Famous Quotes & Sayings

Georg Baselitz

My Paintings are Battles.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

Is it not strange that mankind should so willingly battle for religion and so unwillingly live according to its precepts?

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Look at that battle you are involved in; you are caught in it: you are it.

Harper Lee

Being Southerners, it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors on either side of the Battle of Hastings.

It's sad just because I'm going to miss this. I could have done better, but it's OK. And it was more of just a battle for second place. (Creek) has a really huge school and so many students, but I'm happy for them.

Jussi Jokinen

It's pretty hard to explain it. I enjoy that situation. It's like a 1-on-1 battle between me and the goalie.

It's probably going to be a little tougher now with all the attention, but that's OK. It's a battle between the spirit and the flesh. Now, it's going to be a battle between the spirit and the flesh to not hold my head too high.

It's pretty tough to say we're going to go out and win the Big Ten title with Michigan returning. But our aspirations are to battle for a Big Ten title.

Daniel played his game, that's why he won. He had a battle plan and he stuck with it. That's why he came out on top.

You try to tell people you don't think about it too much, but it was definitely like take a step back and breathe deep, ... There was a battle at the slot position going on and the coaches had a tough decision to make. Fortunately they have enough belief in me that I did well enough that they could use me again. I've got to make sure I go out there and continue to do my job and make sure that they're happy that they went in the decision they did.

The non-conference is always a mixed bag. Our non-conference contests are good, but we need to be prepared for St. Francis (Pa.) at the end of September. Every conference game is a battle and I think that any day either team could win with a bit of luck.

The No. 1 ranking gives us confidence, but we need confidence from being battle tested. Miami is sure to do that.

Even with the kids who were role players last year, they're all good players, they're all quick and they all want to win. The battle for catcher is just typical of everything about this team. When one is not in the game, they're helping each other out.

Eric Johnson

The kids played their hearts out. We tried and tried but just couldn't do it late. It was tough, uphill battle since we got down in the third quarter.

The kids have been working hard. They still have some improvements to make, but they had some good battles tonight and, in the tough matches, they came out ahead. We have to build on it.

Michael McDowell

The last few laps were a lot of fun and we had some real battles out there. We lost the ABS system during the race so that made the infield sections a real handful but we had a lot of fun out there.

The largest obstacle is the battle of perception. Whenever you say, 'Oh I am building a flying car,' there is always the guy in the corner snickering.

Their team was really quick on every loose puck and that's where they beat us. Every time there was a battle we came up short.

Ron James

Their pass rush did give us some issues in the first half, there's no doubt about that. But also, we knew they were going to give us tight coverage, and we didn't win a lot of the one-on-one battles you need to gain first downs and move the ball.

Their goal is to use time and a battle of nerves to tire us, to intimidate us, to make us doubt our objectives, to sow dissension and turn it into a contentious political debate.

Paul Wolfowitz

The costs are large, but it is a battle that we can win and a battle that we must win,

The choice of Texas for the meeting is symbolic. Lost in the focus on the federal legislation are the brutal state-by-state battles being waged for this research.

I'm going to find somebody, I told Tony when we had a meeting. It's an ongoing battle and it's not easy, but you have to want it to do it, and I want to do it.

I'm not going to re-fight the battles of the past,

The AHL is a long season, and you go up and down. We've become a team. We battle together, we lose together and we win together.

Jay Haas

That (his son being on the tour) is kind of pulling me in that direction, but at the same time I watch Tiger shoot 20 under at Doral and the cut was 4 under and I think I don't miss being in that battle out there.

Tim Phillips

That is not an option for the leading men who have to battle their way through a fortnight of five-set matches.

Sugar using industry has been fighting a very long-term battle in this field, and I'm happy to see that finally the EU has moved and reform is now on the horizon.

It's definitely a big win. It's a battle for the third spot.

It's been tough, it's been a battle ... At the beginning our goal was to reach the semi-finals, now it is getting to the final.

Terry Gilliam

It often happens with films. You get to the end of production and you find that the film I was making is not necessarily the film that the financiers thought they were getting. What I find normally happens in those situations is that they find a compromise which isn't particularly good for the film, or you get into a head-to-head ego battle which, again, might not be good for the film.

IT is the strategic weapon for the battle of the customer.

Mike Beebe

It's a never-ending battle that we will continue from year to year. Hopefully it won't be court battles. Hopefully it won't be involved in lawsuits and Supreme Court cases. Hopefully it will be missions and policies that are directed by the electorate of the people.