Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ezra Pound

The only chance for victory over the brainwash is the right of every man to have his ideas judged one at a time. You never get clarity as long as you have these packaged words, as long as a word is used by twenty-five people in twenty-five different ways. That seems to me to be the first fight, if there is going to be any intellect left.

Ezra Pound

Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel.

Ezra Taft Benson

We must ever keep in mind that collectivized socialism is part of the communist strategy. Communism is fundamentally socialism. We will never win our fight against communism by making concessions to socialism.

Ezra Taft Benson

A man must not only stand for the right principles, but he must also fight for them. Those who fight for principle can be proud of the friends they've gained and the enemies they've earned.

Ezra Taft Benson

There are some who apparently feel that the fight for freedom is separate from the Gospel. They express it in several ways, but it generally boils down to this: Just live the gospel; there's no need to get involved in trying to save freedom and the Constitution or stop communism.... Should we counsel the people, 'Just live your religion - there's no need to get involved in the fight for freedom?' No we should not, because our stand for freedom is a most basic part of our religion.

Evel Knievel

I would always rather be in the arena fighting than be a spectator.

Eve Ensler

An activist is someone who cannot help but fight for something. That person is not usually motivated by a need for power or money or fame, but in fact is driven slightly mad by some injustice, some cruelty, some unfairness, so much so that he or she is compelled by some internal moral engine to act to make it better.

Francis Picabia

The only way to win is to fight on the side of your adversaries.

Francis Crick

The dangerous man is the one who has only one idea, because then he'll fight and die for it.

Francis Chan

Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.

Francesco Guicciardini

We fight to great disadvantage when we fight with those who have nothing to lose.

Francine Rivers

Stand firm in the Lord. Stand firm and let Him fight your battle. Do not try to fight alone.

Leila Janah

I used to think that the worst form of discrimination for women was being hit on or hearing something disparaging. What's even more challenging for young women is a very senior male who will take an interest in you, who see themselves as father figures or mentors.

Joe Girardi

I used to think that I kept playing to keep my mom alive. There was no joy going to the park and I couldn't figure out why I was playing. You never know when something is going to hit you.

I wanted him to come home and talk. I was all by myself. With everything that was going on, the fight went out of you. You throw up your hands. How much more can one person take?

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Sometimes you have to go toe-to-toe with them, they force you to play fast. It was just kind of like a heavyweight fight and we couldn't really slow them down, whoever gets that 15th-round punch is going to win.

Maurice Cheeks

Sometimes, I'm a little soft-spoken, and sometimes I yell a little bit. They have to figure out when I'm going to yell, when I'm not going to yell. I think there's a happy medium. I have to find out the little things about players' personalities, and they have to find out about mine as well.

It was my way of honoring her fight then. And today she remains cancer-free.

It was a good match between two very good teams. That's volleyball. The momentum swings back and forth. When you've got two good teams that hate to lose . . . you're gonna fight like that.

I've got to stand up and fight for Ronald Reagan.

Shaun White

I've just had this fight since I can't even remember.

Paula Poundstone

I've had to fight very hard to get them where they belong,

Larry Brown

I've got to figure out a way to get some passion.

Jonas Jennings

I've got some things I got to fight through and give it another swing.

I've got nothing to prove anymore. If they want to fight, I'll fight and I'll get it done. I use my toughness now to make sure guys are held accountable on the other team.

I've figured there'd be some flaws in it. It's just rare to meet someone you served with and stood side-by-side and took pictures. I've come to find out it's real hard to pursue.

I've done what I can do, but it has been difficult. A lot of guys put in a lot of hard work and get tired of fighting it.

Camilo Villegas

I'm kind of a perfectionist, and it gets in the way with my putting sometimes. Golf is a messed-up game. When you feel you've figured it out is when you're going to struggle.

I'm pleased with being able to fight back and get back in this tournament.

Paul Jewell

I'm pleased we are playing a team that's fighting for their lives because that should be a lift enough for my players.

Robbie Williams

I'm pretty good at sensing when there's going to be trouble, so I just scoot off because you don't fight if you don't have to. . . .

I'm pretty disappointed I didn't make the Chase, but you know, we gotta look forward to what we can do these next 10 races, to make next year a better year. (We'll) just try to figure out what we need to do to make sure the team's right ... the car's right.