Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ben Hogan

I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play

Ben Jonson

Words borrowed of Antiquity do lend a kind of Majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes. For they have the authority of years, and out of their intermission do win to themselves a kind of grace-like newness. But the eldest of the present, and newest of the past Language, is the best.

We're just getting better at winning with the turnovers.

Shaquille O'Neal

It matters in a fatherly way.

Albert Einstein

In any conflict between humanity and technology, humanity will win.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Courtesy wins woman all as well. As valor may, but he that closes both is perfect.

Alex Ferguson

The most important thing in a game like that is to win it.

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United might not win Premier League every year, but we'd always be up there competing for it every year.

Alex Ferguson

I always used to say to players at half-time, 'Be patient. The last fifteen minutes throw the kitchen sink at them. It's worth a gamble'. You are going to lose the game anyway. There is nothing better than when you get to that last fifteen minutes and you actually win the game late on. The fans are going out of the gates I gave it a try and it worked.

Alex Ferguson

There was one or two offers that did come along during my time at United, but I always came back to this point; why would you leave United? Where is the bigger challenge? And the thing about challenges is, once you have won something, you can't live on that. Not at Manchester United - you have got to win the next one. And that's the challenge. Maintaining that consistency of winning which is a mentality that I have had.

Alex Ferguson

Attack wins you games, defence wins you titles.

Alex Ferguson

We once went 13 games without winning. There's always pressure here. Winning is always important here. How do you handle yourself and compose yourself is important. (on Manchester United)

Aldous Huxley

Suppose it were perfectly certain that the life and fortune of each of us would some day depend upon our winning or losing a game of chess. Do you not think that we should all consider it to be our primary duty to learn at least the names of the pieces and how to position them on the chessboard?

Albert Einstein

There is a race between mankind and the universe. Mankind is trying to build bigger, better, faster, and more foolproof machines. The universe is trying to build bigger, better, and faster fools. So far the universe is winning.

Adlai E. Stevenson

I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.

Adolf Hitler

I know that one is able to win people far more by the spoken that by the written word, and that every great movement on this globe owes its rise to the great speakers and not to the great writers.

Adam Schiff

Terrific. Now to win a larceny trial all we have to do is prove how the universe ends.

Alexander the Great

How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.

Aberjhani

Death wins nothing here, gnawing wings that amputate–– then spread, lift up, fly.

Aaron Levie

In an IT lead world, incumbents generally win because they have the existing relationship with the IT organization.

Aaron Levie

The product that wins is the one that bridges customers to the future, not the one that requires a giant leap.

Aaron Levie

Startups often win because it's easier to see what comes next when you don't have to worry about maintaining what came last.

Aaron Rodgers

If we can string together some wins this year, maybe I'll be a close second-or third behind Bart Starr-on their favorite quarterback list.

Aaron Rodgers

I think as you get older, you realize there's always going to be critics. Critics are going to win every time because they can change their critique based on the stats and their own personal feelings.

Aaron Rodgers

You can't turn the ball over and expect to win.

Aaron Rodgers

Getting adjusted regularly is part of my goal to win in life and on the field.

A. J. P. Taylor

Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.

Abdoulaye Wade

We will win the battle for Africa, which is in effect a battle for Humanity.

A. A. Milne

It is impossible to win gracefully at chess. No man has yet said "Mate!" in a voice which failed to sound to his opponent bitter, boastful and malicious.

Aeschylus

I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths.

Aeschylus

Wrong must not win by technicalities.

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.