Contests Quotes

• In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.

  Abraham Lincoln

  God, Party, Civil War

  "Meditation on the DivineWill," ca. 2 Sept. 1862

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  Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Political Will, Greed, Nerd

  Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.271, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty.

  Samuel Adams

  Religious, Freedom, Religion

  Samuel Adams' Speech delivered at the State House in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, August 1, 1776.

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  There are no contests in the Art of Peace. A true warrior is invincible because he or she contests with nothing. Defeat means to defeat the mind of contention that we harbor within.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Art, Peace, Mean

  Morihei Ueshiba (2005). “The Art of Peace”, p.94, Shambhala Publications

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• I like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn't be a staring contest.

  Frank Sinatra

  Strong Women, Intelligent, Staring

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• We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.

  Edward Gibbon

  Life, Success, Winning

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• The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.

  Daniel Webster

  Freedom, Political, Age

  Daniel Webster, Edwin Percy Whipple (2001). “The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster”, p.385, Beard Books

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• I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.

  Benazir Bhutto

  Pakistan, October, Return

  Interview With Zahid Hussain, newslinemagazine.com. July 2002.

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• You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.

  Rowan Atkinson

  Funny, Sarcastic, Men

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• It is imperative to contest all factions for complete victory, so the army is not garrisoned and the profit can be total. This is the law of strategic siege.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Army, Law

  Sun Tzu (2005). “The Art of War”, p.75, Shambhala Publications

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• I can't read music. Instead, I'd do stuff inside the piano, do harmonics and all kinds of crazy things. They used to put me in these annual piano contests down at Long Beach City College, and two years in a row, I won first prize - out of like 5,000 kids!

  Eddie Van Halen

  Beach, Crazy, Kids

  "Eddie Van Halen reinvents the guitar". Interview with Denise Quan, www.cnn.com. February 4, 2009.

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• It should be the thing never to mention unfairness of judging when defeated in a contest.

  Baden Powell de Aquino

  Wisdom, Judging, Defeated

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• What dire offence from am'rous causes springs, What mighty contests rise from trivial things.

  Alexander Pope

  Spring, Causes, Trivial Things

  'The Rape of the Lock' (1714) canto 1, l. 1

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• Who's judging American Idol? Paula Abdul? Paula Abdul judging a singing contest is like Christopher Reeve judging a dance contest!

  Chris Rock

  Funny, Dance, Humor

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• For forms of government, let fools contest; Whate'er is best administered, is best.

  Alexander Pope

  Government, Fool, Form

  "The Complete Poetical Works of Alexander Pope".

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• Contests allow no excuses, no more do friendships.

  Ibycus

  No Excuses, Excuse

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• The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.

  Geoff Gaberino

  Motivational, Success, Real

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• The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest.

  Steven Brust

  Struggle, Mean, Defeat

  Steven Brust (2009). “Five Hundred Years After”, p.525, Macmillan

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• Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact, can simplify the history of human society, the evolution of human society, as a contest between power and freedom.

  Wole Soyinka

  Firsts, Facts, Evolution

  FaceBook post by Wole Soyinka from Jan 23, 2015

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• When Bob came through Cincinnati, he wanted a girl singer to be on his show. There was a local contest, and my sister and I entered, but Bob said, Gee, I wouldn't break up the team.

  Rosemary Clooney

  Break Up, Girl, Team

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• Lutherans, whose arguments and mistakes will not be difficult to contest or discover, do not want to attribute any value to works, and they do not understand enough the scope of the justification.

  Michael Servetus

  Mistake, Want, Argument

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• I think at one time every drummer wanted to play like Krupa or wanted to win a Gene Krupa drum contest. This is the big inspiration for drummers and naturally it has to be the same way for me.

  Buddy Rich

  Inspiration, Winning, Thinking

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• Politics is a contest among people of diverse backgrounds and philosophies, advocating different solutions to common problems. The system only works when principled, energetic people participate.

  Bob Ehrlich

  Philosophy, People, Different

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• Trials are no longer about freeing the innocent, punishing the guilty, and making restitution to the injured. They have devolved into a contest over who will win.

  Tammy Bruce

  Winning, Trials, Innocence

  Tammy Bruce (2004). “The Death of Right and Wrong: Exposing the Left's Assault on Our Culture and Values”, p.264, Crown Forum

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• Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Children, Divorce, Pawns

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People”, p.123, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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