Famous Quotes & Sayings

Andrei Tarkovsky

If we succeed with something, that is only because others are in need of what e have produced. And the more success we have with something, the more people require that we express it. So it goes without saying, as a result of this we in principle never win out, others win. We always lose

Chuck Palahniuk

You turn up your music to hide the noise. Other people turn up their music to hide yours. You turn up yours again. Everyone buy s a bigger stereo system. This is the arms race of sound. You don't win with a lot of treble.

Chuck Palahniuk

She drank a glass of wine and looked for something new to ruin with her lack of talent.

Chuck Klosterman

Everyone knows history is written by the winners, but that cliche misses a crucial detail: Over time, the winners are always the progressives. Conservatism can only win in the short term, because society cannot stop evolving (and social evolution inevitably dovetails with the agenda of those who see change as an abstract positive). It might take seventy years, but it always happens eventually. Serious historians are, almost without exception, self-styled progressives. Radical views--even the awful ones--improve with age.

Chuck Close

There are things about signing on to a process over the long term that protect you from the buffeting winds of change.

Christopher Paolini

Into the sky to win or die.

Christopher Judge

Truly what the Emmys are about are the machine behind them, and Oscars are the same way, where if you have a big enough machine behind you, you get nominated, because truly how many of the best performances actually win...not many.

Christopher Marlowe

Virginity, albeit some highly prize it, Compared with marriage, had you tried them both, Differs as much as wine and water doth.

Christopher Marlowe

Till swollen with cunning, of a self-conceit, His waxen wings did mount above his reach, And, melting, Heavens conspir'd his overthrow.

Annika Sorenstam

I stay patient. I don't go out there and try to set a course record. That's probably one of my strengths and one reason I've been able to win major championships.

Ansel Adams

We were in the shadow of the mountains, the light was cool and quiet and no wind was stirring. The aspen trunks were slightly greenish and the leaves were a vibrant yellow.

Andrew Bird

Anyway, I'm digressing, but this is just kind of this 10-and-a-half-minute, ambient - you hear cicadas and birds and the wind outside and crickets as I'm swelling the piece. I could never do that on a pop record. I could, but why would I want to be agitating?

Douglas Adams

We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win.

Doris Lessing

I've won all the prizes in Europe, every bloody one. I'm delighted to win them all, the whole lot.

Doris Lessing

It's lovely to have money to give away - that's the bonus of winning the Nobel.

Dale Earnhardt

That strategy of racing for the top five and racing for the win is where everybody wants to be.

Dale Carnegie

We can't win friends with a scowling face and an upbraiding voice.

Dale Carnegie

How to Win Friends and Influence People.

Dale Carnegie

Winning friends begins with friendliness.

Dale Carnegie

If you have worries, there is no better way to eliminate them than by walking them off. Just take them out for a walk. They may take wings and fly away!

Dale Carnegie

Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.

Dale Carnegie

One can win the attention and time and cooperation of even the most sought-after people by becoming genuinely interested in them.

Dale Carnegie

If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.

Cristiano Ronaldo

I'm sure that I'm a winner person. I'm sure that I win more than lose.

Cristiano Ronaldo

I'm ready to lose my life if that's what Portugal needs to win. I'll play vs USA even if I play with one leg.

Craig Stadler

Confidence is everything. From there, it's a small step to winning.

Corbin Bernsen

It's an addictive thing. It's not so much I like to go win, but it's a rush.

Colin Powell

Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.

Claude C. Hopkins

We cannot go after thousands of men until we learn now to win one

Claude Debussy

Listen to no one's advice except that of the wind in the trees. That can recount the whole history of mankind...

Daniel Silva

The best way to win at a game of chance is to remove chance from the equation.

Daniel Snyder

I am absolutely desperate to win a Super Bowl.

Daniel Bernoulli

All birds need to fly are the right-shaped wings, the right pressure and the right angle.