Contest Quotes

345 Contest quotes by 294 unique authors

There is but one pursuit in life which it is in the power of all to follow, and of all to attain. It is subject… — Charles Caleb Colton
We're not encouraging idols other than on the TV show, you know and that's the wrong way to do it. If we had become famous… — Billy Bob Thornton
We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win. — Edward Gibbon
Marketing is a contest for people's attention. — Seth Godin
I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest. — Al Gore
The presidency is more than a popularity contest. — Al Gore
A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of 'curb appeal.' Rent a… — Barbara Corcoran
I wouldn't support Limp Bizkit being on some snuff backyard brawling, fighting contest. — Fred Durst
Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the very breath of science is a contest with mistake, and… — George Eliot
Politics is a contest among people of diverse backgrounds and philosophies, advocating different solutions to common problems. The system only works when principled, energetic people… — Bob Ehrlich
When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it.… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest, logic loses. So,… — Larry Elder
You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself. — Epictetus
My family was musical on both sides. My father's family had a famous flautist and a classical pianist. My mother won a contest to be… — Gloria Estefan
It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum. — Sam Harris
I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best… — Tab Hunter
Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision. The more a man can… — Norman Mailer
Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue. — P.J. O'Rourke
I prefer career artists that have spent time honing their craft, as opposed to, 'I won a karaoke contest on a reality show and now… — Conor Oberst
For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best. — Alexander Pope

Who Wrote These Contest Quotes

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