Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Flanagan

There are always risks in battle. It's a dangerous business. The trick is to take the right ones.' [said Halt]. 'How do you know which are the right ones?' Shigeru asked. Halt glanced at his two younger companions. They grinned and answered in chorus, 'You wait and see if you win.

John Flanagan

You can always win points; winning people’s respect is a lot more important.

Jonah Hill

People are so funny. There's no winning with commenters or anonymous people. They'd be rude that I was overweight, and now they're rude that I'm healthy.

Jonah Goldberg

Getting the support of Syria is the moral equivalent of winning the Klan's endorsement - it might be useful but it doesn't necessarily speak well of you.

Jon Stewart

In South Carolina, Senator John Edwards won handily, fulfilling his promise to win every state he was born in.

Kate Winslet

Having been here before and lost, to be here and win, I've got to tell you, winning is really a lot better than losing. Really a lot better.

Katarina Witt

I can't say, 'It doesn't matter if you win or lose.' It's not true. You go in to win.

Justine Larbalestier

Iloved Ashley Hope Perez's heartbreaking Out of Darkness set in late the 1930s in a small town Texas. It should win all the YA awards.

Julie Foudy

Tomboy. Alright, call me a tomboy. Tomboys get medals. Tomboys win championships. Tomboys can fly. Oh. And tomboys aren't boys.

Julie Davis

When a woman wins an Oscar for telling a story from a woman's point of view, that's going to be the win. That's the moment.

Josh Howard

As long as we keep winning, I'm happy.

Rachael Taylor

I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.

Pete Coors

I supported Bob Schaffer's three races for Congress. But we all had concerns about whether he could win statewide. Then my wife suggested that I get it.

Pete du Pont

If you're going to try to win an election, you can't be 80 percent. You can't say, I'm for what my Democratic opponent is, for but not quite so much of it.

Pete Carroll

I'm talking about: Are we competing today, every minute, in everything we do in practice. Are we letting loose and daring to be great here and now? And can we sustain that? And repeat it. Trophies are great, but we're trying to win forever.

Pete Carroll

If you want to win forever, you've got to ALWAYS COMPETE.

Pete Carroll

Winning Forever is not about the final score; it's about competing and striving to be the best. If you are in this pursuit, then you're already winning.

Paulo Coelho

Life does not play with marked cards.Winning or losing is part of it.

Paulo Coelho

All haters are losers, even when they win.

Phil Rizzuto

Well, that kind of puts a damper on even a Yankee win.

Phil Simms

Playing well and winning the Super Bowl helped my credibility. Otherwise, when Id give an opinion, people would say, What has he done? If I didnt win that Super Bowl, Id probably be coaching somewhere. TV would not be an option for me. So, (winning the Super Bowl) does help.

Phil Mickelson

Its just as disappointing as it was thrilling to win the Masters. To come very close, to play so hard for 72 holes and play better than everybody but one guy is disappointing.

Phil Mickelson

The only way to win tournaments is with the short game. Over half your shots out here are within 30 or 40 yards. Ballstriking is where I'm trying to improve, yes, but more to eliminate big numbers than make birdies.

Phil Mickelson

What I like to do is to try to win as many tournaments and as many majors as I can, and with him [Tiger Woods] in the field, it just gives it more credibility, whatever it is I am able to accomplish.

Phil Mickelson

I would rather try a shot to win than play safe and finish second.

Peter Shilton

To play in the World Cup and try to win something for England was the ultimate.

Peter Singer

Whereas the property-owning middle class could win freedom for themselves on the basis of rights to property--thus excluding others from the freedom they gain--the property-less working class possess nothing but their title as human beings. Thus they can liberate themselves only by liberating all humanity.

Peter Guber

In any situation that calls for you to persuade, convince or manage someone or a group of people to do something, the ability to tell a purposeful story will be your secret sauce. Telling to win through purposeful stories is situation, industry, gender, demographic, and psychographic-agnostic. It's an all-purpose, everyone wins tool.

Quintilian

When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.

Quentin Tarantino

I'm basically like, you know, learned pretty quickly the guy who throws the first punch usually wins, so when people gave me a hard time I just punched them.

Quentin Tarantino

If the film is nominated for awards, and even if it wins them, it doesn't make the movie any better, just as if it's ignored that doesn't make the movie any worse.

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.

Philip Yancey

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