Rivals Quotes

254 Rivals quotes by 232 unique authors

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
How happy the lot of the mathematician. He is judged solely by his peers, and the standard is so high that no colleague or rival… — Wystan Hugh Auden
There's a terrible delight in watching a rival sink without a trace — Bernard Hinault
The truth is that throughout my careers in both chess and the martial arts, I often knew that my rivals were more naturally gifted than… — Joshua Waitzkin
Throughout history, adultery has had few rivals as a cause of murder and human misery. The reason we tend to resemble our mates is that… — Jared Diamond
I'm still number one and I just recently won a major tournament ahead of my toughest rivals so I think I had a few years… — Garry Kasparov
But thou that didst appear so fair To fond imagination, Dost rival in the light of day Her delicate creation. — William Wordsworth
And the issue is never the merits of the evidence but always the jealous rivalry of the contestants to see which would be the official… — Hugh Nibley
A professor is not one who knows, but one who professes to know, and [thus] is constantly in the position of inviting challenge. . .… — Hugh Nibley
We do not usually look for allies when we love. Indeed, we often look on those who love with us as rivals and trespassers. But… — Eric Hoffer
Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world. Yet from this lesson thou will learn to avoid… — Miguel de Cervantes
There is the little matter of disposal of droppings in which the cat is far ahead of its rivals. The dog is somehow thrilled by… — Paul Gallico
I will not say with Lord Hale, that "The Law will admit of no rival" . . . but I will say that it is… — Joseph Story
Concentrate . . . for the greatest achievements are reserved for the man of single aim, in whom no rival powers divide the empire of… — Orison Swett Marden
I don't look at it like that's my rival and I have to beat her. It's more like, I have to ski this as fast… — Picabo Street
Bear patiently with a rival. — Unknown Author
Let me say it openly: we are surrounded by an enterprise of degradation, cruelty, and killing which rivals anything the Third Reich was capable of,… — J M Coetzee
He to whom many objects of pursuit arise at the same time, will frequently hesitate between different desires till a rival has precluded him, or… — Samuel Johnson
Jesus was the poorest of the poor. Roman Catholicism, which claims to be His church, is the richest of the rich, the wealthiest institution on… — Avro Manhattan
I ought to rejoice in the fact that our principal rival has died, but I don't. — Jonathan Dimbleby
If you are to use Alexander Graham Bell’s product, which is to say the blower, you should, in all courtesy, use it as he would… — Mark Forsyth
Savannah is a . . . lovely pastel dream of tight cobbled streets. . . . There are legendary scenes . . . to rival… — Rosemary Daniell
Few literary depictions of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake match the intensity and visceral power of those in Flacco's gripping first novel. The author's screenwriting… — William Bernhardt
Given is the word. Given publicly, on the first Good Friday, on a hill, in the sight of all, was the visible demonstration of the… — Unknown Author

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