Famous Quotes & Sayings

I agree. For us it's a real distraction. We're fighting hard for our Premiership existence. You see, once you get there, John, that's when your problems really begin.

Bill Snyder

I would have gotten the money, ... There wasn't any doubt. We were fighting tooth and nail to get this thing going. We weren't just going to let it fly by the wayside.

Luiz Scolari

If we had had more quality, we would already be qualified. But we didn't, so we're still fighting for our place.

If we keep fighting for that goal, people may think it is so selfish while there are people suffering from the calamity.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Those who use religion for their own benefit are detestable. We are against such a situation and will not allow it. Those who use religion in such a manner have fooled our people; it is against just such people that we have fought and will continue to fight.

We are fighting for a free-market economy. This means we want to open our economy, which is heavily protected by the state.

Carson McCullers

In the face of brutality I was prudent. Before injustice I held my peace. I sacrificed the things in hand for the good of they hypothetical whole. I believed in the tongue instead of the fist. As an armor against oppression I taught patience and faith in the human soul I know now how wrong I was. I have been a traitor to myself and to my people. All that is not. Now is the time to act and to act quickly. Fight cunning with cunning and might with might

Carl Zimmer

The reason that viruses are so hard to fight, the reason for example we need a flu virus every year is that they evolve very fast.

Carl von Clausewitz

But the main point is that soldiers, after fighting for some time, are apt to be like burned-out cinders. They have shot off their ammunition, their numbers have been diminished, their strength and their morale are drained, and possibly their courage has vanished as well. As an organic whole, quite apart from their loss in numbers, they are far from being what they were before the action; and thus the amount of reserves spent is an accurate measure on the loss of morale.

Al-Waleed bin Talal

Most governments are pragmatic, most people are logical. There are pockets of extremism in Israel, in the U.S. and in the Muslim world. But we have to fight them with reason, with logic and with compassion.

Alain de Botton

Alcohol-inspired fights ... are a reminder of the price we pay for our daily submission at the altars of prudence and order.

Alain de Botton

There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.

Al Franken

Let's not let the government sell us out. Let's fight for net neutrality.

Charles James Fox

[Napoleon has now] surpassed...Alexander & Caesar, not to mention the great advantage he has over them in the Cause he fights in.

Charles Kennedy

I can hardly think of an occasion when I've got into a stand-up fight with any political opponent. I've got my views, people know what they are, they can agree or they can choose to disagree. I'm not going to waste time just rubbishing everybody else.

Charles Kingsley

Give me something huge to fight, — and I should enjoy that — but why make me sweep the dust?

Charles Kingsley

Do today's duty, fight today's temptation; do not weaken and distract yourself by looking forward to things you cannot see, and could not understand if you saw them.

Our guys were fighting their guts out on defense.

Our fighting bunkers are completely intact because their construction is very robust,

Right now what we're fighting is the principal's right to do it.

Staying ranked in the top 20 in the world is another (goal) that I have been fighting all season as well. With this (recent) jump I am sitting 17th as of now.

some of the toughest fighting could lie ahead.

Nathan's guts and fighting qualities were our saving grace.

Tim Reid

Look at the truth, that's what you should be fighting for.

Ken Hitchcock

Look, it's not pretty. It's about getting points right now. We talked about fighting to the end and we fought to the end and got two points.

LeBron James

I was just fighting through it. I was trying to fight through a cold, but I didn't want to make any excuses. I didn't want to be in the position where I wasn't there for my team tonight.

I was just trying to stop the puck, wherever it was. I was fighting the puck a little bit.

I thought we were fighting for an important principle.

Dom Capers

Jerome has really been giving us a spark. When you are fighting through what we are fighting through, you are looking to try to make plays any way you can.

Ryan Smith

Kyle did a good job of keeping that kid on his heels. He did a good job of fighting the whole match, keeping his motor going.

I think things happen for a reason. Instead of fighting and being disappointed, now I'm free to do what I really want to do.

I think, though, after you see Mr. Jones go down and then come up on his knees on the tape, you will see ... his hands are open, his palms are open, they're not clenched in a fist in a fighting mode, he is trying to get into a surrender position.

It is not for the faint-hearted, but it is important that we know what we were fighting for,