Second Quotes

6250 quotes by 4203 authors

Young people don't want to be second to anyone. Everyone wants to be an overnight star. Look how many years I had to wait, how… — Compay Segundo
My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The second is reading… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
Friendship first, competition second. — Yao Ming
To me, first and foremost, basketball is a fun sport. It is a hobby, an interest. And second, it is a profession. I feel that… — Yao Ming
I don't want to just go to the playoffs, I don't want to go to the playoffs and win the first round, second round, and… — Allen Iverson
If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem. — Julius Erving
The first year was hard for me to deal with. The second year was a little bit easier, but still difficult. It took me five… — Magic Johnson
Unfortunately, we don't have the option of marriage in our country. We could go to Britain or Spain or Argentina and do something symbolic, but… — Dick Cheney
Like a robe wears out over time and turns to rags, life wears out from day to day, from second to second. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
See, that's the thing about second chances. It's two people that are there for each other and support each other and care about each other… — Jacqueline Kelly
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… — Bertolt Brecht
Let go of the idea that the path will lead you to your goal. The truth is that with each step we take, we arrive.… — Paulo Coelho
As you become multi-sensory, you begin to see yourself as a soul first and a personality second. You begin to experience yourself as more than… — Gary Zukav
In this world second thoughts, it seems, are best. — Euripides
There is nothing that you can do to change the present moment. It simply is. You may be able to change the situation one second,… — Ken Keyes Jr.
I'm really a library man, or second-hand book man. — John le Carre
Scientific method, although in its more refined forms it may seem complicated, is in essence remarkably simply. It consists in observing such facts as will… — Bertrand Russell
The first rule of discovery is to have brains and good luck. The second rule of discovery is to sit tight and wait till you… — George Polya
You have to have a lot of ideas. First, if you want to make discoveries, it's a good thing to have good ideas. And second,… — Linus Pauling
Everything is deception: seeking the minimum of illusion, keeping within the ordinary limitations, seeking the maximum. In the first case one cheats the Good, by… — Franz Kafka

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