Runner Up Quotes

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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.

    Mr Right   Dating   Facts  
    Craig Groeschel (2011). “Love, Sex, and Happily Ever After”, p.93, Multnomah
  • What happened to the winner" Adina asked. "She tripped." "And the first runner-up?" Miss Michigan cracked her knuckles. "She tripped, too.

    Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.60, Scholastic Inc.
  • It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better be running.

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

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

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

    Band   Made   Runners  
    FaceBook post by Jack Black from Aug 24, 2013
  • It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

    "Moral Letters to Lucilius (Letter LXXXIV)". Book by Seneca the Younger, 1920.
  • In war there is no second prize for the runner-up.

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

    Horse   Champion   Mind  
  • 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.

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

    Awards   Years   Bipolar  
    "Wishful Drinking like". Book by Carrie Fisher, December 2, 2008.
  • In war there is no prize for runner-up.

    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • Which one of you is going to be runner-up?

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

    Hate   Winner   Treats  
    "Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker". www.imdb.com. 2006.
  • Joy is the best makeup. But a little lipstick is a close runner-up.

    Makeup   Joy   Littles  
  • 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.

    Source: collider.com
  • 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.

    Fun   Winning   Thinking  
    Interview with Jerry Nunn, chicago.gopride.com. December 19, 2013.
  • 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.'

    Kids   Careers   Long  
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