Runner Up Quotes

• In war there is no second prize for the runner-up.

  Omar N. Bradley

  Peace, Military, War

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• It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Success, Uplifting

  "Moral Letters to Lucilius (Letter LXXXIV)". Book by Seneca the Younger, 1920.

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• In war there is no prize for runner-up.

  Seneca the Younger

  War, Philosophical, Runners

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Well, fortunately we found out that the runner-up our particular year was going to get a record contract also. So it was kind of a - it was bitter sweet but it was an opportunity.

  Clay Aiken

  Sweet, Opportunity, Years

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

  Tom Weiskopf

  Golf, Winning, Love Is

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• You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry's favorite horse was named Champion. He ain't ever had one called Runner Up.

  Gene Mauch

  Horse, Champion, Mind

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• It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better be running.

  Abe Gubegna

  Running, Athletic, Matter

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• If you want to become the best runner you can be, start now. Don't spend the rest of your life wondering if you can do it.

  Priscilla Welch

  Motivational, Softball, Running

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• I have so many runner-up cups that I am thinking of starting my own tea shop.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Thinking, Tea, Cups

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• You have an advantage if you win. I always think it's best to be remembered as a winner rather than as the runner-up. It's definitely more fun getting the gold than it is the silver.

  Simon Cowell

  Fun, Winning, Thinking

  Interview with Jerry Nunn, chicago.gopride.com. December 19, 2013.

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• Joy is the best makeup. But a little lipstick is a close runner-up.

  Anne Lamott

  Makeup, Joy, Littles

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• If this is what you do to the winner, I'd hate to see how you treat the runner up.

  Anthony Horowitz

  Hate, Winner, Treats

  "Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker". www.imdb.com. 2006.

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• It sucks to be the runner-up because I've been the runner-up for a long time in my career. I would get so close and then lose a huge movie and sometimes it's one kid who beats you out for three different movies. It's so frustrating at the time, but what's so great is the lesson you take from that, which is, 'I've got to get better.'

  Jason Dohring

  Kids, Careers, Long

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• And, just for good measure, here are a handful of runners up:
  For now the seventh summer carries you,
  A wanderer, across the lands and waters.

  Virgil

  Summer, Land, Water

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• Which one of you is going to be runner-up?

  Walter Hagen

  Golf, Runners

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• The fact is, you can't marry the best when you're dating the runner-up. While you're searching for Mr. Right, don't settle for Mr. Right Now.

  Craig Groeschel

  Mr Right, Dating, Facts

  Craig Groeschel (2011). “Love, Sex, and Happily Ever After”, p.93, Multnomah

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• What happened to the winner" Adina asked. "She tripped." "And the first runner-up?" Miss Michigan cracked her knuckles. "She tripped, too.

  Libba Bray

  Missing, Michigan, Knuckles

  Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.60, Scholastic Inc.

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• Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.

  Christopher McDougall

  Inspirational, Motivational, Running

  Christopher McDougall (2010). “Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen”, p.13, Profile Books

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• I'm not a director that's about precision and control and perfection, I'm about creating an atmosphere that's organic and interesting and then letting people loose, and for that there's no greater actor or performer than children. Animals are maybe a close runner-up.

  David Gordon Green

  Children, Animal, Creating

  Source: collider.com

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• Having waited my entire life to get an award for something, anything...I now get awards all the time for being mentally ill. It’s better than being bad at being insane, right? How tragic would it be to be runner-up for Bipolar Woman of the Year?

  Carrie Fisher

  Awards, Years, Bipolar

  "Wishful Drinking like". Book by Carrie Fisher, December 2, 2008.

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• If Beethoven and Bach hooked up with Mozart and made a band, they could be a distant runner up to The D.

  Jack Black

  Band, Made, Runners

  FaceBook post by Jack Black from Aug 24, 2013

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