Competition Quotes - Page 25

In life, we choose whether or not we want to be a winner or a loser.

While no one railroad can completely duplicate another line, two or more may compete at particular points

[T]he theory of output as a whole, which is what the following book purports to provide, is much more easily adapted to the conditions of a totalitarian state, than is the theory of production and distribution of a given output produced under the conditions of free competition and a large measure of laissez-faire.

If you ever want to know why I'm not on a record label, look at 'The X Factor!' Honestly, of all the people that strive to break barriers in music and do good things and write great lyrics, not one of them would ever pass the first round on any of these competitions.

A drastic reduction in weapons competition following a general release from the commitment to the Cold War would be sharply in conflict with the needs of the industrial system.

Activity in politics also produces eager competition and sharp rivalry.

Just as the Red Sox proved the critics wrong, Maine can compete and can win.

The benefit is competition, the thrill of playing in the Olympics, being an Olympian, playing against the best.

Competition-ruthless, unforgiving, to-the-death competition-is a crucial feature of capitalism.

My Emmy competition is awfully good. My stomach is already in knots. The problem is that I don't drink, so I can't calm myself that way. I wish I could be better at pretending I don't care.

No, there's not much competition between puppeteers in general because everybody's working their own style.

A lot of it had to do with when it's released and what's out in the marketplace, what's its competition.

My dream remains to inform and entertain through fiction in the form of novels and movies that compete in the marketplace of ideas.

But we're all so different, we're different ages; we're not vying for the same roles. There's no competition, there's really kind of a sisterhood, on and off the set, you know?

I watch a lot of TV, but I find that recently it's largely oddball stuff. Scripted stuff sometimes feels like homework, like I'm scoping out the competition or something.

Anything you can do I can do better, I can do anything better than you.

I'm happy because I got another medal. It's a competition and it's ice and anything can happen.

Banks and other providers of credit to households have been competing vigorously to expand or protect their market share. In the process, lending standards have been progressively eroded so that lenders are now engaging in practices that would have been regarded as out of the question five or ten years ago.

Potter is potter's enemy, and craftsman is craftsman's rival; tramp is jealous of tramp, and singer of singer.

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.

There are millions to be grabbed out here and your only competition is idiots. Don't let thisget around.

Competition always tends to bring about the most economical and efficient method of production. Those who are most successful in this competition will acquire more capital to increase their production still further; those who are least successful will be forced out of the field. So capitalist production tends constantly to be drawn into the hands of the most efficient.

Real competition can drive up testosterone, which boosts libido.

To my knowledge significant progress has never been born of competition. ... In science, being 'better' than others is of little practical value. Examples of how absurd the idea of scientific competition is are abundant.

According to bourgeois standards, those who are completely unlucky and unsuccessful are automatically barred from competition, which is the life of society. Good fortune is identified with honor, and bad luck with shame.