Quotes with second-best

Quotes 41 till 60 of 1600.

  • Thomas Love Peacock I never failed to convince an audience that the best thing they could do was to go away.
    Thomas Love Peacock
    English novelist, poet, and official (1785 - 1866)
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  • Mark Zuckerberg I really want to clear my life so that I have to make as few decisions as possible about anything except how to best serve this community.
    The Telegraph, 7 november 2014
    Mark Zuckerberg
    American internet entrepreneur (1984 - )
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  • Iris Murdoch I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.
    Iris Murdoch
    Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher (1919 - 1999)
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  • Oprah Winfrey I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism and sexism.
    Oprah Winfrey
    American TV host, Actress (1954 - )
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  • Benjamin Franklin If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Abraham Lincoln It is not best to swap horses while crossing the river.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Aldous Huxley It's a little embarrassing that after 45 years of research & study, the best advice I can give people is to be a little kinder to each other.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Carl Gustav Jung Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
    Letters (1973)
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Our best thoughts come from others.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • John Updike Our brains are no longer conditioned for reverence and awe. We cannot imagine a Second Coming that would not be cut down to size by the televised evening news, or a Last Judgment not subject to pages of holier-than-thou second-guessing in The New York Review of Books.
    John Updike
    American writer and criticus (1932 - 2009)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Alex Noble Risk is essential. There is not growth of inspiration in staying within what is safe and comfortable. Once you find out what you do best, why not try something else?
    Alex Noble
    Australian athlete and motivational speaker
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  • Robert J. Mckain Set priorities for your goals. A major part of successful living lies in the ability to put first things first. Indeed, the reason most major goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first.
    Robert J. Mckain
    American author of self-help books
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  • Jean de la Fontaine The argument of the strongest is always the best.
    Jean de la Fontaine
    French writer (1621 - 1695)
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  • Voltaire The best is the enemy of the good.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Warren Buffett The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
    Warren Buffett
    American investment entrepreneur (1930 - )
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  • Voltaire The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.
    Original: Le secret d'ennuyer est celui de tout dire.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Linus Pauling The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.
    Linus Pauling
    American scientist (1901 - 1994)
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  • Alan Kay The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
    Alan Kay
    American computer scientist (1940 - )
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