“Was it happiness I'd found in my long marriage? Or capitulation? Or is that all happiness is, capitulation?” — Maria Semple Copy Share Image
In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Out of Berklee Dream Theater was born and we've been together ever since. I didn't have to taste that feeling of defeat. — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
“A journey inward may end in defeat For life as we know it was made by machines” — Mechina - Impact Proxy Copy Share Image
There's no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool. — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
“He would learn to accept his defeat gracefully – unlike Gatsby with the shotgun – and decide to get on with his life.” — Laura Buzo Copy Share Image
Cast down, O Lord, all the forces of cruelty and wrong. Defeat all selfish and worldly-minded schemes, and prosper all that is… — John Baillie Copy Share Image
The deepest human defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what… — Ashley Montagu Copy Share Image
“There was no guarantee of victory if I remained the same or just tried to be myself, but there was certain defeat… — J. W. Lord Copy Share Image
Our allies in the Middle East know that the Islamic State is their fight - and they have asked for very specific… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
You are fortunate if you have learned the difference between temporary defeat and failure, more fortunate still if you have learned the… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
It is wrong to think that belief in freedom always leads to victory; we must always be prepared for it to lead… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had a Masters of Fine Arts, but so did thousands of other graduates every year, and we were all competing for… — Kurt Wagner Copy Share Image
It could be worse,' Passini said respectfully. "There is nothing worse than war." Defeat is worse." I do not believe it," Passini… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Between women love is contemplative; caresses are intended less to gain possession of the other than gradually to re-create the self through… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
“You're wrong Heinrich. While it might seem easy to believe, you and I aren't actually the same. You've been fighting someone else's… — Luther Blissett Copy Share Image
Time, space, and natural law hold for me suggestions of intolerable bondage, and I can form no picture of emotional satisfaction which… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
Could Afghanistan become another Vietnam? Is the United States facing another stalemate on the other side of the world? Premature the questions… — R. W. Apple Copy Share Image
This is my number one priority. I've got a lot of things on my plate. But my top priority is to defeat… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our duty is to rise in the bright daylight, openly, beating the drums. The cause for which we are ready to give… — Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont Copy Share Image
The writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit—for gallantry in defeat, for… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I should like to be the landscape which I am contemplating, I should like this sky, this quiet water to think themselves… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
