Famous Quotes & Sayings

Plutarch

It is not reasonable that he who does not shoot should hit the mark, nor that he who does not stand fast at his post should win the day, or that the helpless man should succeed or the coward prosper.

Plutarch

Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it that the winds, slipping the smooth oil, have no force, nor cause any waves?

Philip Yancey

I doubt God keeps track of how many arguments we win; God may indeed keep track of how well we love.

Mickey Rivers

The first thing you do when you get out to center field is put up your finger and check the wind chill factor.

Julian Fellowes

Of course I love winning things; I can't tell you how much I enjoy it.

Paul Tillich

Wine is like the incarnation--it is both divine and human

Paul Krugman

The goal in the end is not to win elections. The goal is to change society.

Patrick Stewart

When I'm meant to be standing in the wings, the only way to go is the ladies' toilets. It's the only time I've ever acted in the toilets.

Patrick Geddes

Each social formation, through each of its material activities, exerts its influence upon the civic whole; and each of its ideas and ideals wins also its place and power.

Patrick Ewing

I'm satisfied with the way I play, but I don't evaluate my performances. I worry about what I can contribute defensively. I don't need to score. As long as we win, I don't care how many points I score.

Paolo Maldini

When I see Messi play, in my opinion, he should win the Ballon d'Or every year. He is an unbelievable player.

Paracelsus

Whether wine is a nourishment, medicine or poison is a matter of dosage

Paramahansa Yogananda

Evil spreads with the wind; truth is capable of spreading even against it.

Surely, if we considered detraction to be bred of envy, nested only in deficient minds, we should find that the applauding of virtue would win us far more honor than the seeking slyly to disparage it. That would show we loved what we commended, while this tells the world we grudge at what we want in ourselves.

Men are like wine,--not good before the lees of clownishness be settled.

Ovid

Calumny ever pursues the great, even as the winds hurl themselves on high places.

Ovid

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

Ovid

When there is plenty of wine, sorrow and worry take wing.

Otis Williams

Bill Mitchell said he really liked it. But when he asked the other four their opinions, we all took one look at ourselves in our raggedly long winter coats and cracked up. We knew we weren't likely to tempt anyone or anything, but what the hell, it was as good a name as any.

P. C. Cast

Then, with an enormous rush of meadow-filled wind, the green candle went out, and my best friend died.

P. C. Cast

Evil will win if good people do nothing.

P. C. Cast

I prefer my water in wine form.

Patton Oswalt

A lot of nerds aren't aware they're nerds. A geek has thrown his hands up to the universe and gone, 'I speak Klingon - who am I fooling? You win! I'm just gonna openly like what I like.' Geeks tend to be a little happier with themselves.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

I have drunken deep of joy, And I will taste no other wine tonight.

Paullina Simons

Will you remember that? Anywhere you are, if you can look up and find Perseus in the sky, find that smile, and hear the galactic wind whisper your name, you'll know that it's me, calling for you... calling you back to Lazarevo. (Alexander)

Paul Valery

The wind is rising...we must attempt to live.

Paul Virilio

Digital messages and images matter less than their instantaneous delivery; the shock effect always wins out over the consideration of the informational content.

Paul Tsongas

Let's try winning and see what it feels like. If we don't like it, we can go back to our traditions.

Paul Wolfowitz

You cant win if youre chasing the wrong problem.

Paul Wellstone

Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning.

Paul Wellstone

Politics is not about power. Politics is not about money. Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning. Politics is about the improvement of people's lives.

Mel Brooks

If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.

Mel Brooks

I like people with big talents and small neuroses - not always an easy combination to find. I've discovered that if the neurosis is too big, it diminishes the talent and you wind up working too hard for what you get.