Contest Quotes

345 Contest quotes by 294 unique authors

No man at bottom means injustice; it is always for some obscure distorted image of a right that he contends: an obscure image diffracted, exaggerated,… — Thomas Carlyle
Gina Hyams has put together a fabulous fun book/gift:Â Pie Contest in a Box: Everything You Need to Host a Pie Contest. Thereâ€™s a great book… — Shauna James Ahern
It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not… — Edmund Burke
Humans are built for endurance, not speed. We're awful sprinters compared to every other animal. We try to run our races as if they were… — Christopher McDougall
It's dangerous to think too much about how a film will be received. Filmmaking is not a popularity contest. Some would disagree. — Julia Leigh
Although my seat is a contest between Labour and the Lib Dems, it could well make the difference between a Labour and a Tory government… — Lucy Powell
My working life has always been wrapped up in doing my job to the best of my abilities and doing the best for my family.… — Johann Lamont
People came to the All-Star Game to see the dunk contest. — Dominique Wilkins
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
A new space race has begun, and most Americans are not even aware of it. This race is not [about] political prestige or military power.… — Ben Bova
Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off; the belief it inspires… — Philip Roth
Anytime something starts to feel like a popularity contest or not about the music, I'd rather just not be involved. I'm not a big high-fiver.… — Gary Allan
I entered a poem in a poetry contest around 1987, and the poem won and I received $1,000 for it. That made me realize that… — Sharon Creech
As much as I love acoustic Neil Young - and I do deeply - I may be more passionate about the electric. Luckily it's not… — Jonathan Demme
Ultimately the Emmys are a popularity contest. — William Devane
Ninety-five percent of the time when I run a contest I've purchased the giveaway prizes with advertising money. — Ree Drummond
I think everyone can recognize the one-upmanship and the competition that go on wherever you are, especially among groups where the women don't have to… — Rachel Johnson
A new space race has begun, and most Americans are not even aware of it. This race is not about political prestige or military power.… — Ben Bova
I won a dancing contest to get into wrestling. That involved fans voting. — Stacy Keibler
Even as we seek to be meek and to avoid contention, we must not compromise or dilute our commitment to the truths we understand. We… — Dallin H. Oaks

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294 authors contributed a total of 345 Contest Quotes, led by these top contributors: