My priority as a writer is that my reader's entertainment…

Then again, the name, the associations with a writer's name, can add to the reader's entertainment and pleasure.

— Jonathan Ames

“Art is too often discounted as a secondary priority. The writer is necessary to society.”

— Kayla Rae Whitaker

The Lord always comes first in our lives, and then everything else comes second. And so with my music and with my platform, I…

— Gabby Barrett

It's been the most important thing to me, is to be a good person first, tennis comes second.

— Dylan Alcott

“If a woman named Ms. Silver won a gold medal, she’d probably be a little disappointed she didn’t place second. My love always finishes…

— Jarod Kintz

My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what's important to me.

— Michael Imperioli

In my life, my religion comes first, and obviously, my family comes second.

— Naseem Hamed

“Respect for the dead comes second to respect for the living, and I believe no man's demise exempts him from culpability.”

— Anthony Loyd

Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything that comes in second.

— Paul Bryant

Take the second chance when it comes, because you will never get a second chance at a second chance.

— Bernajoy Vaal

“Managing games comes second. Managing people comes first.”

— John Feinstein

I boxed a lot as a kid, so it's something that comes second nature to me.

— J. R. Ramirez

I think life is the most important thing and you have to live that first and then you're art comes second.

— Jenny Lewis

Have fun writing, because it enhances both the writer's and reader's experience.

— Phillip Lopate

The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, it's about us, it's about the reader.

— Ben Okri