Quotes with second-best

Quotes 861 till 880 of 1600.

  • Bill Clinton Posterity is the world to come; the world for whom we hold our ideals, from whom we have borrowed our planet, and to whom we bear sacred responsibility. We must do what America does best: offer more opportunity to all and demand responsibility from all.
    First inaugural address, Washington, D.C. (January 20, 1993)
    Bill Clinton
    President of the US (1946 - )
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  • James A. Garfield Poverty is uncomfortable; but 9 times out of 10 the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and be compelled to sink or swim.
    James A. Garfield
    President of the USA (1831 - 1881)
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  • Publilius Syrus Practice is the best of all instructors.
    Publilius Syrus
    Syrian poet (85 - 43)
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  • John Selden Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us.
    John Selden
    British Jurist, Statesman (1584 - 1654)
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  • Bill Shuster President Bush has a record of cutting taxes, has provided a prescription drug benefit for seniors, has upheld the Second Amendment and remains committed to stopping liberal activists judges who are redefining marriage.
    Bill Shuster
    American politician and lobbyist (1961 - )
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  • Alexander Pope Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; aspiring to be angels men rebel.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Bob Newhart Probably the best advice I ever got in my life was from the head of the accounting department, Mr. Hutchinson, I believe at the Glidden Company in Chicago, and he told me, 'You really aren't cut out for accounting.'
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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  • Samuel Smiles Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.
    Samuel Smiles
    Scottish writer (1812 - 1904)
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  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge Prose, words in their best order. Poetry, the best words in the best order.
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    English poet and critic (1772 - 1834)
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  • Mark Twain Prosperity is the best protector of principle.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Bruce Babbitt Protecting all this land, working with the President to establish all these monuments, to, you know... I think the President has a land protection record that's second to no one in this century, maybe Teddy Roosevelt.
    Bruce Babbitt
    American attorney and politician (1938 - )
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  • Eva Figes Providing for one's family as a good husband and father is a water-tight excuse for making money hand over fist. Greed may be a sin, exploitation of other people might, on the face of it, look rather nasty, but who can blame a man for ''doing the best'' for his children?
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  • William R. Alger Public opinion is a second conscience.
    William R. Alger
    American writer (1822 - 1905)
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  • Bruno Bettelheim Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect.
    Bruno Bettelheim
    Austrian-born psychologist, scholar and author (1903 - 1990)
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  • Bryan Batt Put every light you have on a dimmer. Because after a certain age, we can play with the lighting and set it on how you look best on it. It's cheaper than plastic surgery.
    Bryan Batt
    American actor (1963 - )
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  • Bert McCracken Put your arm around the buddy next to you. And if you don't have any friends, I'll be your best friend in the whole world.
    Bert McCracken
    American singer (1982 - )
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  • Baltasar Gracian Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.
    Baltasar Gracian
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Bertrand Russell Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible; but the world of pure reason ;knows no compromise, no practical limitations, no barrier to the creative activity.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Susan Sontag Religion is probably, after sex, the second oldest resource which human beings have available to them for blowing their minds.
    Susan Sontag
    American writer, filmmaker, teacher, and political activist (1933 - 2004)
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  • Maxwell Maltz Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow - after you have done your best to achieve success today.
    Maxwell Maltz
    American surgeon and author (1889 - 1975)
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