Quotes with second-best

Quotes 1221 till 1240 of 1600.

  • Will Rogers The more you read and observe about this politics thing, the more you've got to admit that each party's worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • Thomas Sowell The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.
    Thomas Sowell
    American economist, social theorist and political philosopher (1930 - )
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  • Barbara Corcoran The most expensive hobby a rich man could have is a boat, and the second most expensive hobby he could have is a very old house.
    Barbara Corcoran
    American businesswoman, investor, speaker and consultant (1949 - )
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  • Dwight D. Eisenhower The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    American president (1890 - 1969)
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  • Bill Simmons The NBA and NHL have different agendas: The NBA is much more protective of its players and its brand; the NHL has less to lose, and it's in their best interest to generate buzz any way they can.
    Bill Simmons
    American sports analyst and author (1969 - )
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  • Bob Beauprez The new discovery of a 3.3 billion barrel oil deposit off Norway's coast cements that nation's claim to being Europe's second largest oil producer.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The next best thing to saying a good thing yourself, is to quote one.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Ben Bradlee The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast.
    Ben Bradlee
    American journalist (1921 - 2014)
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  • George Eliot The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • George Eliot The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Nathaniel Hawthorne The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash.
    Nathaniel Hawthorne
    American short story writer (1804 - 1864)
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  • James Branch Cabell The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.
    James Branch Cabell
    American author (1879 - 1958)
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  • J. Robert Oppenheimer The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.
    J. Robert Oppenheimer
    American theoretical physicist and professor of physics (1904 - 1967)
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  • Cass Sunstein The original 'Star Trek' series is the classic one. Its successor, 'The Next Generation,' is less lovable, but at its best, it's smarter.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Aldous Huxley The people who kill and torture and tell lies in the name of their sacred causes, these are never the publicans and the sinners. No, they're the virtuous, respectable men, who have the finest feelings, the best brains, the noblest ideals.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Baba Kalyani The period from 2002 to 2007 was probably our best period. We created a strategy to build global scale, footprints in each of the geographies and dramatically built our international business.
    Baba Kalyani
    Indian businessman (1949 - )
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  • Will Rogers The person with the best job in the country is the vice president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, ''How is the president?''
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • Billy Collins The poets who have written the best poems about war seem to be the poets whose countries have experienced an invasion or vicious dictatorships.
    Billy Collins
    American poet (1941 - )
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  • Peter Ustinov The point of living, and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come.
    Peter Ustinov
    British actor, writer, director (1921 - 2004)
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