Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeaniene Frost

Before we met, I'd fly for hours to clear my head," Bones said, his voice reaching me even over the rush of wind. "It was the closest I came to finding peace, but though several of my mates could fly, I always went alone. I never wanted to share this with anyone until you.

Jerry Lewis

Gambling is part of the human condition. I love it. I have the best time gambling. I've been winning fortunes, and I've been losing them.

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.

Jerry Saltz

I like something about George W. Bush. A lot. After spending more than a decade having almost physiological-chemical reactions anytime I saw him, getting the heebie-jeebies whenever he spoke - after being sure from the start that he was a Gremlin on the wing of America - I really like the paintings of George W. Bush.

Jerry Seinfeld

I love the day date. No wine, no shower.

Jerry Seinfeld

What's the point of dating without games? How do you know if you're winning or losing?

Jerome Lawrence

In no instance is there to be a musical or opera of Inherit the Wind because it doesn't sing. It's an intellectual play.

Jerome K. Jerome

I could not conjure up one melancholy fancy upon a mutton chop and a glass of champagne.

Jerome K. Jerome

The odour of Burgundy, and the smell of French sauces, and the sight of clean napkins and long loaves, knocked as a very welcome visitor at the door of our inner man.