Famous Quotes & Sayings

Geoff Davis

Historically, the reorganization movements in this state haven't been very successful. There are far more defeated merger studies than there are successful ones.

Nykesha Sales

I think we were a lot more excited last year. This year we are excited but we realize that it defeats the purpose to go the championship and lose. We've been here before and after what happened last year, it's more humbling because we know the job is not done yet.

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.

Russell Crowe

I'm destined to be attracted to those I cannot defeat.

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.

Salman Rushdie

How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.

Wally Lamb

Power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed.

Suzanne Pleshette

Troy was a sweet, good man. We just were never destined to be married. We just didn't have the same values. But I'm not bitter. He taught me how to laugh.

Laura Peterson

I know he is destined for great things, and it's going to be a privilege to watch that unfold. We knew it was an unusual case, but we see this as a real story of hope.

Brent Williams

I've known Tim since I was 12. You knew back then, he was destined for some sort of stardom.

Kevin Kerr

The disruption in general seems to have reminded the refineries of their vulnerability and the power of Mother Nature. Gasoline production is destined to be affected, and at the end of the day, the production impact for natural gas and oil will be significant.

Jackie Speier

When we foster an economy without hope, we guarantee that a segment of our population will be destined to know homelessness on a permanent basis, and not for the one night I voluntarily spent at a shelter.

Buffalo Bill

I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.

Benjamin Disraeli

The spirit that does not soar is destined to grovel

Lori Wilde

I knew from the time I was a young girl that I was destined to be a writer. I'm incredibly stubborn. The more someone tells me I can't do something, the harder I work to prove them wrong. My father's nickname for me when I was growing up was 'Hardhead.'

Tom Rath

I always thought there were some people who were just destined to be disengaged in their jobs because that was their personality, and no matter how hard managers tried, there wasn't much they could do with some of those people.