Famous Quotes & Sayings

Homer

What greater glory attends a man than what he wins with his racing feet and his striving hands?

Homer

Whenever a man is tired, wine is a great restorer of strength.

Homer

So, the gods don't hand out all their gifts at once, not build and brains and flowing speech to all. One man may fail to impress us with his looks but a god can crown his words with beauty, charm, and men look on with delight when he speaks out. Never faltering, filled with winning self-control, he shines forth at assembly grounds and people gaze at him like a god when he walks through the streets. Another man may look like a deathless one on high but there's not a bit of grace to crown his words. Just like you, my fine, handsome friend.

Edward Fitzgerald

I come like Water, and like Wind I go.

Erica Jong

Great loves have legs and wings. They are substantial. They do not dissapate so easily... Great loves have staying power. Or so I told myself.

Eric Bristow

I remember when we were in the World Cup in Australia and I had to win the singles against Tony Payne, best of seven legs, to win it. I was 2-0 down but ended up beating him 4-2.

Eric Burdon

Through it all, this wild life on and off the road , through Jordanian deserts , Spanish islands, German prisons, Caribbean tax scams, halls of fame,wine, women, and all the drugs under the sun - one constant companion has never abandoned me . My first true love : singing Its been the savior of many poor boy, and God I know I'm one

Eric Byrnes

And you learn [how to win] starting in the minor leagues, by winning day in and day out.

Eric Cantona

I prefer to play and lose rather than win, because I know in advance I'm going to win.

Enrico Fermi

When asked what characteristics Nobel prize winning physicists had in common ؛ I cannot think of a single one, not even intelligence

Eoin Colfer

Butler,” he called, his voice thin and childlike in the wind. “Yes, Artemis, what?” “If something goes wrong, wait for me. No matter how it looks, I will return. I will bring them all back.

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.

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.

Hippocrates

Wine is an appropriate article for mankind, both for the healthy body and for the ailing man.

Hippocrates

Who could have foretold, from the structure of the brain, that wine could derange its functions?

Hillary Clinton

Don't let anyone tell you that great things can't happen in America... Barriers can come down. Justice and equality can win.

Hillary Clinton

I support our democracy. And sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

Hillary Clinton

Not too long ago, my opponent made a prediction. He said I would probably win Pennsylvania, he would win North Carolina, and Indiana would be the tiebreaker. Well, tonight we've come from behind, we've broken the tie, and, thanks to you, it's full speed on to the White House.

Hillary Clinton

From her concession speech: Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it's got about 18 million cracks in it...You can be so proud that, from now on, it will be unremarkable for a woman to win primary state victories, unremarkable to have a woman in a close race to be our nominee, unremarkable to think that a woman can be the President of the United States. And that is truly remarkable.

Herbert Hoover

A good fisherman can secure many regenerative hours in winter, polishing up the rods and reels.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

How the unforgettable faces of dusk would blend to her, the myriad footsteps, a thousand overtures, would blend to her footsteps; and there would be more drunkenness than wine in the softness of her eyes on his.

Evgeni Plushenko

It doesn't matter what kind of result will be in the end. I already win for myself.

Evelyn Waugh

Wine is a bride who brings a great dowry to the man who woos her persistently and gracefully.

Evelyn Waugh

Limbo is the place. In Limbo one has natural happiness without the beatific vision; no harps; no communal order; but wine and conversation and imperfect, various humanity. Limbo for the unbaptized, for the pious heathen, the sincere sceptic.

Evelyn Waugh

I have lived carefully, sheltered myself from the cold winds, eaten moderately of what was in season, drunk fine claret, slept in my own sheets; I shall live long.

Evelyn Waugh

Port is not for the very young, the vain and the active. It is the comfort of age and the companion of the scholar and the philosopher

Evan Esar

You can always tell the golfer who's winning: he's the one who keeps telling his opponent that it's only a game.

Eugene Field

All human joys are swift of wing, For heaven doth so allot it; That when you get an easy thing, You find you haven't got it

Eugene Field

When I demanded of my friend what viands he preferred, He quoth: "A large cold bottle, and a small hot bird!"