Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jairam Ramesh

If there is a Nobel prize for dirt and filth, India will win it, no doubt.

Jacques Derrida

Whatever precautions you take so the photograph will look like this or that, there comes a moment when the photograph surprises you. It is the other's gaze that wins out and decides.

Jacki Weaver

I've always said about awards that they're meaningless until you win one, and then they're best thing in the world. The other thing about awards is that they engender respect from areas where it might never have come from without it.

James Frey

A contest was held in 1994 to rename the Los Angeles Convention and Exhibition Center after an extensive renovation and expansion. The winning name, chosen from over ten thousand entries, was the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Irving Langmuir

Happy indeed is the scientist who not only has the pleasures which I have enumerated, but who also wins the recognition of fellow scientists and of the mankind which ultimately benefits from his endeavors.

Cliff Floyd

Honestly, .500 would be great. Just winning would be great. Just to get something positive, that's enough.

Paul Ryan

People like me who are reform-minded ignore the people who say, 'Just criticize and don't do anything and let's win by default.' That's ridiculous.

Paul Ryan

A bold reform agenda is our moral obligation. If we make the case effectively and win this November, then we will have the moral authority to enact the kind of fundamental reforms America has not seen since Ronald Reagan's first year.

Pau Gasol

I know that if I perform at a really high level, we're going to have a better chance to win.

Pau Gasol

I'm not the number-one guy here ... if it translates to winning, I don't mind taking a step back as far as roles.

Pau Gasol

It doesn't matter who gets what. It's just a matter of doing what it takes to win.

Paul Arden

Old golfers don't win (it's not an absolute, it's a general rule). Why? The older golfer can hit the ball as far as the young one. He chips and putts equally well. And will probably have a better knowledge of the course. So why does he take the extra stroke that denies him victory? Experience. He knows the downside, what happens if it goes wrong, which makes him more cautious. The young player is either ignorant or reckless to caution. That is his edge. It is the same with all of us. Knowledge makes us play safe. The secret is to stay childish.

Paul Azinger

The best players in the world are playing to make history. There are only four tournaments you can win to make history, and TPC (The Players Championship) is not one of them. And neither are those world events. And you're not going to make history winning some kind of FedEx Cup.

Pat Cooper

I knew I loved it because I could take the failures. I was like a professional fighter - they're beat 20 times in a row and they just want that one win.

Pat Cash

I had always dreamed of winning Wimbledon and when it happened it was very stressful. It was more of a relief!

Pat Conroy

I realized early that unless you're willing to kill the innocent, you can't win.

Pat Conroy

Losing prepares you for the heartbreak, setback, and the tragedy that you will encounter in the world more than winning ever can. By licking your wounds you learn how to avoid getting wounded the next time.

Jurgen Klinsmann

We cannot win this World Cup, because we are not at that level yet. For us, we have to play the game of our lives seven times to win the tournament.

Jurgen Klinsmann

We can only win by giving everything and being ready to defeat the adversary with fiery aggression.

Juan Williams

The 2012 presidential campaign's turn away from the classic, straight-up, American election - where the candidate who gets the most votes nationwide wins - is another sad reminder of the extreme political polarization distorting today's politics. No one talks about a 50-state strategy for winning the presidency these days.

Leonardo da Vinci

To be a winner you must want to win but must know of the chance of losing and must not fear of it.

Paul Reiser

Nothing would make me happier if Peter Falk would finally win his Oscar for this. Not just as the writer but as a fan and a friend. It would be so great

Paul Gauguin

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.

Patrick Marleau

Games in hand are a good thing only if you win them.

Patrick Murray

A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.

Patrick McHenry

I got into the race and people literally laughed. They thought I had no chance of winning.

Patrick O'Brian

I do not say that all lawyers are bad, but I do maintain that the general tendency is bad: standing up in a court for whichever side has paid you, affecting warmth and conviction, and doing everything you can to win the case, whatever your private opinion may be, will soon dull any fine sense of honour. The mercenary soldier is not a valued creature, but at least he risks his life, whereas these men merely risk their next fee.

Patrick Ness

...That it's making a dare to the world and when has the world ever let us win a dare?" ~pg 423

Patrick Ness

Hope may be the thing that pulls you forward, may be the thing that keeps you going, but that it's dangerous, that it's painful and risky, that it's making a dare in the world and when has the world ever let us win a dare?

Patrice O'Neal

Women don't want to win, they want a winner.

Padraig Harrington

I hadn't won in Europe for two years, although I won twice in America last year, but it's great to come back and win. You never want to go a year without a win. It's very special to win and I'm really happy the way I did it.

Lester Piggott

Everyone keeps asking me: 'Are you going to win?' How on earth do you know if you're going to win or not?

Lev Yilmaz

People always say you can't win if you don't play