Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lord Byron

Marriage, from love, like vinegar from wine-- A sad, sour sober beverage--by time Is sharpened from its high celestial flavor Down to a very homely household savor.

Lord Byron

The sight of blood to crowds begets the thirst of more, As the first wine-cup leads to the long revel.

Lord Byron

This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction.

M. F. K. Fisher

Good wine, well drunk, can lend majesty to the human spirit.

M. F. K. Fisher

I can no more think of my own life without thinking of wine and wines and where they grew for me and why I drank them when I did and why I picked the grapes and where I opened the oldest procurable bottles, and all that, than I can remember living before I breathed.

Lou Holtz

To win a national championship, you've got to be a little lucky.

Lou Holtz

We are not going to win because you have a new head coach, any more than you are going to fix a flat tire by changing the driver. We will win the minute all of us get rid of excuses as to why we can't win and stop wallowing in self-pity.

Lou Holtz

An agent won't help you get drafted higher, won't make you win more games, and won't make you faster or stronger.

Lou Holtz

The key to winning is choosing to do God's will and loving others with all you've got.

Lou Holtz

I asked you to pack your headgear and shoulder pads, but more importantly your defense and your kicking game, because that's what wins game like this.

Lou Holtz

Everyone wants to win on Saturday afternoon when the game is played. It’s what you do the other six days that decides the outcome

Lorena Ochoa

I play for me and I play to win, but it gives me great pleasure to represent Mexico.

Lorena Ochoa

I want to win every single tournament because I know I can do it.

Malcolm Forbes

A winner must first know what losing's like.

Magnus Carlsen

I can’t count the times I have lagged seemingly hopelessly far behind, and nobody except myself thinks I can win. But I have pulled myself in from desperate [situations]. When you are behind there are two strategies - counter-attack or all men to the defences. I’m good at finding the right balance between those.

Magnus Carlsen

All I expect are wins and to get pleasure from the game. And if someone thinks something about me, if someone's dissatisfied with something... that's not my headache. I hope someday I'll become World Champion - and I'll make all these people happy. But even if for some reason that doesn't happen it won't stop me getting pleasure from chess. I'm sure of that.

Magnus Carlsen

You need to have that edge, you need to have that confidence, you need to have that absolute belief that you’re the best and that you’ll win every time.

Mahatma Gandhi

Indeed, one perfect resister is enough to win the battle of Right against Wrong.

Gabrielle Zevin

Win walked over to me. He held out his palm. In the middle of it was a single black sequin from the dress Scarlet had lent me. "You lost this," he said. I giggled, slightly embarrassed to be leaving bits of myself behind. "I'm shedding.

Maggie Stiefvater

I am standing here in the shed, and I'm waiting to see if my seeds are going to poke out ofthe dirt. I don't know if it's too early to look for signs of life or if, this time, winter has claimed my family for good.

John C. Maxwell

If everyone doesn't pay the price to win, then everyone will pay the price of losing.

Mahatma Gandhi

True ahimsa should wear a smile even on a deathbed brought about by an assailant. It is only with that ahimsa that we can befriend our opponents and win their love.

James Taylor

The report falsely asserts that global warming is causing more extreme weather events, more droughts, more record high temperatures, more wildfires, warmer winters, etc., when each and every one of these false assertions is contradicted by objective, verifiable evidence.

James T. Farrell

The danger of censorship in cultural media increases in proportion to the degree to which one approaches the winning of a mass audience.

James P. Carse

A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.

James Patterson

Ari felt like, Hellooo, I have wings! I turn into a wolf! Blending is out is out of the question!

James Patterson

Sighing, she gave a brief nod. “I was supposed to win. I was supposed to finish you off. They never counted on you winning. And then you didn’t kill me. It was awful.” “You’re welcome,” I said, feeling fresh anger ignite. “I’ll try not to humiliate you by letting you live next time.” (Max II to Max)

James Patterson

You...are...a...fridge...with wings,' Fang ground out, punching an Eraser hard with every word. 'We're...freaking...ballet...dancers.

James Patterson

Yeah sure,why not?"i said,making a mental note to get a good look at his wings. For all I knew, they were remote-controlled and duct taped to his back.” -max

James Patterson

why can't you just get out of here and leave me alone?"i bellowed. "i can't!" dylan shouted back,his face twisted with an anger i'd never seen from him. "you can,"i said through gritted teeth."just point your wings that way and flap!

James Patterson

Max—you have a bigger mission than finding the flock's parents. Focus on helping the whole world, not just your friends. I held my wings steady, coasting for a long, long way on a warm updraft. It was like floating on a cloud, the best feeling you can imagine. I wish you could try it with me. Maybe next time. You know, Voice, I thought finally, my friends are my world.

James Nesbitt

Funnily enough, Northern Ireland is a great example of where politics can win over conflict. The decision to down arms and follow a political path would have been unthinkable once. It shows just what is possible.

Emily Dickinson

I tasted - careless - then - I did not know the Wine Came once a World - Did you? Oh, had you told me so - This Thirst would blister - easier - now