#second place

Property as compared with humanity, as compared with the red blood in the American people, must take second place, not first place. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#american people #blood #compared #first #humanity

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 retreat they will be destroyed. I repeat that this order be rescinded or that you find someone else. ↗

— Gerd von Rundstedt

#cannot #destroyed #else #find #first

Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money. ↗

— Sophocles

#gain #life #long #money #mortals

I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly. ↗

— Ty Cobb

#could #fire #had #i #interest

Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything in second place. ↗

— William C. Bryant

#beats #everything #place #second #second place

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 when you beat them it's something to be proud of. ↗

— Larry Dixon

#beat #been #enjoy #fighting #first

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 in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again. ↗

— Vince Lombardi

#bay #finish #finished #first #game

Second place is just the first place loser. ↗

— Dale Earnhardt

#just #loser #place #second #second place

I knew Scotty was going to win. At the beginning of the episode, I was like, 'Scotty, are you ready to win?'. I knew he was going to in my heart. I accepted it. I couldn't pick a more perfect person to get second place to. He's my best friend. ↗

— Lauren Alaina

#beginning #best #best friend #episode #friend

From the first place of liquid darkness, within the second place of air and light, I set down the following record with its mixture of fact and truths and memories of truths and its direction toward the Third Place, where the starting point is myth. ↗

— Janet Frame

#darkness #direction #down #fact #first