Second Best Quotes

Not to have been born is undoubtedly best, but sound sleep is second best.

The best things cannot be told because they transcend thought. The second best are misunderstood because they are the thoughts that are supposed to refer to that which cannot be thought about. The third best are what we talk about.

We must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils.

Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.

Why should we in America be second best in anything when it comes to human rights?

When you come in as the second overall pick, the last thing you want is for guys to think you believe you've made it. Because that's the farthest thing from the truth.

Second place is really the first loser.

The most expensive thing in the world is a second-best military establishment, good but not good enough to win.

I've always been second fiddle, man, to everything. Everything. But I never believed that I was lesser than this person, that person, anybody. I always thought I was on the same level.

The best of all things is something entirely outside your grasp: not to be born, not to be, to be nothing. But the second-best thing for you - is to die soon.

I'd always much rather be second choice on anything because it makes you work harder.

I'm tired of being your best friend. I'm tired of being second best. I won't settle for that anymore. It's all or nothing, Schuyler. You have to decide. Him or me. - Oliver Hazzard-Perry

It's always been a dream of mine, and a childhood fantasy, to play a great champion. I would much rather haven been an athlete than an actor. This is like some second place consolation prize.

No matter what you do, give it everything you have. Be the best, not the second best.

When the writer has done his best, he then should proceed to do his second best.

You are the only you ... You are the best you. You will always be the second best anyone else.

Second place is just the first place loser.

I love football. I really love football, As far as I'm concerned, it's the second best thing in the world.

I'd rather have a second-best decision diligently pursued than a first-best decision lackadaisically pursued.

I was interested in the narrative of how we nurture our elite in this society: all that stuff about believing in yourself and not accepting second best. Our inner world is at odds with that.

The engagement policy of détente made the United States number two in a world where it is dangerous, if not fatal, to be second best

They're the second best team in the world, and there's no higher praise than that.

I once did something right. I played first-rate basketball. I really did. And after you're first-rate at something, no matter what, it kind of takes the kick out of being second-rate.

Why be second best at anything?

I can think of nothing more soul destroying in life than to persist in trying to do a thing you want desperately to do well, and to know that you are at the best second rate.