Being Second Quotes: top 95 famous quotes about Being Second

Being Second Quotes & Sayings

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I'm tired of being second ... I'm done with it. — Kevin Durant

Self-awareness of one's faults, far from being the first step to growth, is very often the second foot in the mud. — Bauvard

One second I was cleaning up dinner and the next I was being devoured like I was dessert. — Kelly Oram

I wonder if it's ok being a second-rate painter. — W. Somerset Maugham

Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it is constantly changing, constantly being renewed. — Casey Miller

He was smart, but he had to be smarter. No points for second place. — Kenneth Eade

Are you an idiot, or an idiot?' Gargarin hissed.
'The first one. I really resent being called the second. — Melina Marchetta

You get NOWT for being second. — Don Revie

I don't hate the government. I don't think the Second Amendment is being infringed upon. — Henry Rollins

True strength is knowing that you don't have to be strong every single second of the day. — Mandy Hale

For if we know perfect beauty, with our eyes and with our ears, even for a second, we'll come that tiny bit closer to being it ourselves. — Richard Harvell

It was a death struggle every day being a Yankee you either won or you lost. There was no second place. Half of us were nuts by the end of a season. — Jerry Coleman

Any president's second term ends up being quite messy. It never goes quite according to plan. — Armando Iannucci

I stared at him. Maybe it had been hard for him being second best too. — Jacqueline Wilson

Everything other than being the second choice is hazardous of all the sins. — Swatii Chandak

Being Number One isn't everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it's way ahead of whatever's in second place. — Billie Jean King

His second ... must give him the pleasantest proof of its being a great deal better to choose than to be chosen, to excite gratitude than to feel it. — Jane Austen

A good friend stands in harm's way for you the second you ask
but a great friend does it without being asked at all. — Ian Caldwell

I'm saying that some men are saints. Some are happy being meek and humble and unambitious. Some men are born content to be second-best. — James Clavell

Yes, Shelby, You're the real best thing in his life. I know. I guess I can deal with being second best."

- Emily to Shelby — Ruth Ford Elward

I don't believe in being broken beyond repair. I believe in second chances. — Jillian Lauren

My first world is humanity. My second world is humanism. And, I live in the third world being merely a human. — Santosh Kalwar

Being educated means to prefer the best not only to the worst but to the second best. — William Lyon Phelps

Mr Newton, a fellow of our College, and very young, being but the second year master of arts; but of an extraordinary genius and proficiency. — Isaac Barrow

It just gets hard, always being someone's second choice — Morgan Matson

The new discovery of a 3.3 billion barrel oil deposit off Norway's coast cements that nation's claim to being Europe's second largest oil producer. — Bob Beauprez

In climbing, there was always a fraction of a second between the security of being locked in and the freedom of an actual rappel. — Paul Aertker

Men have two greatest fears: the first fear is the fear of being needed, and the second fear is the fear of not being needed. — C. JoyBell C.

The last thing Mitch really remembered was ... being on top of Sissy. He'd had a split second of thinking, Wow. This feels really good. — Shelly Laurenston

You just wish sometimes that people would treat you like a human being rather than seeing your gender first and who you are second. — Frances O'Grady

Being on TV is similar to being an athlete. You get no second chances. — Lara Spencer

Sometimes, I feel like I spent the first part of my life wishing to be a teen-age boy, and the second part condemned to being one. — S.E. Hinton

Two things compel me to move. First, the fear of being alone. I don't want to be alone here. Second, the aching need to beat Blake in any way. — Alex Rosa

Solitude is a wonderful thing in two ways. First, it allows a man to be with himself, and second, it prevents him being with others. — Paul Hoffman

Our first half is about how to make a living, and our second half has the promise of being about how to make a life. — Bob Buford

Control yourself every passing second and make sure that no unit of time is being wasted — Sunday Adelaja

I really don't care about being the first, so long as it inspires someone else to be second. — Raha Moharrak

Being loved is life's second greatest blessing; loving is the greatest. — Jack Hyles

You're an immortal, divine being. A little god, and yet, you toil like a slave. Isn't that hilarious? — Stefan Emunds

If I could make millions of dollars being a softball player, I would quit acting in a second. — Danny Masterson

What some people love is not a person but the experience of being in love. The first is irreplaceable; the second is not. — Fulton J. Sheen

Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets' being second-rate. — Horace

I am big into water sports and just being out on the water. That is second nature to me, being from Florida. — Jake Owen

If people have to put labels on me, I'd prefer the first label to be human being, the second label to be pacifist, and the third to be folk singer. — Joan Baez

Second chances are not that important. What's important, is being ready when the first chance
is given. — Jay Long

The second part of it, which I think is really critical, is understanding that being creative means that you have to sell your ideas. — Jocelyn K. Glei

If the being of God ceased for one second, the universe would disappear. — R.C. Sproul

I am just making up for being far too sensible when I was young. — Robert Black

Being a late bloomer gives you a second chance at life. — Rhyme Devereux

A writer in someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he is. — Orhan Pamuk

If any man should ask me what is the first, second, and third part of being a Christian, I must answer 'Action!' — Thomas Brooks

I am absolutely delighted to have come second. Who cares about winning when you can be second? I love being runner-up. — Tom Weiskopf

When would I stop being second choice? Would I ever be number one to the person I cared most about in the world? — A Meredith Walters

Perhaps the world's second-worst crime is boredom; the first is being a bore. — Cecil Beaton

I love every second of being a mom. — Lily Aldridge

Every heart beats and radiates love every moment. Every human being desires your love every second. — Debasish Mridha

It was like being pleased y a thorn bush, feeling fond of every prickle. Another second and he was going to say something ridiculous like that. — C.S. Pacat

If my parents had made love a tenth of a second earlier or later, I wouldn't exist. What an enormous miracle, just being given life. — Warren Farrell

The best people are always the worst. They drive everyone mad by being so good at second-guessing everything bad. — Criss Jami

I don't like the phrase having it all. It implies we're being greedy, like "have a second piece of pie." — Kirsten Gillibrand

There are two sides to being pregnant. There is the beautiful, wonderful blessing side. The second side - it sucks! — Tamar Braxton

I think being a woman is like being Irish ... Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the time. — Iris Murdoch

The hardest thing about being productive is not the work, but the split second it takes to decide to take control. — David Allen

If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem. — Julius Erving

The human being to lack that second skin we call egoism has not yet been born, it lasts much longer than the other one, that bleeds so readily. — Jose Saramago

The greatest challenge in life is discovering who you are, The second greatest is being happy with what you find. — Auliq Ice

I was always more interested in being a woman first and an advertising person second. — Shirley Polykoff

Garments are our second skin, and the truer of the two for being the one we choose. — A.E. Marling

The second attention is the occult side of the being. It is the ability to manipulate others, be it for good or ill intent. — Frederick Lenz

I understand we're on our way to being a Third World country. Could we just stop at 'Second World' before we get there? — Bill Maher

If we try to emulate the leadership style of others we perceive as successful, we end up being second-rate versions of someone else. — Henna Inam

The Second World War is and was constantly being drudged up by Blair and Bush to rationalize the invasion of Iraq. — Robert Fisk

Like the one-sentence paragraph, the second-person point of view can also make us suspect that style is being used as a substitute for content. — Francine Prose

The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it. — Ray Kroc

Taking without being taken in the anguish of becoming prey is the dangerous game of adolescent feminine sexuality. — Simone De Beauvoir

People go on about the first time being important, but it's the second time that really matters. Or the second person, anyway. — Nick Hornby

I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen. — Rosa Parks

I'd have to be really quick to describe clouds - a split second's enough for them to start being something else. — Wislawa Szymborska

I'm a mom first. That's all I really care about - being a good mom and a good wife. The writing always comes second for me. — Amy Koppelman

After five years in Ferrari, being second all the time, I think it was enough for me. — Fernando Alonso

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

I clearly understand, first, that the real human being is a poet and, second, that [the tyrant] is the incarnate negation of a poet. — Vladimir Nabokov

To me, the most important thing in life is to be a human being. Second is acting. — Peter Stormare

I stay where I am for just one second longer, for one second reveling in the feeling of being held, touched with tenderness, even if it isn't real. — Cindy C. Bennett

I am not one of those young ladies who are so daring to risk their happiness on the chance of being asked a second time. — Jane Austen

I think the second you think that you're funny is when you stop being funny. — Mila Kunis

I think Vikings have always been popular, haven't they? I remember being a kid and being in second grade reading a book about this Viking warrior. — Cullen Bunn

An honest heart being the first blessing, a knowing head is the second. — Thomas Jefferson

Being informed is different from being formed, and the first is a common substitute for the second. — Richard Rohr

I don't mind being second Beathie. As long as I'm last. — Angela Morrison

A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. — James Madison

I'm much more open to being a supporting actor right now. At the age of 60, I'll be second fiddle. Fine. I'm happy to do it. — Robin Williams

There is no pressure at the top. The pressure is being second or third. — Jose Mourinho

My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint. — Erma Bombeck

If you want to know the value of a second, ask the person who just crossed the road at the wrong time and barely escaped being hit by a speeding car. — Sunday Adelaja