Famous Quotes & Sayings

George A. Sheehan

If you want to win anything - a race, yourself, your life - you have to go a little berserk.

Garry Hynes

I was the first woman to win a Tony for directing, but the second woman came along five minutes later.

Garry Kasparov

Inevitably the machines must win, but there is still a long way to go before a human on his or her best day is unable to defeat the best computer.

Garry Kasparov

Losing can persuade you to change what doesn't need to be changed, and winning can convince you everything is fine even if you are on the brink of disaster.

Garrison Keillor

I talk in subjects and verbs, and sort of wind around in concentric circles until I get far enough away from the beginning so that I can call it the end, and it ends.

Garrison Keillor

Boys, the first drink is a boon, the second is a gamble, the third is poor judgment, and then the rate of descent gets steep

Gabrielle Roy

Curiosity ran unchecked through him, like the wind outside through the deserted streets, along the canal, around the little wooden houses, everywhere, as far as the mountain.

Gabriela Sabatini

I can't laugh, be happy, present myself at any prize and also win on the centre court.

Francois Fenelon

The wind of God is always blowing... but you must hoist your sail.

Life is strange. Every so often a good man wins.

Frank Bruno

I was in a no-win situation, so I'm glad that I won rather than lost

Frank Caliendo

Remember: Super Bowl is the biggest day of the year for pizza delivery - so no matter what happens in the game, Peyton Manning wins.

The rhythms of nature - the sounds of wind and water, the sounds of birds and insects - must inevitably find their analogues in music.

George Crabbe

Lo! the poor toper whose untutored sense, Sees bliss in ale, and can with wine dispense; Whose head proud fancy never taught to steer, Beyond the muddy ecstasies of beer.

George Crabbe

Wine, like the rising sun, possession gains, And drives the mist of dullness from the brains, The gloomy vapor from the spirit flies, And views of gaiety and gladness rise.

George Clooney

In the United States 95% of the people who win elections have the most money. That's it. So, money is a big part of elections. But that happens all the time.

Geena Davis

[My aunt] took me to my first play, too, which was dinner theater. I don't know if they have that in England, but you eat a dinner while you watch a play. And she ordered a glass of wine. I was like, "Oh my God. This is, like, the most sophisticated thing I have ever done."

Geena Davis

When I got pregnant, I told [Susan Sarandon ]. She said, "All right. I'm gonna tell you the thing to do when you're giving birth: Push like you're trying to win a prize, like you want to be the best patient he's ever had. He's going to give you a prize for winning that." So I did. [The doctor] said, "You are probably the best pusher I've had as a patient."

Gayle Forman

(P)eople’s good intentions can wind up putting us in boxes as confining as coffins.

Lois McMaster Bujold

If there's no game, isn't winning a pretty meaningless concept?

Lois McMaster Bujold

One corner of his mouth crooked up, then the quirk vanished in a thoughtful pursing of his lips. "He's bisexual, you know." He took a delicate sip of his wine. "Was bisexual," she corrected absently, looking fondly across the room. "Now he's monogamous." Vordarian choked, sputtering.

Lyn Nofziger

If George W. Bush really has the courage of his convictions the United States very soon will either wind up dominating the United Nations (as it should) or rendering it impotent (which would probably be even better).

Lynda Obst

The lack of women directors is a sad fact of life. Kathryn Bigelows thrilling Best Director win may help turn things around.

Lyndon B. Johnson

The time has come when we cannot be so careless. Unless we do better, we may suffer through a stark emergency of the environment. We may create a hostile world: a world to bruise ourselves against; a world of sprawling cities, unplanned or badly planned; a world whose water is full of sludge, whose winds are full of soot; a world whose landscape has been totally neglected, stripped, marred, and wasted. All of this need not happen if we choose well, and particularly if we plan well and if we act well.

Luke Ford

In my right-wing politics of the time, I held that unemployment was usually the fault of the unemployed.

Lucas Grabeel

I'm competitive with myself, but not with other people. I set goals for myself. I don't really care about winning or losing as long as I do my best.

Lowell Bergman

The fact that wealthy people or people from privileged backgrounds may wind up in a violent terrorist organization is not new.

Louis Bacon

The ability to manage large assets well - it's like being Michael Jordan or winning the gold in the Olympics; it's what you aspire to.

Louis Aragon

What on earth is modern exegesis up to? Oh, little lazy one! Some red wine and up! Off you go, brandishing your fork, stripped of Ophelia's useless ornaments, fire in your large nostrils, out to rake the muck of metaphors.

Lori Greiner

Dear optimist, pessimist, and realist--while you guys were busy arguing about the glass of wine, I drank it! Sincerely, the opportunist!

Loretta Lynn

Because Olivia Newton-John wasn't from Nashville, they didn't like her winning our awards. I've got no complaints.

Lord Byron

Maidens, like moths, are ever caught, by glare, And Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair.

Lord Byron

Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach Who please, the more because they preach in vain