Rival Quotes

174 Rival quotes by 156 unique authors

Other women looked on me as a rival. And it pained me a great deal. — Grace Kelly
Life's missed opportunities, at the end, may seem more poignant to us than those we embraced — because in our imagination they have a perfection… — Roger Ebert
I have never believed that the critic is the rival of the poet, but I do believe that criticism is a genre of literature or… — Harold Bloom
The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dares to protect himself against the white man or… — Ida B. Wells
For me, I'm in the driver's seat; I'm No. 1 in the world. I've won the last couple of meetings, and I've won the big… — Roger Federer
Consider love: is there a nobler outpouring, a rapture less suspect? Its shudders rival music, compete with the tears of solitude and of ecstasy: sublime...but… — Emile M. Cioran
Losing love is so rich a philosophical ordeal that it makes a hairdresser into a rival of Socrates. — Emile M. Cioran
When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make… — George William Russell
While patriotism is often lauded as an unquestionable value, the status of patriotism is a problem for many thoughtful people. It is particularly troublesome for… — Stephen Nathanson
First and foremost arms are tools in the service of rival nations, pointing at the possibility of a future war. — Alva Myrdal
If we consider the superiority of the human species, the size of its brain, its powers of thinking, language and organization, we can say this:… — Jean Baudrillard
It was lovely to receive the affection from some of the supporters of our biggest rival, ... It doesn't happen to you very often in… — Ronaldinho
Belief Systems contradict both science and ordinary "common sense." B.S. contradicts science, because it claims certitude and science can never achieve certitude: it can only… — Robert Anton Wilson
The ironic life is a life keenly alert, keenly sensitive, reacting promptly with feelings of liking or dislike to each bit of experience, letting none… — Randolph Bourne
After the collapse of socialism, capitalism remained without a rival. This unusual situation unleashed its greedy and - above all - its suicidal power. The… — Gunter Grass
I think brown marks a reunion of peoples, an end to ancient wanderings. Rival cultures and creeds conspire with Spring to create children of a… — Richard Rodriguez
Despite the reams of paperwork, obstacles worthy of a horse show, and a wait that can rival an elephant's gestation, adoption feels no different on… — Scott Simon
To see economic policy as a problem of choice between rival ideologies is the greatest error of our time. — John Kenneth Galbraith
When you move off a point of power, pay all your obligations on the nail, empower all your friends completely and move off with your… — L. Ron Hubbard
Reality is the temporary resultant of continuous struggles between rival gangs of programmers. — Robert Anton Wilson
I believed it would succeed. It was Polish Solidarity and its victory that put an end to the old era when what mattered were borders… — Lech Walesa
It would be wrong to assume that one must stay with a research programme until it has exhausted all its heuristic power, that one must… — Imre Lakatos
I always felt and still feel that fairy tales have an emotional truth that is so deep that there are few things that really rival… — Alice Hoffman
The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances. — Joseph McCabe
Without question, the balance of power on the planet today lies in the hands of business. Corporations rival governments in wealth, influence, and power. Indeed,… — Ben Cohen

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