Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Higgins

It had nothing to do with Graeme. It was just the way I played, the way I approached the game and the state of mind I was in. I have never felt as down after that defeat as I did then.

Laurent Fournier

I don't have any explanation for this defeat. I'm stunned, and I don't know what to say.

William Moulton Marston

If there is any single factor that makes for success in living, it is the ability to draw dividends from defeat.

Tullian Tchividjian

The gospel is for the defeated, not the dominant.

Susan Grant

If somebody tricks you into providing that information, then, of course, it defeats the whole purpose.

Frederick the Great

It is pardonable to be defeated, but never to be surprised.

Norman Vincent Peale

The greatest measure of a human being isn't how he handles himself when things are going well, but how he handles himself when things are going badly, when defeat comes.

Vince Gill

It's so hard to defeat perceptions. I feel like whenever you have the opportunity, you take it and show people what it is that you do.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is defeat which educates us.

Jose Garcia

The only thing that can justify this is to give the people a moment to party, and a way to defy the fear of terrorism. In other words we'll have life in all its splendor,

Bob Bales

In some ways, you have to defy the odds.

N. K. Jemisin

This is magic we're talking about. It's supposed to go places science can't, defy logic, wink at technology, fill us all with the sensawunda that comes of gazing upon a fictional world and seeing something truly different from our own.

Michael Moschen

A lot of people think jugglers defy gravity or do stuff. Well, I kind of, from my childhood and golf and all that, it's a process of joining with forces.

Mark McKinnon

This president has a real pattern of defying conventional wisdom.

Sen. Schodorf

It's about evenly split between people who think schools need more money, or the other half who thinks we should defy the courts.

Jack Rodman

When I look out of my window at all those construction sites, I see a sea of nonperforming loans looming large on the horizon. The numbers defy logic.

William Shakespeare

We defy augury. There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'Tis not to come. If it be not to come, it will be now. If it be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all.

Oscar Isaac

You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.

Javier Solana

Just yesterday there were very significant and important demonstrations in Belgrade that are growing and growing in numbers because the very violence of Milosevic's police ... is making more and more people go to the demonstrations,

Maureen Allyn

Growth took them by surprise last year so I think this is paying back for all that growth we had last year.

Shuchita Mehta

Growth momentum remains strong and that should lead to higher inflation and interest rates.

Mike King

I think it should get big. It's growing pretty rapidly.

Chris Drury

I think the important thing is we've just got to grow as a team. You can't just learn and grow together with wins, you also have to do it with losses.

Zheng Jingping

It is fundamentally normal but it is at the upper end of the potential growth range and we need to take note of it.

Akio Yoshino

There is a growing view that insurers have had their run for the short term, ... Money is shifting to the laggards of the markets now, such as the technology companies.

Graham Cluley

There is going to be a real growth in 'pump and dump' spam.

Stuart Freeman

We've been thinking that the Nasdaq, as an index, would likely outperform a lot of the other indexes this year. It's a lot about secular growth. We're seeing growth in technology. And for the most part, it's been a tech year.

Henri Frederic Amiel

The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings

Romesh Gunesekera

I want to keep an inner life alive and, with luck, somebody else's, too.

Hameed pasha

Always listen to your inner voice,everthing else is just a noise

Mark Leaman

It satisfies some inner need that I have. I just need it there.

Yajur Veda

Attractiveness and magnetism of man's personality is the result of his inner radiance.

William Channing

The more a person analyzes his inner self, the more insignificant he seems to himself. This is the first lesson of wisdom. Let us be humble, and we will become wise. Let us know our weakness, and it will give us power.

Tift Merritt

I think you need a concrete, real-world metaphor to talk about inner life without feeling like a jerk.

Aimee Mullins

True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.

Bhagwan Rajneesh

Be true to your inner being and all religions are fulfilled.

Lauren Emerson

I didn't want my teammates to feel like I was leaving them because I was injured.

Richard Wright

I was not leaving the south to forget the south, but so that some day I might understand it

Wayne Huizenga

I'm not leaving until you say yes.

Sarah Dessen

He always did the leaving. But not this time. She kept walking, and did not look back.

Gabriel Pendas

The only reason that we're leaving is to respect the wishes of the family.

Jonathan Papelbon

Then, come to find out, he's going to be leaving -- that's kind of tough, man.

Robert Coates

It?s a move out of desperation, ... The stock is going down every day. People are leaving every day. I don?t know what else to do.

Derrek Lee

It looked like he was going to have a 1-2-3 inning. That was impressive. The first inning, he was leaving a lot of pitches up. He settled down after that.

Jodi Picoult

You can't exist in this world without leaving a piece of yourself behind.

Matt Maldre

Tourists who go to outer space should stay out there.

Frank Zappa

On the Planet of Baritone women, they talk low.

Julie Myers

I will seek to work with those who are knowledgeable in this area, who know more than I do.

Malayan Proverb

If you have, give; if you lack, seek

Timothy Radcliffe

Seeking the good is not primarily about rules and commandments.

Rumi

What you are seeking is also seeking you.

Charles Miller

My understanding is we were seeking what keywords are put in and URLs. Nothing personal.

Danys Baez

We didn't seek this out, but after an in-depth exploration, it made sense for us.

Gayle Korczyk

It is was a "GOD MOMENT" that I shall never forget.

Donald Hall

now i have time to do stuff, and do stuff i shall do!

Bible Bible

Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

George Whitefield

At the day of judgment we shall all meet again.

Edward Fitzgerald

And when like her, O Saki, you shall pass.

William Blake

Father! father! where are you going? / O do not walk so fast. / Speak, father, speak to your little boy, / Or else I shall be lost.

Leonardo da Vinci

There shall be wings! If the accomplishment be not for me, 'tis for some other.

Dolly Parton

I'm not happy all the time, and I wouldn't want to be because that would make me a shallow person. But I do try to find the good in everybody.

Pat Paulsen

Deep down, I happen to be very shallow.

Bobby Cox

I think you've got to do what you have to do to win right now.

Gerhard Schroeder

There is no alternative to this struggle, which we must win and will win,

Chad Qualls

We've got to win the first before we win the fourth.

Amani Toomer

To get a win we've got to play good. And we really didn't play that well at all.

Lindsay Davenport

I want to win this again, and as long as I can keep going I have a chance.

Richard Petty

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

Richard P. Feynman

Winning a Nobel Prize is no big deal, but winning it with an IQ of 124 is really something.

Retief Goosen

You can't really measure your game. You can shoot seven under and lose and you can shoot even and win.

Ronaldinho

My best has to be for Barcelona against Villarreal in 2006 - that is the one I am asked most about, and it is the one I am most proud of. Xavi chipped the ball to me, I chested it down, twisted and hit an overhead kick. It was the final goal in a 4-0 win.

Richard Petty

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

Richard P. Feynman

Winning a Nobel Prize is no big deal, but winning it with an IQ of 124 is really something.

Retief Goosen

You can't really measure your game. You can shoot seven under and lose and you can shoot even and win.

Ronaldinho

My best has to be for Barcelona against Villarreal in 2006 - that is the one I am asked most about, and it is the one I am most proud of. Xavi chipped the ball to me, I chested it down, twisted and hit an overhead kick. It was the final goal in a 4-0 win.

Ronda Rousey

The Olympics is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. I was lucky enough to go twice, but most people only get one chance. And in judo you can train your whole life and it'll come down to a split second: You can lose everything or win anything.

Rick Cook

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

Woodrow Wilson

I have no happy fairyland vision that she can win.

Woody Allen

I have no regard for that kind of ceremony. I just don't think they know what they're doing. When you see who wins those things-or who doesn't win them-you can see how meaningless this Oscar thing is.

Woody Allen

You'll find as you go through life that great depth and smoldering sensuality don't always win.