Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeremy Jackson

Sometimes you win by losing.

Jeremy Irons

Godspell was a good leap for me, it was a good shop window.

Jeremy Lin

You don't get better if you win all the time. You look at yourself more when you lose,

Jennifer Granholm

I have a problem with Mitt Romney. And it's big problem - one that extends beyond our ideological differences. My big concern is that Mitt Romney wants to become president for no other reason than because there's a possibility he can win.

Jeff Bryant

I like the atmosphere. You can't beat it when you're introduced. I like making a play and hearing the fans scream. I like the physical as well as the emotional aspect, especially when you win.

Jeff Cooper

The one who anticipates the action wins. The one who does not, loses.

Jeff Bezos

Our alliance with Toysrus.com has proven to be a great win for customers, and we've looked forward to taking the next step by introducing the new Babiesrus.com teamed with Amazon.com store since we forged the alliance last August.

Jeff Bezos

What we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you - what used to be a tail wind is now a head wind - you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn't a strategy.

Jeff Bezos

Above all else, align with customers. Win when they win. Win only when they win.

Jeff Bridges

I know how to dance with the wind, I can use its power by sailing this way, then that way, and again this way, till finally I get to you. With rowing, you're working primarily with your arms and shoulders. But with sailing, you're making bigger use of the wind and the waves.

Jeff Bridges

Thoughts will change and shift just like the wind and the water when you're on the boat; thoughts are no different than anything else.

George William Curtis

Nature makes woman to be won and men to win.

Georges Bataille

[Zarathustra] never abandoned the watchword of not having any end, not serving a cause, because, as he knew, causes pluck off the wings we fly with.

George Sand

One wastes so much time, one is so prodigal of life, at twenty! Our days of winter count for double. That is the compensation of the old.

George S. Patton

Let's shoot the works and win! Yes win it all.

George S. Patton

If you go into a battle, it's better to win the first time.

George Saunders

My stories, I can understand them as a little toy that you wind up and you put it on the floor and it just goes under the coach. That I get. Beyond that, I'm a little lost.

Jeff Probst

So often, the best way to figure out who has a shot at winning is by eliminating those that you're pretty sure don't.

Jean-Claude Juncker

Much as I would have liked to respond factually and truthfully to each and every piece of misinformation spread by the Brexit campaign, it was important that I stayed out of the domestic political debate. It was David Cameron's task to win the UK referendum, not ours.

Jean Paul

Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Jean Paul

What Cicero said of men-that they are like wines, age souring the bad, and bettering the good-we can say of misfortune, that it has the same effect upon them.

Jim Goad

He who trades his identity for money will one day wind up with neither.

Jim Hightower

It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the elephants on their backs.

Jim Harrison

I wonder, when a writer's blocked and doesn't have any resources to pull himself out of it, why doesn't he jump in his car and drive around the U.S.A.? I went last winter for seven thousand miles and it was lovely. Inexpensive, too.

Jim Harrison

The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're willing to give your whole life to it. Red wine and garlic also helps.

Jim Harrison

The simple act of opening a bottle of wine has brought more happiness to the human race than all the collective governments in the history of earth

Eminem

But you lied again. Now you get to watch her leave out the window. Guess that's why they call it 'window pane.

Elon Musk

Winning 'Motor Trend' Car of the year is probably the closest thing to winning the Oscar or Emmy of the car industry.

Jay Asher

Normally when a person has a stellar image another person's waiting in the wings to tear them apart. They're waiting for that one fatal flaw to expose itself.

Jason Kidd

I came in the league as not a shooter, not a scorer. My game was to play defense and make my teammates better. The most important stat to me was that left column - winning. Nothing else matters.

Jason Mraz

You win some, you learn some.

Hines Ward

I want to be the guy who catches the game-winning touchdown.

Hilary Swank

I really enjoy playing with someone else and whether it's chess or tennis or games, I love card games. I love that, but I think there's something so important to gain from winning and losing and learning how to lose and how you can be better from that.