Pitting Quotes

21 quotes by 20 authors

The proud make every man their adversary by pitting their intellects, opinions, works, wealth, talents, or any other worldly measuring device against others. — Ezra Taft Benson
I love pitting people against each other. My whole life is based on that. It brings out the best in people and the worst in… — Donald Trump
I cannot consider fighting in competitive Manly Fun any more than I can consider pitting my running, swimming or climbing body against other bodies. Nothing,… — Hal Porter
Revelations come when you're in the thick of it, pitting yourself up against something larger than yourself — Frank Langella
All this pitting of sex against sex, of quality against quality; all this claiming of superiority and imputing of inferiority belong to the private-school stage… — Virginia Woolf
That's what cricket's all about: two batsmen pitting their wits against one another — Fred Trueman
We live, understandably enough, with the sense of urgency; our clock, like Baudelaire's, has had the hands removed and bears the legend, "It is later… — Lionel Trilling
For my part, I make this pledge to all of you: The politics of division, of pitting east against west, urban versus rural, region against… — Ed Rendell
The press seems to love pitting women against each other. — Jeanne Tripplehorn
Our country, if you read the 'Federalist Papers,' is about disagreement. It's about pitting faction against faction, divided government, checks and balances. The hero in… — Jonah Goldberg
President Obama's version of America is a divided one - pitting us against each other based on our income level, gender, and social status. His… — Mia Love
There are many individuals, companies and even countries operating in what I call a 'me first' mentality, which is effectively a purely competitive approach to… — Simon Mainwaring
For me, half the joy of achieving has been the struggle and the fight, the pitting myself against the world and all its competition -… — Conrad Veidt
I don't understand why people insist on pitting concepts of evolution and creation against each other. Why can't they see that spiritualism and science are… — Garth Stein
But under it all they were men, penetrating the land of desolation and mockery and silence, puny adventurers bent on colossal adventure, pitting themselves against… — Jack London
Taunting Death ... means pitting oneself against a wily enemy who cannot lose. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
School presents daily exercises in dis-association. It forces unwelcome associations on most of its prisoners. It sets petty, meaningless competitions in motion on a daily… — John Taylor Gatto
The Obamacare contraception mandate was never about freedom. It was always about pitting secularism against religion, and using the power of government to sponsor secularism. — Ben Shapiro
Bowls have become network-owned, commercial enterprises, in some cases, pitting average teams in money-losing bowls for the benefit of a few. — Charles E. Young
The Ancient mosque is located within the walls of the old city of Tebessa, is the oldest mosques in the state, built by the Ottomans… — Zakaria Eldjazair

Who Wrote These Pitting Quotes

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