Famous Quotes & Sayings

Aeschylus

To make wail and lament for one's ill fortune, when one will win a tear from the audience, is well worthwhile.

Aeschylus

ATHENA: You wish to be called righteous rather than act right. [...] I say, wrong must not win by technicalities.

Adrienne Rich

To become a token woman--whether you win the Nobel Prize or merely get tenure at the cost of denying your sisters--is to become something less than a mansince men are loyal at least to their own world-view, their laws of brotherhood and self-interest.

Agatha Christie

The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don't give a damn.

Adrian Peterson

To be able to have that self-respect for yourself and just that feeling of, OK, I did what I could, just stay true to yourself.If you feel that this is something that's valid and you should go out there and win, then push through it no matter what the outcome is. Just know that nine times out of 10 that no matter whether you were right or you were wrong, the NFL is a business.

Adrian Peterson

At the end of the day, it's hard to win against the NFL. It's a billion-dollar business, it's hard to win against it. They can manipulate a lot of different things. They can pull strings, they know people. At the end of the day, nine times out of 10, they are going to win.

Claude Julien

Ribeiro, tonight, was great. Especially on the winning goal.

Jan Brewer

I have a pretty good record of winning in court.

Jamie Redknapp

You want to win things and I am at a club where we have the players to do that.

Jamie Redknapp

We need to win something for the fans because they have been patient and very understanding and we owe them.

Jamie Redknapp

As I say, you get labeled. To stop all that, I've got to win things - that's the only way you make your mark.

Cam Newton

Seeing the same coverages, the same personnel, and for us to change the whole scenery, and bring somebody else in that's necessarily competitive, a professional competitiveness, where guys are respecting each other's careers, but yet are getting better. For us [players] to come out here and a get a win, I think it helped us with those practices.

Cam Newton

You don't go into the game to compete. You go into each game to win.

Cesar Chavez

We do not need to kill or destroy to win. We are a movement that builds and not destroys.

Carson Palmer

Whoever controls the line of scrimmage and wins up front is going to be the winner.

Carson Daly

Men often think it's the bad boys who get the hot chicks. But I'm living proof that the good guys win.

Carroll Shelby

My proudest moments are beating Ferrari for the World Championship in 1965, and working with Ford to win Le Mans in 1966 and 1967.

Carroll Shelby

Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races

Carol Ann Duffy

It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal

Alan Dershowitz

I never place limits on the potential success of my students. If they're going into acting, they're going to win the Oscar... If they're going into law, they're going to be chief justice.

Al Green

GM is operating in an intensely competitive global environment and reaching this tentative agreement allows us to continue to build momentum in the market with the award-winning vehicles and components produced in Canada.

Al Davis

Look, I don't want to win in the press. I want to win on the field.

Al Davis

The fire that burns brightest in the Raiders organization is the will to win.

Al Franken

When you win an election, what you really win is a chance to go to work for working families who need a voice in Minnesota.

Al Gore

You know the old saying: you win some, you lose some... and then there's that little-known third category.

Al Gore

When it comes to climate, we can all make a big difference. At the most basic level, don't let denial go unchallenged and win the conversation on climate.

Charles R. Swindoll

Consistency: It's the jewel worth wearing; It's the anchor worth weighing; It's the thread worth weaving; It's a battle worth winning.

Charles R. Swindoll

God never asked us to meet life's pressures and demands on our own terms or by relying upon our own strength. Nor did He demands that we win His favor by assembling an impressive portfolio of good deeds. Instead, He invites us to enter His rest.

Charles Darwin

With mammals the male appears to win the female much more through the law of battle than through the display of his charms.

Charles Barkley

The most underrated player in NBA history is Dominique Wilkins. Right behind him is Gary Payton. He never has gotten the respect he deserves. If he doesn't spend the rest of his days in Seattle, I hope he goes someplace where he has a chance to win a title.

Charles Barkley

He'll never be Jordan. This clearly takes him out of the conversation. He can win as much as he wants to.

Don't try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.

Brandy Norwood

In my life right now, in my music, and just overall I feel like I'm winning. It doesn't matter what this person is saying or what the charts are saying or what award shows are saying, the public opinion doesn't matter. I feel like I'm winning in my spirit.