Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carrie Fisher

I am someone who will rise to an occasion like that. Other occasions can defeat me.

We have also suffered similar defeats in our early years.

will end in snatching defeat from the jaws of uncertainty.

I thought he wrestled a great match when he defeated Mark Brown. He wrestled smart.

We had considerable consideration, but we didn't get in.

We have a track record of success in defeating moderates in the primary. No one else has done the job in that area.

You learn more from defeat than you do from victory. We've been through a lot the last month, and we're finally learning how to make big plays down the stretch.

Henry Steele Commager

The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.

One of the most effective weapons for defeating online piracy is providing legal, easy-to-use alternatives.

I felt going into selection day that Bethany, Lincoln, and Villa were going to be three of the four Pool B selections, so it would likely come down between Maryville and Huntingdon since we had defeated Fisk in the GSAC semis and several other teams in consideration lost over the weekend.

Kamisese Mara

From where I stand, I do not see the lost people of the South Seas, the defeated and the despairing, shrunken shadows of those who went before.

I expect for us to go in there and win. We're not conceding defeat at all. We want to win the game, but we know we have to get better in order to do that.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I think that in order to be a film director, one has to be a warrior who shouldn't be defeated by the daily onslaught of problems.

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.

Douglas Alexander

I take UKIP very seriously. The truth is that UKIP presents an electoral challenge to all political parties. The way to defeat UKIP is not to be a better UKIP but to be a better Labour Party.

He was indefatigably cheerful. He was very gracious in defeat.

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

Guillermo Coria

I didn't want to go out with a 6-1 6-1 defeat. This was an incredible match.

Ideally, I would have hoped these people would have heard the fat lady singing and they would have realized the defeat for what it is.

getting a lot of big payday games in big venues, which is great for those programs. I think that has defeated the purpose for us, anyway, of getting really high-profile games, even though they're on the road.

Beverly Sills

There is something in me-I just can't stand to admit defeat.

We always expect to win. If you don't expect it you've defeated yourself. You just let the marbles play out.

The outcome might very well be that together with (Berlusconi?s) defeat this time we may also see his disappearance from the political scene.

Carlo Ancelotti

We didn't deserve this defeat. I think we have played at the same level as Barcelona. We've had good opportunities to score but we've missed them.

Charlie Sheen

Defeat is not an option. Period. The End.

Kim Cattrall

There is no need to feel defeated at 40, 50 or 60. I'm having the greatest time in the second half of my life.

George William Russell

The victors in great wars have always been spiritually defeated by the conquered.

We're always nervous whenever we play this team, because we've had defeat snatched from the jaws of victory.

We hope to defeat it in the House and send it back to conference.

Yesterday Berlusconi belied a nervousness which showed that he is in difficulty. He can feel that his electoral defeat is probable.

Charles Bukowski

There's music in everything, even defeat

Benjamin Franklin

Venison and venery defeated me.

Edwin Louis Cole

Truth cannot be defeated.