Quotes with second-best

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  • Bruce Nordstrom Grandpa didn't have any idea of customer service. But he wanted to make a living. Eventually, we saw it was not in our best interest to be arguing with customers.
    Bruce Nordstrom
    American businessman (1933 - )
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  • Robert Browning Grow old along with me the best is yet to be.
    Robert Browning
    English poet (1812 - 1889)
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  • Robert Browning Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made.
    Robert Browning
    English poet (1812 - 1889)
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  • Robert Browning Grow old with me the best is yet to come.
    Robert Browning
    English poet (1812 - 1889)
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  • Blaise Pascal Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature.
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Nathanael Emmons Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.
    Nathanael Emmons
    American Congregational minister and theologian (1745 - 1840)
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  • Blaise Pascal Habit is the second nature which destroys the first.
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Bill Richardson Had I stayed longer in some primaries, I would have probably done better in states like Nevada, California, and New Mexico - but I ran out of the money after the second primary in New Hampshire.
    Bill Richardson
    American politician, author, and diplomat (1947 - )
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  • Edward Bulwer-Lytton Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.
    Edward Bulwer-Lytton
    English writer and poet (1803 - 1873)
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  • Bertrand Russell Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Ali Smith Happy is what you realize you are a fraction of a second before it's too late.
    Ali Smith
    Scottish author, playwright and journalist (1962 - )
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  • Alexis Carrel Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality.
    Alexis Carrel
    French surgeon, anatomist and biologist (1873 - 1944)
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  • Bob Weinstein Harvey and I grew up in Queens, N.Y. My brother and I shared a room for 18 years until we went away to college. When we were kids, after our father said, 'Lights out,' he also exclaimed, 'No more talking. Time for sleep.' But we'd stay up late, arguing over statistics, who the best center fielder was - Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle.
    Bob Weinstein
    American film producer (1954 - )
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  • Baltasar Gracián Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.
    Baltasar Gracián
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • John Gay He best can pity who has felt the woe.
    John Gay
    British playwright and poet (1685 - 1732)
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  • Plato He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Samuel Butler He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    English poet and critic (1772 - 1834)
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  • Henry David Thoreau He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Arthur F. Sheldon He profits most who serves best.
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