Contests Quotes

335 quotes by 295 authors

You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest. — Rowan Atkinson
I was a really lousy artist as a kid. Too abstract expressionist; or I'd draw a big ram's head, really messy. I'd never win painting… — Jean-Michel Basquiat
Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil… — Samuel Adams
I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan. — Benazir Bhutto
I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections. — Benazir Bhutto
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. — Ambrose Bierce
Trials are no longer about freeing the innocent, punishing the guilty, and making restitution to the injured. They have devolved into a contest over who… — Tammy Bruce
The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the… — Steven Brust
This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger… — William Jennings Bryan
It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time. — Lord Byron
We won a contest at the teen fair in Vancouver and the first prize was a recording contract and we recorded at a radio station… — Tommy Chong
Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest. — Eric Clapton
Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity. — Seneca the Younger
We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the contest, and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for… — Sam Houston
A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge or vicar. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
I do not mean to exclude altogether the idea of patriotism. I know it exists, and I know it has done much in the present… — George Washington
International educational exchange is the most significant current project designed to continue the process of humanizing mankind to the point, we would hope, that men… — J. William Fulbright
When you have kids, there's no such thing as quality time. There's just time. There's no, 'Ooh, his graduation's better than going to the mall.'… — Chris Rock
At the end of the day it's not a weight contest, it's a visual contest. And it doesn't matter what you say you weigh, if… — Dorian Yates
I have a good sense of my body in a bathing suit around people who appreciate what I'm doing, like a contest. Then I'm proud.… — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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