Famous Quotes & Sayings

Danny Strong

Idealism loses to pragmatism when it comes to winning elections.

Danny McBride

Confidence and a good sense of humor can usually win a chick over.

Daniel Ek

At Spotify, we really want you to democratically win as a musician. We want you to win because your music is the best music.

Daniel Dennett

If the best the roboticists can hope for is the creation of some crude, cheesy, second-rate, artificial consciousness, they still win.

Dan Castellaneta

All normal people love meat. If I went to a barbeque and there was no meat, I would say 'Yo Goober! Where's the meat?'. I'm trying to impress people here Lisa. You don't win friends with salad.

Dan Brown

Politics was not just about winning the election, it was about winning decisively--having the momentum to carry out one's vision. Historically, any president who squeaked into office on a narrow margin accomplished much less; he was weakened right out of the gate, and Congress never seemed to let him forget it.

David Foster

Tennis's beauty's infinite roots are self-competitive. You compete with your own limits to transcend the self in imagination and execution. Disappear inside the game: break through limits: transcend: improve: win.

David Foster Wallace

But of course there are all kinds of freedom, and the kind that is most precious you will not hear much talked about in the great outside world of winning and achieving and displaying.

David Cook

I got to play with ZZ Top and introduce Bryan Adams and George Michael. And to have it all topped off by me winning 'American Idol?!' It's pretty absurd.

David Cook

I'm competitive to a fault, so of course every week I'm just like, "I want to win, I want to do great."

David Copperfield

Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race!

David Cronenberg

Many wonderful, creative people have won Oscars, so if you win one, you're in their company.

Don Larsen

Everyone asks how I felt before the perfect game. You never feel bad when you're in the World Series. You've got all winter to rest.

Don Johnson

Life's too short to drink bad wine or smoke poor cigars.

E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

The more arguments you win, the less friends you will have

Dylan Thomas

Chastity prays for me, piety sings, Innocence sweetens my last black breath, Modesty hides my thighs in her wings, And all the deadly virtues plague my death!

Dylan Thomas

This bread I break was once the oat, This wine upon a foreign tree Plunged in its fruit; Man in the day or wind at night Laid the crops low, broke the grape's joy.

Douglas Conant

Learning to celebrate success is a key component of learning how to win in the market.

Doug Stanhope

Whatever your problems are, keep in mind that you die at the end of all this. Lets get out there, brutalize ourselves and laugh at those certain pricks who take it seriously, like there is any way to win in all this.

Douglas Adams

Please relax," said the voice pleasantly, like a stewardess in an airliner with only one wing and two engines one of which is on fire, "you are perfectly safe.

Douglas Adams

We're not obsessed by anything, you see," insisted Ford. "..." "And that's the deciding factor. We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win." "I care about lots of things," said Slartibartfast, his voice trembling partly with annoyance, but partly also with uncertainty. "Such as?" "Well," said the old man, "life, the Universe. Everything, really. Fjords." "Would you die for them?" "Fjords?" blinked Slartibartfast in surprise. "No." "Well then." "Wouldn't see the point, to be honest.

Douglas Adams

We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win.

Doris Lessing

I've won all the prizes in Europe, every bloody one. I'm delighted to win them all, the whole lot.

Doris Lessing

It's lovely to have money to give away - that's the bonus of winning the Nobel.

Dale Earnhardt

That strategy of racing for the top five and racing for the win is where everybody wants to be.

Dale Carnegie

We can't win friends with a scowling face and an upbraiding voice.

Dale Carnegie

How to Win Friends and Influence People.

Dale Carnegie

Winning friends begins with friendliness.

Dale Carnegie

If you have worries, there is no better way to eliminate them than by walking them off. Just take them out for a walk. They may take wings and fly away!

Dale Carnegie

Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.

Dale Carnegie

One can win the attention and time and cooperation of even the most sought-after people by becoming genuinely interested in them.

Dale Carnegie

If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.

Cristiano Ronaldo

I'm sure that I'm a winner person. I'm sure that I win more than lose.