Second Place Quotes
69 quotes by 64 authors
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Second place is just the first place loser.
— Dale Earnhardt
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People's mood is really determined primarily by their genetic make-up and personality, and in the second place by their immediate context, and only in the…
— Daniel Kahneman
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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…
— Vince Lombardi
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I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.
— Iris Murdoch
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Property as compared with humanity, as compared with the red blood in the American people, must take second place, not first place.
— Woodrow Wilson
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It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike -- in the second place, folks don't like to have someone around knowin' more…
— Harper Lee
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I can see that you're in love, but only in a very narrow sense. It's the love of someone that finds charms and qualities in…
— Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
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I took his wildness from him and tried to fold it into myself, filling up the empty spaces all those second place finishes left behind.
— Sarah Dessen
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I felt like - like I don't know what. Like this wasn't real. Like I was in some Goth version of a bad sitcom. Instead…
— Stephenie Meyer
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It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike--in the second place, folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they…
— Harper Lee
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Whatever the reason, first place was always Solo, always, always, always, and second place was usually Chewbacca, because if you weren't the one saving the…
— Charles Yu
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Anger does not come easy to me. It is something I have to encourage, like a greyhound in second place.
— Joe Dunthorne
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I love feeling loved. I don't love knowing that I will always come in second place. I love the fact that at least sometimes when…
— Jodi Picoult
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In the end, it's extra effort that separates a winner from second place. But winning takes a lot more that that, too. It starts with…
— Jesse Owens
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If I cannot in honest happiness take the second place (or the twentieth); if I cannot take the first without making a fuss about my…
— Amy Carmichael
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One thing I learnt early on my career is that personal gratification takes second place.
— Brian O'Driscoll
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It is madness to attempt to hold. In the first place the troops cannot do it and in the second place if they do not…
— Gerd von Rundstedt
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But since we've been fighting for first or second place, it's grabbed the media's attention. I enjoy racing them. They are a good team and…
— Larry Dixon
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Second place is not a defeat. It is a stimulation to get better. It makes you even more determined.
— Unknown Author
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Your second place I burn through ya dont try to play cuz second place would be the first loser. I think Im Big Meech Larry…
— D Pryde
Who Wrote These Second Place Quotes
64 authors contributed a total of 69 Second Place Quotes, led by these top contributors: