Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alcaeus

Wine is a peep-hole on a man.

Alec Baldwin

I consider myself a pretty good conversationalist, but you wind up being downgraded to idiot status when you don't speak the language!

Aldo Leopold

Whoever invented the word 'grace' must have seen the wing-folding of the plover.

Aldous Huxley

It had the taste of an apple peeled with a steel knife. (Sebastian Barnack assessing a Roederer 1916 champagne in Time Must Have a Stop)

Aldous Huxley

Suppose it were perfectly certain that the life and fortune of each of us would some day depend upon our winning or losing a game of chess. Do you not think that we should all consider it to be our primary duty to learn at least the names of the pieces and how to position them on the chessboard?

Albert Einstein

The wing structure of the hornet, in relation to its weight, is not suitable for flight, but he does not know this and flies anyway.

Albert Einstein

There is a race between mankind and the universe. Mankind is trying to build bigger, better, faster, and more foolproof machines. The universe is trying to build bigger, better, and faster fools. So far the universe is winning.

Adlai E. Stevenson

I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.

Adolf Hitler

I know that one is able to win people far more by the spoken that by the written word, and that every great movement on this globe owes its rise to the great speakers and not to the great writers.

Adam Richman

To be asked to do the pairing menus by Alamos Wineries in Argentina [was the most interesting opportunity]. There are so many chefs out there, and so if you were to say, "The dude who used to host Man V. Food is doing pairing for Jim Beam," you'd say, "Okay, that's kind of conceivable." If you're talking about the dude from Man V. Food is doing pairings for fine wine, then I think people might not necessarily anticipate that.

Adam Schiff

Terrific. Now to win a larceny trial all we have to do is prove how the universe ends.

We're just going to try and win another game.

Alexander the Great

How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.

Alexander Pushkin

Mistress-like, its brilliance vain, highly capricious and inane...

Alexander Smith

Winter does not work only on a broad scale; he is careful in trifles.

We'd like to go down and win one -- or several.

Dennis Johnson

We didn't have any expectations. I wasn't worried about winning or losing.

We didn't have any energy. We didn't have any passion. We didn't have any tenacity. That's what you have to have to win these games, especially when you're on the road.

Aberjhani

Death wins nothing here, gnawing wings that amputate–– then spread, lift up, fly.

Aaron Levie

In an IT lead world, incumbents generally win because they have the existing relationship with the IT organization.

Aaron Levie

The product that wins is the one that bridges customers to the future, not the one that requires a giant leap.

Aaron Levie

Startups often win because it's easier to see what comes next when you don't have to worry about maintaining what came last.

Aaron Rodgers

If we can string together some wins this year, maybe I'll be a close second-or third behind Bart Starr-on their favorite quarterback list.

Aaron Rodgers

I think as you get older, you realize there's always going to be critics. Critics are going to win every time because they can change their critique based on the stats and their own personal feelings.

Aaron Rodgers

You can't turn the ball over and expect to win.

Aaron Rodgers

Getting adjusted regularly is part of my goal to win in life and on the field.

Andrea Dworkin

The new pornography is left-wing; and the new pornography is a vast graveyard where the Left has gone to die. The Left cannot have its whores and its politics too.

To win those games, especially the way we did it, was real exciting.

We didn't play well and we didn't win the ballgame. That's what happens. I really don't know what else to say about it.

Vicente Fox

We are going to win this battle. We'll see who is tougher, we'll see who is more stubborn,

It's true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.

Angie Stone

When I was younger I was taught that a winner never quits, and a quitter never wins.

Andy Irons

If you dont see me on tour, its because I have found happiness away from winning, and that might be the biggest achievement I could ever accomplish.