Contest Quotes
345 Contest quotes by 294 unique authors
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Who's judging American Idol? Paula Abdul? Paula Abdul judging a singing contest is like Christopher Reeve judging a dance contest!
— Chris Rock
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I had ordered long legs, but they never arrived. My eyes are weird too, one is gray and the other is green. I have a…
— Jane Seymour
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There will soon come an armed contest between capital and labor. They will oppose each other, not with words and arguments, but with shot and…
— William Tecumseh Sherman
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I like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn't be a staring contest.
— Frank Sinatra
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Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define…
— Wole Soyinka
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In a contest between me and a bulldog, you would say the bulldog is cuter.
— Sylvester Stallone
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I thought it might be a good move to get into a beauty contest so I tried for Miss Pennsylvania and won. I think that…
— Sharon Stone
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The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.
— Daniel Webster
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I'm not a big fan of the thought that you can become a star by winning a contest. I'm sort of old-fashioned. I think people…
— Rob Zombie
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If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We…
— Samuel Adams
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We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the neverending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And it occurs to…
— John Steinbeck
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You are in a partnership with all other human beings, not a contest to be judged better than some and worse than others.
— Wayne Dyer
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Enthusiasm needs to be effective enthusiasm. We must distinguish between the contribution and enthusiasm of the cheerleader and the enthusiasm of the player. While cheerleaders…
— Neal A. Maxwell
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A contest was held in 1994 to rename the Los Angeles Convention and Exhibition Center after an extensive renovation and expansion. The winning name, chosen…
— James Frey
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Sometimes I feel like I've been waiting for someone to tell me when I can be normal again,' she said. 'I keep thinking I'll get…
— Maureen Johnson
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When I begin to doubt my ability to work the word, I simply read another writer and know I have nothing to worry about. My…
— Charles Bukowski
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It was like he was in a contest to see who could do the least work, only he was the only contestant.
— Catherine Gilbert Murdock
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When I refuse to obey an unjust law, I do not contest the right of the majority to command, but I simply appeal from the…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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The battle, Sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, Sir, we have no election. If…
— Patrick Henry
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That is my problem with life, I rush through it, like I'm being chased. Even things whose whole point is slowness, like drinking relaxing tea.…
— Miranda July
Who Wrote These Contest Quotes
294 authors contributed a total of 345 Contest Quotes, led by these top contributors: