Second Quotes

The framers gave us the Second Amendment not so we could go deer or duck hunting but to give us a modicum of protection against congressional tyranny.

The science about life is very optimistic. Every second, four people in the world die, and six are born. This is optimistic.

My friends are my second family. Sometimes friends can understand my problem but my family can't.

If it weren't for second chances, we'd all be alone.

I want to use every second of my life, every time that I have in my life, to make me a better fighter. That's why I'm a martial artist. For me, it's more than a job - it's a way of living

There's an old adage that for every second too fast per mile in the first half of the race, you'll run at least 2 seconds slower at the end.

Second place is the first loser.

The instances that second marriage move Are base respects of thrift, but none of love.

[When it comes to God] We can't run out of second chances...only time.

I've always been humble and this even humbled me even more to definitely get a second chance at my career. There are still chapters I'm writing in this legacy.

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.

If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice.

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

The more perfect music we have, the more attractive the peculiarities and anomalies of human performance become. Perfection is a second rate idea.

Now, we are selling over 5 million songs a day now. Isn't that unbelievable? That's 58 songs every second of every minute of every hour of every day.

If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?

Lesson learned: If a guy tells you you're his second choice, don't make him your first.

I ask you sir, who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people.

To desire with one’s very soul every second of every day to accomplish one’s aim.

If the mortality rate seems high we must realize that Nature is a ruthless teacher. There are no second chances in Mother Nature's Survival Course.

Little more can reasonably be aimed at with respect to the people at large than to have them properly armed.

I didn't lose. I got second. That's still winning. How could I be unhappy with second place? There are a million people who would love to be in my position.

I believe in a God of a second chance and a God of love and mercy, because I need so much more of it myself.

The best things cannot be told, the second best are misunderstood. After that comes civilized conversation; after that, mass indoctrination; after that, intercultural exchange.

I wear a lot of second hand clothes unless I have a concert and then I wear beaded and sequined second hand clothes. No stylist dresses me although I do have a woman that assists me with the buttons.

The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic.

The First Amendment is crucial. Of course it is. So are all the others. And the Second Amendment is the one that guarantees that people can bear arms to protect themselves.

One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.

I intend to dedicate my remaining time as president of the NRA to ensure that the Second Amendment is safe from Al Gore and all those who threaten it.

'The Sixth Sense' is fine the second time around, but honestly, the first time around, it's dazzling.

Animators have to live life 24 times as long as we do - every 24 frames of a second.

Real rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to any other accomplishment.

Chance favors only those who court her.

Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready.

When you get second place, you say 'I could have won it here, I could have won it there.' When you win, you never say anything; it's finished.

In the Second Amendment, it's not about hunting, it's not about target shooting, it's about protecting your home and your family and your life.

Set exorbitant standards, and give your people hell when they don't live up to them. There is nothing so demoralizing as a boss who tolerates second rate work.

When we have "second thoughts" about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at all - just feelings.

Such are a well regulated militia, composed of the freeholders, citizen and husbandman, who take up arms to preserve their property, as individuals, and their rights as freemen.

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.

A lot of my best parts I've been the second choice for, so you never get too egotistical about anything.

I could have easily gone down the wrong path and dropped out of school, but I was given a second chance.

I have always been thinking about the sounds and shades and aromas of words - fitting them together or disrupting their customary march - more or less every second of my life, waking and sleeping.

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

Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.

People who know how to creatively break the rules also know why the rules were there in the first place.

I was always amazed about how much I could finally squeeze into a thirty second commercial.

Documentaries are the first line of education, and the second line of education is dramatization, such as 'The Pacific'.

Sometimes you don’t get a second chance. You need to take a chance when you have the opportunity. Always.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.