Quotes with second-best

Quotes 1541 till 1560 of 1600.

  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Ben E. King Yeah. I'm amateurish. I can play enough to write a song, or strum on a little guitar to write out a song. But, I don't play well at all. I wouldn't even attempt for a second to play in public.
    Ben E. King
    American soul and R&B singer (1938 - 2015)
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  • Al Hirschfeld You always feel the drawing you are working on is the best you've ever done... I am only interested in the present.
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  • W. Clement Stone You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back?
    W. Clement Stone
    American businessman and author (1902 - 2002)
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  • Johann Kaspar Lavater You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.
    Johann Kaspar Lavater
    Swiss theologist and mysticist (1741 - 1801)
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  • Carl Hiaasen You can do the best research and be making the strongest intellectual argument, but if readers don't get past the third paragraph you've wasted your energy and valuable ink.
    Carl Hiaasen
    American writer, author and journalist (1953 - )
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  • Caroll Spinney You can exaggerate with puppets. You're not trying to look like real people. The way the Muppets are designed is really appealing. Puppets are best if they're exaggerated creatures.
    Caroll Spinney
    American puppeteer, cartoonist, author and speaker (1933 - 2019)
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  • Ben Nicholson You can just drift unhappily towards this vision of heaven on earth, and ultimately that is what architecture is a vision of: Heaven on earth, at it's best.
    Ben Nicholson
    English painter (1894 - 1982)
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  • Barbara de Angelis You can't ask for what you want unless you know what it is. A lot of people don't know what they want or they want much less than they deserve. First you have figure out what you want. Second, you have to decide that you deserve it. Third, you have to believe you can get it. And, fourth, you have to have the guts to ask for it.
    Barbara de Angelis
    American relationship consultant, lecturer and author (1951 - )
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  • Bob Nelson You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves.
    Bob Nelson
    American comedian and actor (1958 - )
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  • Bob Seger You can't get a good crew and a good sound system, and a good light system if you do a small tour. If you want the best, those guys want a commitment of about 4 to 6 months. And I'd want the best people and the best stuff.
    Bob Seger
    American singer, songwriter and musician (1945 - )
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  • Bob Shacochis You decide which characters you want and then do the best you can to bring their humanity to the forefront in the context that you place them in - the crises in which you've placed them.
    Bob Shacochis
    American writer (1951 - )
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  • Bryce Harper You don't ever want to go out there and not be the best. You want to be the best cop that you can. Be the best writer you can be. Everybody has their goals. Everybody has their dreams.
    Bryce Harper
    American baseball player (1992 - )
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  • Bobby Seale You don't fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity.
    Bobby Seale
    American political activist (1936 - )
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  • Brendan I. Koerner You don't have to be Wilt Chamberlain to get into the Basketball Hall of Fame. If you don't have a sweet turnaround jumper from 18 feet, the best route to the Hall is fatherhood. Daniel Biasone, aka the 'father of the 24-second clock,' made the cut.
    Brendan I. Koerner
    American author (1974 - )
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  • Harvey S. Firestone You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself.
    Harvey S. Firestone
    American businessman
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  • Bryan Callen You go into an audition, you're either the one or you're not, and if you're not, you go home. And I kind of like that. If you're really good, and you're the best guy in the room that day, you get the job.
    Bryan Callen
    American stand-up comedian, actor, writer (1967 - )
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  • Bow Wow You got to keep all your weaknesses away, and my weakness is women. I love women too much. Which has definitely road-blocked me. I just try my best to channel my energy to other things and remain focused while making my work as fun as everything else.
    Bow Wow
    American rapper and actor (Shad Gregory Moss) (1987 - )
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  • Eleanor Roosevelt You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    American "First Lady" and columnist (1884 - 1962)
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  • Yogi Berra You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn't enough, in the second half, you have to give what is left.
    Yogi Berra
    American baseball player (1925 - 2015)
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All second-best famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com (page 78)