Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Teixeira

I don't play to prove people right or wrong. I just want to win.

Mark Steyn

When nuclear weapons were an elite club of five relatively sane world powers, the Left was convinced the planet was about to go ka-boom any minute, and the handful of us who survived would be walking in a nuclear winter wonderland. Now anyone with a few thousand bucks and an unlisted number in Islamabad in his Rolodex can get a nuke, and the Left couldn't care less.

Mark Steyn

But, once you get a taste for shutting people up, it's hard to stop. Why bother winning the debate when it's easier to close it down?

Mark-Paul Gosselaar

The biggest challenge has been simulating a tornado with wind machines and dirt and debris. Right when you walk on the set, you feel the energy of a tornado. But the hardest thing is trying to get dialogue out in all of that.

Nicole Kidman

I don't like changing with the wind; I like sticking to my own self.

Nick Harkaway

I hover over the expensive Scotch and then the Armagnac, but finally settle on a glass of rich red claret. I put it near my nose and nearly pass out. It smells of old houses and aged wood and dark secrets, but also of hard, hot sunshine through ancient shutters and long, wicked afternoons in a four-poster bed. It's not a wine, it's a life, right there in the glass.

Nancy Johnson

America's craft brewers know that beer, not wine, is the best beverage for accompanying a good meal.

Nancy Farmer

Look around you...Feel the wind, smell the air. Listen to the birds and watch the sky. Tell me what's happening in the wide world.

Nancy Farmer

If I had a soul, I’d probably wind up in hell anyway.

Sherman Alexie

Seems like the cold would never go away and winter would be like the bottom of my feet but then it is gone in one night and in its place comes the sun so large and laughable.

Seth Rogen

It's much more painful to bomb in front of a group of yours peers than it is to not win. Tons of assholes ain't winning awards, but only one guy will be bombing. So, that's much more nerve-wracking.

Sebastian Coe

Inspirational leaders need to have a winning mentality in order to inspire respect. It is hard to trust in the leadership of someone who is half-hearted about their purpose, or only sporadic in focus or enthusiasm.

Sebastian Coe

Competing is exciting and winning is exhilarating, but the true prize will always be the self-knowledge and understanding that you have gained along the way.

Scott Simon

As the race for president tightens, Hillary Clinton's campaign hopes to win over millions of people who voted for Bernie Sanders in the primaries.

Scott Dixon

I want to win a championship and to win the Indy 500 makes me want it so much more.

Scott Eastwood

[I normally go-to] whiskey on the rocks. Or a beer. Or with dinner, a glass of white wine.

Seth Godin

Playing the game is a form of winning the game. In those competitions, we win by being resilient.

Seth Godin

You gain converts by winning at something the existing provider didn't think was so important.

Seth Godin

You can win with consistent benefits, delivered over time. You win by incrementally earning share, attention and trust.

Seth Godin

You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training.

Seth Godin

The person who fails the most wins.

Seth Godin

You win by trying. And failing. Test, try, fail, measure, evolve, repeat, persist, ...

Seth Godin

If I fail more than you do, I win.

Seth Godin

Ideas that spread win.

Seth Godin

You can't win by being more average than average.

Seth Godin

You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome. You can't merely wing it and expect to keep up with them. Setting aside all the safety valves and pleasant distractions is the first way to send yourself the message that you're playing for keeps

Seth Godin

The problem with the race to the bottom is that you might win

Seth Godin

The big win is when you refuse to settle for average or mediocre.

Seth Godin

People who can spread ideas regardless of what those ideas are, win.

Ray Allen

Inside the first 20 to 25 games of the season, we were losing these games, getting beat by two and three points. Over the last 10 games, it seems like we're starting to win these games and putting some good things together.

Ravi Zacharias

Capturing the beauty of the conversion of the water into wine, the poet Alexander Pope said, "The conscious water saw its Master and blushed." That sublime description could be reworked to explain each one of these miracles. Was it any different in principle for a broken body to mend at the command of its Maker? Was it far-fetched for the Creator of the universe, who fashioned matter out of nothing, to multiply bread for the crowd? Was it not within the power of the One who called all the molecules into existence to interlock them that they might bear His footsteps?

Tom Colicchio

Many of them have accomplished a lot before they ever get to 'Top Chef' although they're not well known. The show just provides them with a platform. There's just one winner and on some seasons you can get numerous chefs that are really good. Even if they don't win, they're all talented.

Tom DeLonge

I used to drink a lot of beer, but I was just getting fat as can be. Now that we've had a little success, I can afford to drink wine.