Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ivan Lendl

Not winning at Wimbledon is not going to bother me forever.

Ivan Lendl

Once you win, you have no doubt that you can win. So you have gone through it once, and you can do it again.

H. L. Mencken

All talk of winning the people by appealing to their intelligence, of conquering them by impeccable syllogism, is so much moonshine.

H. L. Mencken

It seems to me that society usually wins. There are, to be sure, free spirits in the world, but their freedom, in the last analysis, is not much greater than that of a canary in a cage. They may leap from perch to perch; they may bathe and guzzle at their will; they may flap their wings and sing. But they are still in the cage, and soon or late it conquers them.

Guillermo del Toro

When I see a short schedule, my question to the director is, are you really comfortable with this, or are you doing it to be a good boy? At the end, you only win the medal if the film is good, you don't win a medal if the movie is on time.

Greg LeMond

I know it is possible to win the Tour without taking anything.

Greg LeMond

When you get second place, you say 'I could have won it here, I could have won it there.' When you win, you never say anything; it's finished.

Gilbert Parker

Nothing is so unproductive as the law. It is expensive whether you win or lose.

I can't ever remember anyone winning a tournament like that.

Gene Mauch

The worst thing is the day you realize you want to win more than the players do.

Gary Johnson

Regardless of who wins, an election should be a time for optimism and fresh approaches.

Gary Hamel

Win small, win early, win often.

Jeane Kirkpatrick

Society has never barred women from bread-winning roles, but only from economic roles that are profitable and respectable.

Jean Harris

Loving an old bachelor is always a no-win situation, and you come to terms with that early on, or you go away.

Gloria Allred

Minorities have never been given their rights. They have always had to wage a political and legal battle to win them.

Gloria Gaynor

One of the high points of my career was winning the Grammy for 'I Will Survive.'

Gerald R. Ford

Even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can go forward except together and no way anybody can win except by serving the people's urgent needs. We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together.

Hunter S. Thompson

One thing I have learned in my painful career as a gambler is that bragging when you get lucky and win a few games will plunge you into gloom and unacceptable beatings very soon. It happens every time.

Hunter S. Thompson

There was madness in any direction, at any hour. You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning.

Howard Stern

Don't let the government win.

Honore de Balzac

He hesitated till the last moment, but finally dropped them in the box, saying, "I shall win!"--the cry of a gambler, the cry of the great general, the compulsive cry that has ruined more men than it has ever saved.

Ice T

Being cool is when you win, you don't get too happy; and when you lose, you don't get too mad.

Ice Cube

A good movie is a movie that you could see over and over again, not a movie that wins a Oscar, or a movie that makes a lot of money. It's a movie that you personally can watch over and over again. That, to me, is a measure of a good movie.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The clemency of Princes is often but policy to win the affections of the people.

Hugh Laurie

Winning a rowing race is not like winning anything else. Here's my theory: you're facing backwards, so you're looking at the people you're beating--and there's something exquisite about that.

Hugh Jackman

I'm quite a competitive person, so I do quite like to win.

Hugh Jackman

What I respect as far as in myself and in others is the spirit of just doing it. For better or worse, it may work and it may not, but I'm going to go for it. Ultimately I probably prefer to be respected for that than whether it works out or not, either winning or losing.

Homer

You don't win friends with salad.

Homer

Union Rule 26: Every employee must win 'Worker of the Week' at least once, regardless of gross incompetence, obesity or rank odor.

Homer

But you, Achilles,/ There is not a man in the world more blest than you--/ There never has been, never will be one./ Time was, when you were alive, we Argives/ honored you as a god, and now down here, I see/ You Lord it over the dead in all your power./ So grieve no more at dying, great Achilles.’ I reassured the ghost, but he broke out protesting,/ ‘No winning words about death to me, shining Odysseus!/ By god, I’d rather slave on earth for another man--/ Some dirt-poor tenant farmer who scrapes to keep alive—than rule down here over all the breathless dead.

Homer

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

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.

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.