Contest Quotes - page 2

Will you be wanting to contest the divorce?" I asked Mrs. Davis. "I should think not," she said calmly, "although I suppose on of us should, for the fun of the thing. An uncontested divorce always seems to me contrary to the spirit of divorce. (Donald Barthelme)
Despotism, which we regard with abhorrence, is rather too plausible in decaying feudal, agrarian, pastoral societies. That's why we must expect to have many a defeat before we'll have an ultimate victory in this contest with Communism. View quote
Reinhold Niebuhr
Where two discourse, if the one's anger rise, The man who lets the contest fall is wise. View quote
Euripides
The principle that the majority have a right to rule the minority, practically resolves all government into a mere contest between two bodies of men, as to which of them shall be masters, and which of them slaves; a contest, that-however bloody-can, in the nature of things, never be finally closed, so long as man refuses to be a slave. View quote
Lysander Spooner
In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm at Sidmouth, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused Mrs. Partington's spirit was up. But I need not tell you that the contest was unequal the Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. View quote
Sydney Smith
When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything. View quote
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Asia is the continent rhythm forgot. At best Asian music is off-brand American pop, like Sonny Bono in a karaoke bar. At worst Asian music sounds as if a truck full of wind chimes collided with a stack of empty oil drums during a birdcall contest. View quote
P. J. O'Rourke
Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue. View quote
P. J. O'Rourke
Leadership is not a popularity contest; it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title. View quote
Robin S. Sharma
Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of disagreement and contest, not consensus or compromise. View quote
James Surowiecki
My child was one of Nature's Tories pitted against a mother who was one of nurture's Lefties: it was no contest. (Allison Pearson)
You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest. View quote
Rowan Atkinson
The poet and the painter are only truly great by the mutual influences of their studies, and the jealousy of glory has only produced an idle contest. View quote
Isaac D'Israeli
I really dont feel like Im in any kind of contest. Except, maybe, with myself. Just want to learn and create and grow. Get better all the time with these filmmaking tools. I dont expect perfection from myself. Just progress. View quote
Angela Bettis
Compare sending someone a text message and getting a love letter delivered by carrier pigeon. No contest. View quote
Bryan Callen
A good 80 percent of the vault is still physical and another percentage of it, 20, 25 percent is mental. Mental is always the mental strength, the confidence building up to that contest or repetition, practice, practice, and practice. View quote
Bela Karolyi
One of my most memorable Thanksgiving memories was probably the first year that me and my two brothers decided to start our annual eating contest. We ate throughout the whole day. We started that morning and weighed ourselves, and at the very end of the night, we weighed ourselves out. And all three of us equally gained five pounds. View quote
Charles Kelley
Playing guitar is not a beauty contest. View quote
Ernie Isley
Ethnic life in the United States has become a sort of contest like baseball in which the blacks are always the Chicago Cubs. View quote
Ishmael Reed
I was always a clown. In the eighth grade I won a city speech contest by doing an Eddie Murphy routine. I'm no good at public speaking, but if I can assume a role and speak as that person, then I'm fine. When I had to give a book report, I always did it in character. View quote
Jason Wiles
In those days, boxing was very glamorous and romantic. You listened to fights on the radio, and a good announcer made it seem like a contest between gladiators. (Joseph Barbera)
In all honesty, at that time, I never saw myself as an author... I was just a Mom in a state of panic, trying to enter a short story contest to win the prize money in order to keep the lights on in my home. View quote
Leslie Banks
When I was six I entered a talent contest. I dyed my hair blond, had a chainsaw and pretended I was Eminem. The old folk weren't expecting that. View quote
Nico Mirallegro
Psychopaths view any social exchange as a 'feeding opportunity,' a contest or a test of wills in which there can be only one winner. Their motives are to manipulate and take, ruthlessly and without remorse. View quote
Robert D. Hare
Surely these women won't lose any more of their beauty and charm by putting a ballot in a ballot box once a year than they are likely to lose standing in foundries or laundries all year round. There is no harder contest than the contest for bread, let me tell you that. View quote
Rose Schneiderman