Activity in politics also produces eager competition and sharp rivalry. ~By John George Nicolay ~
It was just crazy opportunity to see that whole world and the competitions that we had in the film, like Long Beach, it was just crazy and so much fun. I felt like I lived all those moments in the movie. ~By John Robinson ~
All, all is theft, all is unceasing and rigorous competition in nature; the desire to make off with the substance of others is the foremost - the most legitimate - passion nature has bred into us and, without doubt, the most agreeable one. ~By Marquis de Sade ~
Advertising as the printed form of selling would seem... ultimately to be justified in so far as it serves as a means of increasing legitimate human wants, as an agency of fair and economic competition in the distribution of goods, and as a stimulant to social progress. ~By Daniel Starch ~
What was the competition? Well, I remember this Puerto Rican who came out in a short skirt and a gun. ~By Sarah Vaughan ~
You learn so much from competition you gain confidence every time you have to step up and perform. ~By Natalie Gulbis ~
In Britain, because I live here, I can also run into problems of envy and competition. But all this is just in a day's work for a writer. You can't put stuff out there without someone calling you a complete fool. Oh, well. ~By Alain de Botton ~
The limit is not as narrow as it might be. I do not claim for this action, as it now goes on, an ideal degree of efficiency. What I do claim is that this type of competition already reveals its nature and its ultimate power to hold seeming monopolies in check. ~By John Bates Clark ~
Anytime you have a difficult encounter with your child, there is a good chance that at least one of these factors is bringing out the worst in him or her: transitions, time pressure, competition for your attention, conflicting objectives. ~By Cathy Rindner Tempelsman ~
I think the touchstone is to give consumers a full, fair choice without the power of a monopoly operating system pushing them in a direction that free competition might or might not achieve. ~By Jim Barksdale ~
Our role is to maintain and monitor a framework in which fair competition can flourish. ~By Arthur Levitt ~
Value is consequently the necessary theoretical starting point whence we can elucidate the peculiar phenomenon of prices resulting from capitalist competition. ~By Rudolf Hiferding ~
I'm in competition with myself and I'm losing. ~By Roger Waters ~
Competition is good and has served us well. ~By Harold H. Greene ~
Because up to sixteen years old you feel gymnastics more. You can show your emotion, grace, like woman gymnastics, not kid's gymnastics. I feel I have good shape, and I can do it elements everything, but, it's not competition for me. ~By Olga Korbut ~
There was no race - but to the extent that there was an arms competition, it was almost entirely on the Soviet side, first to catch up and then to surpass the Americans. ~By Herman Kahn ~
Competitions are for horses, not artists. ~By Bela Bartok ~
I remember Mick Jagger asking me 'hey, how do you guys feel about us coming over here and taking all the play from you guys?' I said 'Well, in a way, you have eliminated all my competition. ~By Bobby Vinton ~
Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank. ~By Richard Branson ~
I think competition is very important; it breeds many good things in a person. ~By Brian McBride ~
Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust. ~By Jesse Owens ~
The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say, the strongest and cleverest - is likely to get the best woman, in the sense of the most beautiful person. ~By Lafcadio Hearn ~
I think in terms of family, in terms of relationships, in terms of work, competition to be the favorite, to be the noticed, to be the one - I don't know if it exists for all personalities, but I know for sure it did with me. ~By Marcia Gay Harden ~
Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy. ~By Ludwig Borne ~
That's what really makes great skating competitions. When you have two top skaters in good form giving superb performances. ~By Dick Button ~
The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast programme of physical education and sports competitions for all young people. ~By Avery Brundage ~
When we say that the persistence of competition is ensured by fate, we mean that individual freedom is so guaranteed. The one thing to which fate binds us is liberty. ~By John Bates Clark ~
I mean, the competition is really created by the buzz around the Emmys. It's a totally subjective thing. ~By Michael C. Hall ~
So I think instead of focusing on the competition, focus on the customer. ~By Scott Cook ~
The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort. ~By Colin Powell ~
Unless a player goes in for intensive play and tournament competition, two racquets are sufficient. ~By Helen Wills Moody ~
Hence we did not foster competition in our school, on the contrary. ~By Dora Russell ~
I don't think about goals and records. Competition is what keeps me playing. ~By Lou Brock ~
Encourage kids to enjoy running and play in athletics. Don't force them to run too much competition. ~By Arthur Lydiard ~
Well, nine times out of ten when you have 2 or 3 stars in a household you have an unfortunate amount of competition that's not necessarily a healthy competition. ~By Edwin Starr ~
The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents the best in all of us. ~By John Williams ~
A lot of it had to do with when it's released and what's out in the marketplace, what's its competition. ~By Jerry Bruckheimer ~
The paradigm of competition is a race: by rewarding the winner, we encourage everyone to run faster. When capitalism really works this way, it does a good job; but its defenders are wrong in assuming it always works this way. ~By Richard Stallman ~
I don't try to be a threat to MicroSoft, mainly because I don't really see MS as competition. Especially not Windows-the goals of Linux and Windows are simply so different. ~By Linus Torvalds ~
The architect, Peter Arens who is the monstrous carbuncle architect, not merely did his design which had won a public competition never get built but his practice suffered financially for some years. ~By Anthony Holden ~
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there. ~By Indira Gandhi ~
My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition. ~By Indira Gandhi ~
Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals. ~By Fulton J. Sheen ~
The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself. ~By Washington Allston ~
Competition helps people figure it out. ~By Brian McBride ~
The Christian market has less competition and lower standards. ~By Jerry B. Jenkins ~
Also at the top of the list was my three day appearance on 'Press Your Luck'. In addition to the intense competition of each of those games, it slowly started to dawn on me in the minutes between tapings that I was winning some serious money. ~By Randy West ~
The existing principle of selfish interest and competition has been carried to its extreme point; and, in its progress, has isolated the heart of man, blunted the edge of his finest sensibilities, and annihilated all his most generous impulses and sympathies. ~By Francis Wright ~
Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people. ~By David Sarnoff ~
The kind of society which we still have is maybe, in some cases, getting worse. Competition is becoming a virtue. Intense competition drives people to go more and more into self-interest. Even to see other folks as competition. ~By Major Owens ~
Competition is such a virtue, and everybody's so busy competing, they have no time for compassion. ~By Major Owens ~
Athletic competition clearly defines the unique power of our attitude. ~By Bart Starr ~
By overhauling current rules and speeding the entry of competitors in the market, we encourage competition and provide our constituents with new choices and cheaper bills. ~By Melissa Bean ~
I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends; we're all good friends. ~By Jim Henson ~
Sure, I have advice for people starting to write. Don't. I don't need the competition. ~By Robert B. Parker ~
Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition. ~By Henry Clay ~
Airlines go in the long run at the competition to reason. For the passenger the competition is good, because each competitor tries to undercut the other one. ~By Niki Lauda ~
Many of those who argue for vouchers say that they simply want to use competition to improve public education. I don't think it works that way, and I've been watching this for a longtime. ~By Jonathan Kozol ~
Whoever claims that economic competition represents 'survival of the fittest' in the sense of the law of the jungle, provides the clearest possible evidence of his lack of knowledge of economics. ~By George Reisman ~
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim. ~By Bertrand Russell ~
The denominational world tries to pressure its members to focus on the birth of Christ, but in doing so layers of guilt are imposed, and competition gets complicated as one Christmas program tries to outdo the other. ~By John Clayton ~
The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If anything, competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the next few decades. ~By John P. Kotter ~
No more pronouncements on lousy verse. No more hidden competition. No more struggling not to be a square. ~By Louise Bogan ~
I didn't want to become an actress because the competition with my mother would have been to much to live up to. ~By Isabella Rossellini ~
The tension between centrality, on the one hand, and competition, on the other, is probably the oldest of all market structure issues. ~By Arthur Levitt ~
In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you. ~By Victor Kiam ~
I started singing about three years ago, I entered a local singing competition called Stratford Idol. The other people in the competition had been taking singing lessons and had vocal coaches. I wasn't taking it too seriously at the time, I would just sing around the house. I was only 12 and I got second place. ~By Justin Bieber ~
Murdoch paid too much for the Wall Street Journal even when he didn't have any competition. ~By Sumner Redstone ~
There are 20 million unemployed and what does the Constitution offer us in the Europe of 25, 27 and soon to be 30: policies of unrestricted competition to the detriment of production, wages, research and innovation. ~By Laurent Fabius ~
I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions. ~By Oksana Baiul ~
America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings. ~By Barack Obama ~
There are many examples in high schools which show something about the effects such competition might have. ~By James S. Coleman ~
I think we all have had better days in competition. ~By Carly Patterson ~
At the very least we should be given a bit of credit and a little bit of space, and maybe the media should think we could help them discover why English teams do not win European competitions. ~By Jose Mourinho ~
As soon, however, as capitalist competition has definitively established the equal rate of profit, that rate becomes the starting point for the calculations of the capitalists in the investment of capital in newly-created branches of production. ~By Rudolf Hiferding ~
It's a tough world out there and all the guys are fighting hard and the competition is really tough. ~By Guy Forget ~
I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and I've had some big disappointments, but I enjoy the freedom of running and the challenge of training and competition as much now as when I first started back in high school. ~By Alberto Salazar ~
More than 20 years on, sustained competition, informed customers and the rapid growth of new technology provide the necessary environment for substantial deregulation. ~By Stephen Carter ~
Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition. ~By Jack Welch ~
We see ourselves as first helping to open up markets to competition. ~By Kenneth Lay ~
I believe in competition. ~By Craig Benson ~
First off, it's wonderful how much people are supporting me and felt I should have stayed in the competition. ~By LaToya London ~
I think it's really important to look at the big picture instead of just one competition. ~By Shannon Miller ~
The professionalism of wire service reporters is constantly being tested because reporters know that if they're late or sloppy on a story, it will show up because the competition is likely to be not late and not sloppy. ~By Bob Greene ~
The competition is pretty rough these days. ~By Tony Randall ~
I've always considered making it legal for Americans to import their prescription drugs a free-trade issue. Imports create competition and keep domestic industry more responsive to consumers. ~By Chuck Grassley ~
I've been playing against older and stronger competition my whole life. It has made me a better tennis player and able to play against this kind of level despite their strength and experience. ~By Maria Sharapova ~
And I suggested to change very simple way to Olympic Games, in one competition, two different levels. Separate from, until sixteen, and after sixteen years old. ~By Olga Korbut ~
There's fierce competition between all the networks to get the guest who can bring the most pertinent information about whatever the story of the moment happens to be. ~By Bob Schieffer ~
The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give. ~By Howard Cosell ~
Whenever you face a man who's playing your instrument, there's a competition. ~By Wynton Marsalis ~
Race, what is that? Race is a competition, somebody winning and somebody losing. Blood doesn't run in races! Come on! ~By Beah Richards ~
Sometimes I have to accept a job I don't really want. Hardly anybody comes up to you with a commission; it's all competitions these days. ~By Helmut Jahn ~
In my fifty years of experience and memory, I have seen the most amazing increase in the standard of living of a people ever achieved anywhere in the world. This is why I am so sure that our system of free competition and industrial development is sound and must be preserved. ~By Charles E. Wilson ~
Every sect is a moral check on its neighbour. Competition is as wholesome in religion as in commerce. ~By Walter Savage Landor ~
I don't know if it's just me or everyone, but the whole vibe with skiing is not so much thriving on competition against others as it is against myself and the clock. ~By Picabo Street ~
Reality is a genre that seems to be here to stay. I don't know how many of the new shows will last, but the more competition you have, the harder that pie is to slice up. ~By Jeff Probst ~
Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's hard to make living in chess, so our profession does attract young people. ~By Boris Spassky ~
I love competition and really going for it and doing my best, but losing isn't really upsetting to me. I feel like if I do lose, the other person really deserved it. ~By Corbin Bleu ~
If I read not amiss, this powerful race will move down upon Mexico, down upon Central and South America, out upon the islands of the sea, over upon Africa and beyond. And can any one doubt that the results of this competition of races will be the "survival of the fittest?" ~By Josiah Strong ~
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