Quotes with second-best

Quotes 101 till 120 of 1600.

  • Bill Shankly A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.
    Bill Shankly
    Scottish football player and manager (1913 - )
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  • Caroline Leavitt A lot of people hurl themselves into relationships to lose themselves, but I think the best relationships help us to be more ourselves, to bring forth our best selves.
    Caroline Leavitt
    American novelist
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  • Benjamin Disraeli A majority is always better than the best repartee.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Bernard Malamud A man is an island in the only sense that matters, not an easy way to be. We live in mystery, a cosmos of separate lonely bodies, men, insects, stars. It is all a loneliness and men know it best.
    Bernard Malamud
    American novelist (1914 - 1986)
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  • Samuel Butler A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Bertolt Brecht A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he'll give him sixpence. But the second time it'll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he'll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.
    Bertolt Brecht
    German - Austrian writer (1898 - 1956)
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  • Charles Darwin A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.
    Charles Darwin
    English scientist and biologist (1809 - 1882)
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  • Lord Chesterfield A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken A nun, at best, is only half a woman, just as a priest is only half a man.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Plautus A patient mind is the best remedy for trouble.
    Plautus
    Roman comic poet (250 - 184)
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  • B. F. Skinner A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
    B. F. Skinner
    American psychologist, behaviorist and author (1904 - 1990)
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  • Salman Rushdie A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.
    The Ground Beneath Her Feet (2000) 13
    Salman Rushdie
    Engels writer (1947 - )
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  • Ben Katchor A picture story just doesn't run like a film. It doesn't have 24 frames per second. It doesn't deal with this illusion of movement.
    Ben Katchor
    American cartoonist and illustrator (1951 - )
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  • Max Lerner A President is best judged by the enemies he makes when he has really hit his stride.
    Max Lerner
    American Author, Columnist (1902 - 1992)
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  • Carl von Clausewitz A prince or general can best demonstrate his genius by managing a campaign exactly to suit his objectives and his resources, doing neither too much nor too little.
    On War (1832)
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • Duke Ellington A problem is your chance to do your best.
    Duke Ellington
    American composer and pianist (1899 - 1974)
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  • Alistair Cooke A professional; is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it.
    Alistair Cooke
    British journalist (1908 - 2004)
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  • H. Jackson Brown Jr A racehorse that consistently runs just a second faster than another horse is worth millions of dollars more. Be willing to give that extra effort that separates the winner from the one in second place.
    H. Jackson Brown Jr
    American author (1940 - 2021)
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  • Billy Sunday A revival does two things. First, it returns the Church from her backsliding and second, it causes the conversion of men and women; and it always includes the conviction of sin on the part of the Church. What a spell the devil seems to cast over the Church today!
    As quoted in ""Billy" Sunday, the man and his message: with his own words which have won thousands for Christ" by William Thomas Ellis
    Billy Sunday
    American athlete and evangelist (1862 - 1935)
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  • Michael LeBoeuf A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.
    Michael LeBoeuf
    American business author and management professor (1942 - )
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