hurry. He is never late. He always keeps up his sleeve a margin for the unexpected. Arnold Bennett The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking. A. A. Milne We class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate school, good school and school. Evelyn Waugh A theatre receives recognition through its initiative, which is indispensable for first-rate performances. Franz Liszt First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people. Leo Rosten |
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First-Rate Translations
first-rate in German is erstklassig |
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