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Quotes About Outdone

though English people are slow to take you in, when they once make up their minds to do it they cannot be outdone in hospitality, I think.
~ Louisa May Alcott
The future is to be conquered, the present ridiculed, and the past outdone." Voltaire Almighty
~ Roger Pearson
About this time, whether he felt there wasn't sufficient drama in his life or that he was determined not to be outdone by Miss McCabe, he decided that he was dying.
~ John McGahern
There is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of man.
~ Herman Melville
I'm here in Whoopi Goldberg's office trying to choose some shoes. We've seen [Marco] Rubio has those cool new boots and I don't want to be outdone.
~ Rand Paul
The English commenced their career of extravagance somewhat later than the French; but as soon as the delirium seized them, they were determined not to be outdone.
~ Charles Charles Mackay