Famous Quotes & Sayings

Vince Lombardi

Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.

Samuel Johnson

Assertion is not argument; to contradict the statement of an opponent is not proof that you are correct.

Vince Carter

I like to smile, even in intense situations. My opponents don't know how to react when they see me smile.

Georges St-Pierre

Respect your opponent, just make them respect you more.

Hale Irwin

I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.

Friedrich Nietzsche

As soon as a religion comes to dominate it has as its opponents all those who would have been its first disciples.

Tatyana Lebedeva

Even without Smith, I can't relax. My other opponents are strong and could spring a surprise. So I will not relax, I will be fighting.

Caroline Wozniacki

There are so many tough opponents out there and tough competitors so I've never liked to look ahead.

George H. W. Bush

I'm the one who will not raise taxes. My opponent now says he'll raise them as a last resort, or a third resort. But when a politician talks like that, you know that's one resort he'll be checking into. My opponent, my opponent won't rule out raising taxes. But I will. And The Congress will push me to raise taxes and I'll say no. And they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again, and I'll say, to them, Read my lips: no new taxes.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Opponents fancy they refute us when they repeat their own opinion and pay no attention to ours.

Manfred von Richthofen

When one has shot down one's first, second or third opponent, then one begins to find out how the trick is done.

Mahatma Gandhi

A genuine satyagraha should never excite contempt in the opponent even when it fails to command regard or respect.

Mahatma Gandhi

A nonviolent action accompanied by nonviolence in thought and word should never produce enduring violent reaction upon the opponent.

Neal Stephenson

Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bombs," I said. "We have a protractor.

Garry Kasparov

My opponent is Short and the match will be short.

Jimmy Fallon

Christine O'Donnell released a commercial in which she says, 'I'm not a witch.' That's pretty good, though not as effective as her opponent's slogan, 'I'm not Christine O'Donnell.'

Mahatma Gandhi

That which looks for mercy from an opponent is not non-violence.

Karl Kraus

I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.

Mark Russell

If you call your opponent a politician, it's grounds for libel.

Adrian Fenty

I'm going to take all of my opponents seriously.

Paul Ryan

I have never seen opponents so silent about their record, and so desperate to keep their power.

Leon Panetta

Russians understand strength, and if they feel that their opponents are weak, they will take advantage of it.

Muhammad Ali

My toughest opponent has always been me.

Mikhail Gorbachev

The opponents of perestroika had suffered a defeat, and then they organized the coup.

Miyamoto Musashi

When your opponent is hurrying recklessly, you must act contrarily and keep calm. You must not be influenced by the opponent.

Miyamoto Musashi

Do not let your opponent see your spirit

Paul Begala

Never interrupt your opponent when he's destroying himself.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

Everywhere I go, I will make a good payday. But we got to choose the right opponent and the right time and the right venue.

Friedrich Nietzsche

We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our opponent.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Every society has a tendency to reduce it's opponents to caricatures.

Walter Lippmann

We must protect the right of our opponents to speak because we must hear what they have to say.

Zinedine Zidane

My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.