Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carol Ann Duffy

It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal

Alan Dershowitz

I never place limits on the potential success of my students. If they're going into acting, they're going to win the Oscar... If they're going into law, they're going to be chief justice.

Alain Ducasse

The Asian airlines have the best wine programs.

Al Green

GM is operating in an intensely competitive global environment and reaching this tentative agreement allows us to continue to build momentum in the market with the award-winning vehicles and components produced in Canada.

Al Davis

Look, I don't want to win in the press. I want to win on the field.

Al Davis

The fire that burns brightest in the Raiders organization is the will to win.

Al Franken

When you win an election, what you really win is a chance to go to work for working families who need a voice in Minnesota.

Al Gore

The wind and the sun are free.

Al Gore

Incredibly, while these 18 to 20 year-olds cannot legally buy a beer, cannot purchase a bottle of wine and cannot order a drink in a bar, right now they can walk into any gun shop, any pawn shop, any gun show, anywhere in America and buy a handgun.

Al Gore

You know the old saying: you win some, you lose some... and then there's that little-known third category.

Al Gore

When it comes to climate, we can all make a big difference. At the most basic level, don't let denial go unchallenged and win the conversation on climate.

Al Gore

Once the renewable infrastructure is built, the fuel is free forever. Unlike carbon-based fuels, the wind and the sun and the earth itself provide fuel that is free, in amounts that are effectively limitless.

Charles R. Swindoll

Consistency: It's the jewel worth wearing; It's the anchor worth weighing; It's the thread worth weaving; It's a battle worth winning.

Charles R. Swindoll

God never asked us to meet life's pressures and demands on our own terms or by relying upon our own strength. Nor did He demands that we win His favor by assembling an impressive portfolio of good deeds. Instead, He invites us to enter His rest.

Charles R. Swindoll

The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.

Charles Churchill

When satire flies abroad on falsehood's wing, Short is her life, and impotent her sting; But when to truth allied, the wound she gives Sinks deep, and to remotest ages lives.

Charles Darwin

With mammals the male appears to win the female much more through the law of battle than through the display of his charms.

Charles Babbage

The Council of the Royal Society is a collection of men who elect each other to office and then dine together at the expense of this society to praise each other over wine and give each other medals.

Charles Barkley

The most underrated player in NBA history is Dominique Wilkins. Right behind him is Gary Payton. He never has gotten the respect he deserves. If he doesn't spend the rest of his days in Seattle, I hope he goes someplace where he has a chance to win a title.

Charles Barkley

He'll never be Jordan. This clearly takes him out of the conversation. He can win as much as he wants to.

Don't try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.

Brandy Norwood

In my life right now, in my music, and just overall I feel like I'm winning. It doesn't matter what this person is saying or what the charts are saying or what award shows are saying, the public opinion doesn't matter. I feel like I'm winning in my spirit.

Brad Thor

If you steadfastly refused to quit, you rapidly narrowed your options to only winning.

Boo Weekley

I have mostly been eating chicken wings. I only stick to things I can spell.

Bobby Cox

It's the only way I think I'm ever going to walk away from the game, is to go ahead and say I'm going to, and then I've got to. There's no turning back now - win, lose or draw.

Bobby Fischer

Americans like a winner. If you lose, you're nothing. I'm going to win, though. It's good for the match that Spassky has a plus score against me. We've met five times. He's won three times and we've drawn twice. But I'm a stronger player and a long match favors me.

Bobby Fischer

When I win, I'll put my title on the line every year, maybe even twice. I'll give players a chance to beat me.

Barry Goldwater

I thought of something my old coach at Staunton had often said: 'We win some, we lose some, and some get rained out; but we always suit up.'

Barbara Amiel

Only a free West can help the prisoners of today's left- and right-wing dictatorships.

Barack Obama

I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.

Arizona Muse

Im quite competitive. Not with other models but with myself. I have to win.

Arjen Robben

I really don't see myself in the Europa League and don't want to play in it. I couldn't care less about winning the trophy.

Arjuna Mahendran

State companies winning deals because of government-to- government interaction has become a rule rather than an exception. This will increase competition for multinational companies in acquiring oil and gas assets.