Quotes About Competition

For theories and schools, like microbes and corpuscles, devour one another and by their warfare ensure the continuity of existence.

But the old lady on the contrary, far from justifying her daughter's fears, felt every time someone of her own age "disappeared" that she had gained a victory in a contest against formidable competitors.

An artist, however modest, is always willing to hear himself preferred to his rivals, and tries only to see that justice is done them.

Dijo Pep: "Todos sois iguales es la mentira más grande que existe en el deporte. No todos son iguales, ni todos deben ser tratados iguales".

No wonder big pharma will do almost anything to protect exclusive marketing rights, despite the fact that doing so flies in the face of all its rhetoric about the free market.

In most cases, no matter what it is, if you measure it and reward it, people will try to excel at it

we were like crabs in a barrel, that none would allow the other to climb over, but on any such attempt all would continue to pull back into the barrel the one crab that would make the effort to climb out.

Look at a chessboard. Even the most elegant of wins required sacrifice.

Yeah, but Marcus, aren't you afraid you've now introduced them to the competition?" If you're thinking this, let's be clear about something: If someone wants to know who your competitors are, roughly, how long will it take them to figure it out? Seconds, if they're slow! The reality is this: Consumer ignorance is no longer a viable sales and marketing strategy.

There is no glory in otustripping donkeys.

that much gold, and great store of riches makes them mad, insomuch as they endeavour to destroy each other...

It's not a contest. At least, it's not a good contest.

Often what we call "play" is competitive or compulsive, because the aesthetic dimension of true play, its holy uselessness, goes against our grain.

We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we use problems as weapons to blame and defeat opposition forces. No wonder we can't come up with real lasting solutions!

Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.

Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.

They might have beaten us at our national sport, but we managed to beat them at their national sport twice in the 20th century. [Replying to Kenneth Clarke, who said, "Isn't it terrible about losing to the Germans at our national sport?" when England lost to Germany in the 1990 FIFA World Cup Semi-final.]

The battle of the sexes and you're winning hands down.

Don't ever, ever, believe anyone who tells you that you can just get by, by doing the easiest thing possible. Because there's always somebody behind you who really wants to do what you're doing. And they're going to work harder than you if you're not working hard.

She could have a cook come, or subscribe to a service, but she does the cooking herself. It's part of her claim to fame. Other wives look at her and wonder, and she wants it that way. She photographs and posts. She dresses for dinner. It is a competition, even though it pretends not to be.

At the end of the day, my natural habitat is in a car and I am happiest in that environment.

I've been very competitive by nature from a young age, whether it was eating a bowl of pasta faster than somebody else, or always wanting to be the first one in line.

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.

In politics, there are no friends.