Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Graham Sumner

All history is only one long story to this effect: men have struggled for power over their fellow-men in order that they might win the joys of earth at the expense of others and might shift the burdens of life from their own shoulders upon those of others.

William H. Gass

I should like to suggest that at least on the face of it a stroke by stroke story of a copulation is exactly as absurd as a chew by chew account of the consumption of a chicken's wing.

William Gurnall

The regenerating Spirit is compared to the wind. His first attempts on the soul may be so secret that the creature knows not whence they come, or whither they tend; but, before he hath done, the sound will be heard throughout the soul.

William Goldman

Inigo Montoya: He's right on top of us. I wonder if he is using the same wind we are using.

William Arthur Ward

The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem - he is challenged by it.

W. Somerset Maugham

Sherry, the civilized drink.

W. Somerset Maugham

She loved three things — a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.

Vladimir Nabokov

in a sense, all poetry is positional: to try to express one's position in regard to the universe embraced by consciousness, is an immemorial urge. The arms of consciousness reach out and grope, and the longer they are the better. Tentacles, not wings, are Apollo's natural members.

Yotam Ottolenghi

The combination of olive oil, garlic and lemon juice lifts the spirits in winter.

Yoko Ono

Watch the sun until it comes into your body and stays as a tiny sun. It will keep your face shining even in the coldest of winter.

Yani Tseng

It's easy to have a good season but if you want to have a great season you have got to win a major tournament.

Yani Tseng

We always learn more from the losing than the winning.

Yani Tseng

Although I have won many times now, each time when I have a lead, I start to think about winning. It's very difficult not to think about winning. Every time, there are new challenges. Every time, there are new issues to overcome.

Wolf Blitzer

No Republican has ever been elected president of the United States without winning Ohio.

Wolfgang Puck

America has undergone a total food and wine revolution.

William O. Douglas

Any test that turns on what is offensive to the communitys standards is too loose, too capricious, too destructive of freedom of expression to be squared with the First Amendment. Under that test, juries can censor, suppress, and punish what they dont like, provided the matter relates to sexual impurity or has a tendency to excite lustful thoughts. This is community censorship in one of its worst forms. It creates a regime where in the battle between the literati and the Philistines, the Philistines are certain to win.

William P. Young

Living unloved is like clipping a bird's wings and removing its ability to fly.

William Makepeace Thackeray

I knew all along that the prize I had set my life on was not worth the winning.

Yaya Toure

Cristiano Ronaldo has done massive things in both the Premier League and in the Champions League, but Messi is the best though and I am convinced that next year he will win the Ballon d'Or.

Zig Ziglar

Winning leaders are almost always motivated when the chips are down.

Zig Ziglar

Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.

Zig Ziglar

When you stop planning and preparing . . . you stop winning.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

I think I'm like wine. The older I get, the better I get.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

He's a lucky guy Cristiano, he always gets first row tickets to see Messi win his awards.

Zinedine Zidane

It doesn't matter how many times you win an award, it is always very special.

Zinedine Zidane

You can't get bored of winning. You can win 10 games in a row but you keep the same will to snatch the 11th. You always need more.