Competition Quotes - Page 17

Even as a young man, Vito Corleone became known as a "man of reasonableness." He never uttered a threat. He always used logic that proved to be irresistible. He always made certain that the other fellow got his share of profit. Nobody lost. He did this, of course, by obvious means. Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly.

You don't want to be the only car company. When you're the only car company and there's no competition, customers may not know what a car is, the roads may not be developed for cars, there may not be gas stations everywhere.

I've never really done acting before, 'cause dancing was my first love. And then, I sort of fell into it from a talent competition and never really looked back.

It is merely a metaphor to call competition competitive war, or simply, war. The function of battle is destruction; of competition, construction.

No system of regulation can safely be substituted for the operation of individual liberty as expressed in competition.

I've always like watching competition and athleticism. Just seeing the average person going up against Gladiators, is always something I enjoy. I'm not really a big sports fan, but I do enjoy the show.

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.

Fierce national competition over water resources has prompted fears that water issues contain the seeds of violent conflict.

At some point you're like, gosh, this rehab is never going to end, and then all of a sudden I'm full strength and I'm about to go to my first competition. So I feel really great.

In today's global economy, however, it is important to raise the bar of excellence even higher. Today's students must be prepared to compete effectively on an international level.

The merit of a democratic regime rests on one's continual willingness to exchange views, and to compete on the basis of individual merit and capacities.

The marketers can compete with free; it just has to be better. Look at bottled water if you don't believe me.

The best competition I have is against myself to become better

I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends. We're all good friends.

Vouchers lead to competition, not re-segregation.

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.

I don't have to be enemies with someone to be competitors with them.

Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it.

The way for newspapers to meet the competition of radio and television is simply to get out better papers.

Battle... brings out all that is best.

But golf being an international game and everybody loving the game the way they do, if you want to spread the game of golf, it's good that you have great competition.

Competition means decentralized planning by many separate persons.

The 'survival of the fittest' is beneficently inevitable; the capitalist is powerless against labor, unless the State . . . steps in, and helps him catch and fleece his victims. The old plea of despotism, that liberty is unsafe, reappears now in the mistaken notion that competition is hostile to labor.

The reason why men who mind their own business succeed is that they have so little competition.

I have some women friends but I prefer men. Dont trust women. There is a built-in competition between women.