Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dan Millman

Aim not to win or succeed, but for excellence in the moment.

Cornelia Funke

Power. Intoxicating. Like a fine wine.

Cornel West

The black church is dormant, much of the community is dormant. If the black church is leaning toward the right, much of the community is leaning toward the right. If it is leaning in the left wing direction having repercussions.

Cornel West

The interesting thing for me is, if that had been a left-wing person raising questions, [President Obama] probably would have expressed his anger. Because Obama really does get upset about progressives.

Cormac McCarthy

Scared money can’t win and a worried man can’t love.

Colum McCann

I know already that I will return to this day whenever I want to. I can bid it alive. Preserve it. There is a still point where the present, the now, winds around itself, and nothing is tangled. The river is not where it begins or ends, but right in the middle point, anchored by what has happened and what is to arrive.

Cliff Lee

I just play to win. I play to be competitive; that's it. I think every player hopes that they do something special that everyone remembers later in life, or whatever. But that's not why we're playing. At least, that's not why I play.

Cliff Robertson

The year you win an Oscar is the fastest year in a Hollywood actor's life. Twelve months later they ask, 'Who won the Oscar last year?'

Eamon de Valera

The part which American friendship played in helping us to win the freedom we enjoy in this part of Ireland has been gratefully recognized and acknowledged by our people.

Dwight Gooden

If you can get an out on one pitch, take it. Let the strikeouts come on the outstanding pitches. Winning is the big thing. If you throw a lot of pitches, before you know it, your arm is gone.

Dwight Howard

I'm just going to keep working. Spend more days in the gym, as possible. Just trying to get my game up, and just keep playing. And if it's in God's will for me to win, then I'll get it.

Dwight L. Moody

It is the greatest pleasure of living to win souls to Christ.

Colin Meloy

If Broadway musicals were as popular as they were in the 20s, 30s, and 40s, then people like Sufjan Stevens and Iron & Wine would be writing for Broadway, which would be amazing. As it stands, it's the worst stuff that's mired in pop music.

In 2014, we have some new activities and new order wins in the non-automotive space.

Lloyd Carr

This was an awfully important win for this team. We've been awfully inconsistent.

The only thing I know is that we've got to win some games.

Brett Myers

We've got to do what we need to do to win games.

Carl Edwards

We're out to win this championship and we'll do it by having fun.

Jerry Stackhouse

We've been doing it all season. It's become who we are. We feel we can win those kind of games.

Orson Scott Card

He's not a killer. He just wins... Thoroughly

Paul Simon

The leaves that are green turn to brown. And they wither with the wind. And they crumble in your hand.

Orson Scott Card

Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is nothing.

Orson Scott Card

That's the problem with winning right from the start, thought Ender. you lose friends.

Orson Scott Card

That is the earth, he thought. Not a globe thousands of kilometers around, but a forest with a shining lake, a house hidden at the crest of a hill, high in the trees, a grassy slope leading upwards from the water, fish leaping and birds strafing to take the bugs that lived at the border between water and sky. Earth was the constant noise of crickets, and winds, and birds

Orson Scott Card

But if you caught my informant,' said Achilles, 'why in the world would Chamrajnagar—or Graff, if it was him—launch the shuttle anyway? Was catching me doing something naughty so important they’d risk a shuttle and it’s crew just to catch me? I find that quite… flattering. Sort of like winning the Nobel Prize for scariest villain.

Prince

I want to win, so sometimes I get a little overanxious.

We are winning the battle, but there are a lot of bumps.

We don't want to just go to the tournament. We want to win the whole thing.

F. Lee Bailey

If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.

George Brett

Even today, if the Royals win six games all year, if they're going to go 6-156, I hope they beat the Yankees six times.

Kurt Vonnegut

Did you ever admire an empty-headed writer for his or her mastery of the language? No. So your own winning style must begin with ideas in your head.

Karan Johar

I want to walk the red carpet at the Oscars. I am in awe of the ceremony, and winning an Oscar would be the most magical moment of my life. I want to make that speech and hold that trophy and say, 'This is for you, India.' That's the line I have rehearsed for God knows how long. But that has to be for a Hindi language film.

Karch Kiraly

I don't have to get myself pumped up or calm myself down. As we get into the later rounds of a tournament and there is more at stake, I have even more adrenaline. If we make the finals, it's just an extra opportunity to win a tournament at my age. That doesn't come along that often.