Contests Quotes

335 quotes by 287 authors

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
Letâ€™s state it clearly: One great idea of the biblical revelation is that God is manifest in the ordinary, in the actual, in the daily,… — Richard Rohr
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
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
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
He no longer dreamed of storms, nor of women, nor of great occurrences, nor of great fish, nor fights, nor contests of strength, nor of… — Ernest Hemingway
What dire offence from am'rous causes springs, What mighty contests rise from trivial things,... — Alexander Pope
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
But nirvana is a radical transformation of how it feels to be alive: it feels as if everything were myself, or as if everything---including "my"… — Alan Watts
The one who confidently looks forward to an eternal reward for his efforts in mortality is constantly sustained through his deepest trials. When he is… — Harold B. Lee
We only have one story. All novels, all poetry are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil. — John Steinbeck
Staring Girl I once knew a girl who would just stand there and stare. At anyone or anything, she seemed not to care She'd stare… — Tim Burton
You look lousy,"Simon said. Jace blinked."Seems an odd time to start an insult contest,but if you insist,I could probably think up something good — Cassandra Clare
One thing I've always wonderedâ€”why did you enter that bikini contest when you were a teenager?â€ Her face flushed with a mixture of anger and… — Nalini Singh
Praying It doesnâ€™t have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention,… — Mary Oliver
One day she told me that they'd decided that my gender was divvied into two neat piles-Men and Guys. Basically, all the saints of the… — Gayle Forman
I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable greyness, with nothing underfoot, with… — Joseph Conrad
Wars raged everywhere as men found new, inventive ways to kill even more of their race. It was like a contest, the many tribes of… — Darren Shan
If there were such a thing as an inter-city thieving contest, Ankh-Morpork would bring home the trophy and probably everyoneâ€™s wallets. — Terry Pratchett
Just the other day the AP wire had a story about a man from Arkansas who entered some kind of contest and won a two-week… — Hunter S. Thompson

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