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Quotes About Title

it will destroy the authority of the present governors, and absolve the people from subjection to them, since they, having no better claim than others to that power, which is alone the fountain of all authority, can have no title to rule over them.
~ John Locke
The Grand Duke, too, whose part I have been taking hitherto (because he did seem to me a good man, more sinned against than sinning) — the Grand Duke I give up from henceforth, seeing that he has done this base thing of taking again his Austrian titles in his proclamations coincidently with the approach of the Austrians.
~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning
A creature, considered as such, has no rights. He can demand nothing from his Maker; and in whatever manner he may be treated, has no title to complain.
~ Arthur W. Pink
I think the title page I drew for Salom was after all "impossible". You see booksellers couldn't stick it up in their windows.
~ Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
The only thing I don't like is being called the 'grandfather of the cellphone' because that makes me a little older than I prefer to be.
~ Martin Cooper
That's the great thing about the NFL: A team can get hot and win a championship.
~ Alex Smith
In the UFC, nothing is guaranteed. Anything can happen when it comes to getting a title shot.
~ Jimi Manuwa
So, what do I call you? I asked. Whomp. Whomp? Your given name? It's the sound people make when I hit them in the chest.
~ Gene Doucette
There is one strange irony that I haven't told you. One April afternoon, three weeks before she died, Gilda walked up to me in our living room and said, "I have a title for you, 'Kiss Me Like a Stranger' . . . maybe you can use it some day." I had no idea why she said it or what the title meant; I just thanked her.
~ Gene Wilder
Some of the fans here were not too sure about their club signing a player from their biggest rivals. Fortunately, we had a great season and won the League title for the first time in four years. Now, I think, everyone can say it was good business.
~ Luis Figo
In 1968, I fought and won the world middleweight karate championship by defeating the world's top fighters. I then held that title until 1974, when I retired undefeated.
~ Chuck Norris
Competing in both track and field and basketball for the Bruins I have a lot of great memories to choose from. But my all-time favorite moment in collegiate sports has to be in 1982 when we won UCLA's first NCAA title in track.
~ Jackie Joyner-Kersee
The first time I won the Ring of Honor World Championship, I was a kid - I was 23 years old.
~ Adam Cole
The situation right after the fight wasn't too good; I believe I'm still the only champion in the world who never received the belt inside the ring once you've won the title. I held that against the English fans for a long time but I felt that also motivated me.
~ Marvin Hagler
I began playing in the senior circuit when I was 15 and won the world senior amateur title the same year.
~ Jahangir Khan
I would obviously like to have been arriving in Valencia with the title still up for grabs, let's not kid ourselves, but even though Valentino has won, the season is not over for me.
~ Sete Gibernau
I'm generally an optimist, but of course, when you've been with the UFC for a decade and still not had a title shot, there is a little part of you that wonders if it will ever happen.
~ Michael Bisping
I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quite a provocative title because people have strong feelings about that word.
~ Laura Wade
I want to fight Khabib. I think I'm one of the biggest threats to his title.
~ Justin Gaethje
The audience can smell it, if you put the title on somebody to try to get the guy over that's just shoving him down people's throats and that's not what works.
~ Arn Anderson
I've been very fortunate to dodge a nickname throughout my entire career. I've never had one.
~ Jimmie Johnson
Despite the UN secretary-general's grand title, he was named in the UN Charter as the administrator of the organization. For this reason, former secretary-general Kofi Annan described the position as "more secretary than general.
~ Samantha Power
Yeah, the record for most titles was previously held by the Fabulous Moolah, she won it four times. And a few weeks ago, I won the title for the sixth time, which has never been done before.
~ Trish Stratus
The only thing a title can buy is a little time-either to increase your level of influence with others or to undermine it.
~ John C. Maxwell