Famous Quotes & Sayings

Confucius

The one who was born a genius can't win against the one who tries, and the one who tries can't win against the one who enjoys.

Confucius

It's only in winter that the pine and cypress are known to be evergreens.

Confucius

Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade.

Confucius

The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.

Daniel Woodrell

I've bumped into at least three people in town who all insist 'Winter's Bone' is about them.

Daniel Tammet

I certainly have routines in my day-to-day life that are important to me and still give me feelings of security and control, but the capacity to break out of them every so often as I travel has given me a second wind.

Dane Cook

Here's the thing about Red Sox fans, or actually just fans from that region, in general: they appreciate the effort. And if you mail it in or if you give 80 percent, even with a win, they'll let you know that's not how you do it. They want - if it's comedian, if it's a musician, bring us your best show.

Dane Cook

Losing my mind sounds so pessimistic. I prefer the term winning my insanity.

Dalia Mogahed

I think the guy who gets the least chatter, given how high his chances are of winning the nomination, is Ted Cruz.

Dalia Mogahed

If no one can do that, yeah, Donald Trump better man the lifeboats, because there's some significant chance he'll win the nomination.

Daley Thompson

I am only about winning and getting better.

David Cameron

Today the main, over-riding purpose of the European Union is different: not to win peace, but to secure prosperity.

David Cameron

In a race for limited resources, it is the energy efficient that will win the race

David Byrne

Body odor is the window to the soul.

David Lee Roth

When you get something like MTV, it's like regular television. You get it, and at first it's novel and brand new and then you watch every channel, every show. And then you become a little more selective and more selective, until ultimately... you wind up with a radio.

David Letterman

Are you excited about the recall election? Arnold's campaign has a new slogan: 'Win one for the groper.'

Dolly Parton

My favorite movies of all times is 'Doctor Zhivago,' and I love 'Gone With the Wind.' I'd love to play some Southern belle or something where I owned a plantation.

Dolly Parton

I've always been fascinated by everything with wings.

Dinesh D'Souza

For me, victory isn't measured by winning in the traditional sense.

Diogenes

To the question what wine he found pleasant to drink, he replied, "That for which other people pay.

Diogenes

I like best the wine drunk at the cost of others.

Dick Powell

Without individuals feeling safe and having an environment of safety, they then have reluctance of taking part in the city of being active. They wind up wanting to leave the city. Thats more detrimental.

Dick Pound

I'm very impressed. All the crowds I've seen are very enthusiastic. It's not the first time every seat hasn't been sold at the Winter Olympics.

Dick Schaap

Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of the boxing world during the 1950's when it seemed that he would either win or lose the championship about every three or four months.

Dick Morris

Today, a politician does not just need public support to win elections; he needs it to govern.

Dick Morris

Spin is overrated. It is strategy, not spin, that wins elections.

Derek Walcott

Damn wind shift sudden as a woman mind.

Deepak Chopra

Thoughts come and go like leaves in the wind, but the core of consciousness is forever.

Dean Martin

When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine, that's amore.

Andre Agassi

My accomplishments do not live up to my tennis game. Most people have to work really hard and win some big matches, and then they get money and popularity. For me it has been the reverse of everybody else. The exact opposite.

Andre Agassi

I always felt tennis and winning was a byproduct of doing everything right.

Andre Agassi

Freed from the thoughts of winning, I instantly play better. I stop thinking, start feeling. My shots become a half-second quicker, my decisions become the product of instinct rather than logic.

Alphonsus Liguori

True charity consists in doing good to those who do us evil, and in thus winning them over.