Famous Quotes & Sayings

Thelma Drake

We are going to have to be there until we defeat this enemy.

Beverly Sills

There is something in me-I just can't stand to admit defeat.

Edwin Louis Cole

Truth cannot be defeated.

Benjamin Franklin

Venison and venery defeated me.

The only way we can be defeated right now is if we defeat ourselves,

We're always nervous whenever we play this team, because we've had defeat snatched from the jaws of victory.

We hope to defeat it in the House and send it back to conference.

Yesterday Berlusconi belied a nervousness which showed that he is in difficulty. He can feel that his electoral defeat is probable.

Charles Bukowski

There's music in everything, even defeat

George William Russell

The victors in great wars have always been spiritually defeated by the conquered.

We always expect to win. If you don't expect it you've defeated yourself. You just let the marbles play out.

Carlo Ancelotti

We didn't deserve this defeat. I think we have played at the same level as Barcelona. We've had good opportunities to score but we've missed them.

Charlie Sheen

Defeat is not an option. Period. The End.

The outcome might very well be that together with (Berlusconi?s) defeat this time we may also see his disappearance from the political scene.

Shinzo Abe

The government and the BOJ will work as one to defeat deflation, and we hope the BOJ will keep taking effective monetary policy and earn the markets' trust.

These people think they have defeated Iran, but they should know that Iran is not a place where they can do what they did with Libya and Iraq.

Again, it was just one or two plays. Now these guys have to learn from these defeats and take the next step. Getting into the playoffs, that's our goal now.

I learned a lesson tonight. The kids learned a lesson. Defeat is not an elective. It's a required course.

It was a great win the first time we've every defeated Davidson and the girls played with great discipline.

I want to be as honest as I can about the things I've been through - the sorrows and joys, victories and defeats - and to use those experiences as a well to draw from. Hopefully, the songs that result from that kind of writing will be songs that mean something to others.

Henning Mankell

What differentiates us from animals is the fact that we can listen to other people's dreams, fears, joys, sorrows, desires and defeats - and they in turn can listen to ours.

Ralph Goodale

If Parliament should ultimately defeat these measures, then whoever did so would have to take responsibility for raising taxes on Canadians,

If somebody tricks you into providing that information, then, of course, it defeats the whole purpose.

Imran Khan

It is not defeat that destroys you,it is being demoralized by defeat that destroy you.

Ivo Andric

I gave in to life. I was not defeated but outplayed.

Stuart Appleby

I'm happy to concede defeat. It's a two-horse race now.

Mahesh Rangarajan

This is a damage-limitation move and a snap victory from the jaws of defeat.

Margaret Halsey

In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated.

Henry Cavill

I like to go full bore into something. If you have a backup plan, then you've already admitted defeat.

Frederick the Great

It is pardonable to be defeated, but never to be surprised.

Hugo Chavez

The great loser today was George W. Bush. The man went away wounded, ... You could see defeat on his face.

Abdullah Abdullah

The importance of this big defeat, dramatic defeat is not only that they have lost areas, but they have lost their main fighting force,

a great victory for all Canadians, but particularly Muslims in Canada, and a defeat for Islamic fundamentalists and those who are preaching it in Canada.