A fine marksman is with a second rate rifle is far more effective than the reverse. Votes: 3
Jeff CooperFirst-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people. Votes: 2
Leo RostenI may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer. Votes: 2
Richard StraussAlways be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. Votes: 2
Judy GarlandSecond-rate minds usually condemn everything beyond their grasp. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldFirst-rate science fiction was, and remains, more interesting than second-rate art. Votes: 0
Clive JamesLove is like those second-rate hotels where all the luxury is in the lobby. Votes: 0
Paul-Jean TouletI knew that even if I were second or third rate, it was astronomy that mattered. Votes: 0
Edwin Powell HubbleIt will help erase the idea that politics is a second-rate profession and a dirty business. Votes: 0
Robert KennedyI'm from Indiana, the home of more first-rate second-class men than any other state in the union. Votes: 0
Thomas R. MarshallIn truth, the best Bitcoin can hope for is to be a second-rate version of gold, if that. Votes: 0
Andrew Ross SorkinThere is no room in music for the second-rate - it might just as well be the nineteenth-rate. Votes: 0
Gustav HolstI never tried to emulate my father. Anyone trying to do that would be a second-rate carbon copy. Votes: 0
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.I never tried to emulate my father. Anyone trying to do that would be a second-rate carbon copy. Votes: 0
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.I never tried to emulate my father. Anyone trying to do that would be a second-rate carbon copy." Votes: 0
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.It's a shame that we have to choose between two such second-rate countries as the USSR and the USA. Votes: 0
Jorge Luis Borges