Quotes with second-best

Quotes 1321 till 1340 of 1600.

  • Vince Lombardi There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again.
    Vince Lombardi
    American football player (1913 - 1970)
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  • George Eliot There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • James Truslow Adams There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behaves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.
    James Truslow Adams
    American writer and historian (1878 - 1949)
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  • George Bernard Shaw There may be some doubt as to who are the best people to have charge of children, but there can be no doubt that parents are the worst.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Auberon Herbert There never yet has been a great system sustained by force under which all the best faculties of men have not slowly withered.
    Auberon Herbert
    British writer, theorist, philosopher
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  • Thomas B. Macaulay There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen.
    Thomas B. Macaulay
    American essayist and historian (1800 - 1859)
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  • Bob Kane There were other Batman writers throughout the years but they could never capture the style and flavor of Bill's scripts. Bill was the best writer in the business and it seemed that he was destined to write Batman.
    Bob Kane and Tom Andrae (1989)
    Bob Kane
    American comic book writer, animator and artist (1915 - 1998)
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  • Billy Corgan There's a difference between being a poseur and being someone who's so emotionally challenged they're kind of just doing their best to show you what they've got.
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Bob Hayes There's a lot of pain in my heart because what I accomplished was second to none. I'm not losing any sleep, but I do pay attention every year at this time.
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  • Bill Engvall There's a lot of things I believe in this world. I believe in God, I believe in the United States of America, and I support and believe in the Second Amendment.
    Bill Engvall
    American comedian and actor (1957 - )
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  • Bill Simmons There's a tipping point that happens with soccer in which you just kinda get it. I was drawn to it because the best soccer teams play similarly to my favorite basketball teams - like the eighties Lakers or eighties Celtics - teams that emphasized teamwork over individualism and relied on passing as their biggest ongoing edge.
    Bill Simmons
    American sports analyst and author (1969 - )
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  • Mark Twain There's always something about your success that displeases even your best friends.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • H. Rap Brown There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.
    H. Rap Brown
    American activist (1943 - )
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  • Helen Rowland There's so much saint in the worst of them, and so much devil in the best of them, that a woman who's married to one of them, has nothing to learn of the rest of them.
    Helen Rowland
    American journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • Bill Luther These issues are so important. I just felt the best thing to do right now is contribute and go forward.
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  • Anthony Trollope They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes.
    Anthony Trollope
    British writer (1815 - 1882)
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  • John Wooden Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
    John Wooden
    American basketball player and head coach (1910 - 2010)
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  • Art Linkletter Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out.
    Art Linkletter
    Canadian-born American radio and television personality (1912 - 2010)
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  • Malcolm Forbes Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all.
    Malcolm Forbes
    American businessman and publisher (Forbes Magazine) (1919 - 1990)
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  • Arthur Henderson This is our world, and we must make the best of it.
    Arthur Henderson
    British Labour politician
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