Quotes About Second Guessing

#1. Voters tell politicians what they want through the ballot box. Constantly second-guessing them by speculating whether the parties should gang up on each other misses the point.

Nick Clegg

#2. If you ever want to get the facts straight about me or the Batman, please write to the original source, myself, for the truth, instead of second guessing.

Bob Kane

#3. She had the conviction of the newly converted, which wouldn't last forever, but would for the moment brook no discouragement or allow for second-guessing.

Joshua Ferris

#4. Mistaken, always second guessing, underestimated, look I'm still around.

Pink

#5. I agree with the President that second-guessing is not a strategy, but at the same time, I want to continue the dialogue that ultimately will lead to bringing all of our troops home.

Howard Coble

#6. Comedians second-guessing themselves is scary. Poor taste is not a crime and we can't forget that.

Jeff Ross

#7. Accept the fact that you're an artist and stop second-guessing yourself. Just do it.

Julia Cameron

#8. The best people are always the worst. They drive everyone mad by being so good at second-guessing everything bad.

Criss Jami

#9. eyes. "Trust only those who fear you more than God. You got one life to live and don't waste it second-guessing yourself.

Tony Steele

#10. Though a degree from Yale was not required, Pinchot wanted his foresters to be able to write well, for the numerous reports that their enemies in Congress would be second-guessing.

Timothy Egan

#11. You know what's interesting about Washington? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature.

George W. Bush

#12. Finish the damn book. Nothing else matters. Stop second guessing yourself and write it through to the end. You don't know what you have until you've finished it. You don't know how to fix it until it's all down on the page.

Lauren Beukes

#13. Ike was like a giant umbrella. He absorbed what was coming down from above, shielded his commanders from higher authority, and about them to fight the war without excessive second-guessing.

Jean Edward Smith

#14. Oh, before I get carried away with my news - how are you? I hope you're doing all right and not second-guessing your decision to back away from your marriage plans. Honestly, though, I've been doing some of that here, but for different reasons, of course. Well,

Beverly Lewis

#15. I hate second-guessing other lawyers because I know that I've tried and lost cases, and somebody could sit there and say, 'Should have done it this way,' and they'd have been right.

Scott Turow

#16. Our brains are no longer conditioned for reverence and awe. We cannot imagine a Second Coming that would not be cut down to size by the televised evening news, or a Last Judgment not subject to pages of holier-than-Thou second-guessing in The New York Review of Books.

John Updike

#17. One should make the best choice possible given the circumstances, and then avoid second-guessing for the sake of one's own sanity.

Lisa Kleypas

#18. The more you understand how you receive guidance, the less time you will spend second guessing yourself and the more confidently you can be about the information you receive.

Catherine Carrigan

#19. Managers have people second-guessing them all the time.

Don Mattingly

#20. 'cause only the Lord knows the heart of a man. ain't our job to be second-guessing.

Mary E. Pearson

#21. When you're a father, you know exactly where your heart really is. There's no question of it, no doubt. That part of your life has no second guessing.

Fred Ward

#22. One of the nice things about being a private company is operating without the intensity of public glare. It's hard to grow a company under a microscope of constant second guessing.

Sarah Lacy

#23. I promised myself no regrets," she whispered into the darkness. "No what-ifs, no second guessing. I promised myself that I was going to live my life, instead of always taking the safe route.

Susan Mallery

#24. No matter what the reason, the ways I tried to justify the situation, the second-guessing that lingered, nothing could change the fact that people stopped existing because of me.

Clint Van Winkle

#25. For someone attacked by criminals to be victimized a second time by a second-guessing legal system is wrong.

Wayne LaPierre

#26. Most films I work on, the people making the film are constantly second-guessing the executives of the studio, the producer, and the audience. It is very hard to accomplish anything in that situation.

Carter Burwell

#27. I question every move. I'm constantly second-guessing myself.

Mark Duplass

#28. You can choose who you want to be the hero [in Hard Candy], but youll be second-guessing yourself
theres just no right answer. Our society is obsessed with finding good and finding evil, but I think were all capable of anything.

Ellen Page

#29. I am not second-guessing or questioning my understanding of the issue

Christine Maggiore

#30. Possibly, there was something to be said for the intellectual discipline of second-guessing what you thought was true.

Kwame Anthony Appiah

#31. You don't waste time on suspecting or second guessing when you confront.

Sunday Adelaja

#32. This felt right. Not just leaving, but how I was doing it. Without regret, without second guessing. And with Wes right there, holding the door open for me as I walked out into the light.

Sarah Dessen

#33. I don't want to hear another word about my attitude. i don't want anyone looking over my shoulder, and I sure as hell don't want anyone second-guessing what I do. (Mitch Rapp)

Vince Flynn

#34. Second guessing a decision is a waste of time.

Jack O'Neill

#35. The author says this socially respectable option NOT to parent has actually made parenthood more stressful. The knowledge that parents have chosen that role allows for unrealistic buildup of expectations and unavoidable second-guessing.

Jennifer Senior

#36. Some thoughts should never be conceived. Some questions should never be asked, because they have no answer, and the questions themselves serve only to haunt with grinding guilt and second guessing.

Bobby Adair

#37. When outcomes are uncertain, most of us spend a great deal of energy ruminating, worrying, and second-guessing ourselves. Not only is this a waste of time, but it makes us less likely to succeed

Melanie Greenberg

#38. It seemed to me that these months of watching and listening, second-guessing words and phrases, seeking so much that was new, had somehow changed me.

Sara Sheridan

#39. Listen, young people, I understand narcissism - clearly. But at least I have the decency to hate myself. And that's what's missing from the young people. They don't have the debilitating self-loathing and the second guessing.

Janeane Garofalo

#40. Whenever I got a shot, the team that selected me, I just promised myself that I would give them something that they wouldn't regret ... The Chicago Bears drafted me, and I'm going to make sure they're not second-guessing themselves about that.

Devin Hester

#41. You get frustrated when you don't win and when you're not successful. You have to keep battling. You don't give up. You don't start second guessing yourself.

Daunte Culpepper

#42. I started second-guessing myself and was always questioning myself. I have really learned a lot.

Yani Tseng

#43. Other people's perfection is a facade we create when we are second guessing ourselves

Lisa Renee Jones

#44. My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.
[The Science of Second-Guessing (New York Times Magazine Interview, December 12, 2004)]

Stephen Hawking

#45. Even when you do the right thing, sometimes there are dire consequences. Second-guessing every step prevents any forward momentum. Trust yourself, forgive yourself and move on.

A.G. Howard

#46. Shouldn't let go of being educated," he said. "Universe spent a lot of time telling you something. Now you're second-guessing it. Maybe all those other things were getting you ready for this." Something

James S.A. Corey

#47. Move forward with no second-guessing, no guilt trips, no hesitation. Your purpose is to recreate yourself anew in each moment.

Neale Donald Walsch

#48. Sovereigns did not have the luxury of second-guessing or all future commands could be questioned. That could never be. God did not allow his anointed to be wrong.

Jeane Westin

#49. But I still remained paralyzed by indecision, reluctance, and endless second-guessing ...

Emily Giffin

#50. As an artist, you have to maintain focus and eliminate the distraction of second-guessing yourself based on the opinions of others.

Dwight Yoakam

#51. Who are the 20% of people who produce 80% of your enjoyment and propel you forward, and which 20% cause 80% of your depression, anger, and second-guessing?

Timothy Ferriss

#52. Werewolf is a simple game for a large group of people (seven or more.) It requires no equipment besides some bits of paper; you can play it just sitting in a circle. I'd call it a party game, except that it's a game of accusations, lying, bluffing, second-guessing, assassination, and mob hysteria.

Andrew Plotkin

#53. Confidence is everything. If you start second guessing yourself, you're bound to run into more bad outings

Trevor Hoffman

#54. There has never been a campaign where there hasn't been sniping from the outside and second-guessing. I hear the same sometimes from the Democratic side in terms of President Obama's campaign, so that's to be expected.

Rob Portman

#55. President Gerald R. Ford was never one for second-guessing, but for many years after leaving office in 1977, he carried in his wallet a scrap of a 1915 Supreme Court ruling. 'A pardon,' the excerpt said, 'carries an imputation of guilt,' and acceptance of a pardon is 'a confession of it.'

Scott Shane

#56. Once you've achieved success, and you're making decisions that are working, I don't understand why anyone would be second-guessing themselves.

Chelsea Handler

#57. There is a difference between responsible criticism that aims for success and defeatism that refuses to acknowledge anything but failure. Hindsight alone is not wisdom, and second-guessing is not a strategy.

George W. Bush

#58. Second-guessing a Red Sox manager is like bemoaning Cape Cod traffic - it's a time-honored summer ritual.

Anonymous

#59. But now was not the time for second-guessing, nor was it the time for compassion. Now was the time for death, quick and brutal and terrible.

James Hunter

#60. I don't get into that second guessing of myself publicly.

Stephen Harper

#61. I feel like I'm adapting to society. I went feral a little bit. I found that when I would get back to the city, if there was any second-guessing about stuff, it would happen.

Luke Temple

#62. I don't know why I'm second-guessing Crevan's sanity - I'm sitting here talking to a hedgehog mime.

T. Kingfisher

#63. Things change all the time, and they'll probably never be the same again. It's just the natural evolution of the human condition. Things change, and whatever it is is what it is. I mean, you try to start second guessing that, you either get rich or die broke.

Guy Clark

#64. Life is pointless. Love is pointless. And still, wouldn't I do every second of it all over again?"
"I'm guessing yes."
"Undoubtedly. Yes.

Kiera Cass

#65. When people don't trust you, they may walk with you but they second guess every step you take- don't believe what you say is what you mean...

Assegid Habtewold

#66. So, that's the secret to happiness? Don't tak life seriously?" I ask.
"No," she says. "Take life seriously. That you have to do. Don't take yourself seriously, that's the key. Let it all go. Don't care for a second what people think of you. In fact, go out of your way to keep them guessing.

Katie Kacvinsky

#67. Now, I'm so relaxed that I have to make myself nervous. I feel better when I'm second and third guessing myself over everything. I play with the mice in my head, all the time.

John Singleton

#68. Do not bother yourself with what ifs

Jocelyn Murray