Quotes About Rivalry

Politics is a powerful drug.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

In 21st-century America, the control of Congress by a Republican Party that became synonymous with the extreme right has been pernicious, because it is so convinced of the righteousness of its cause and the evil of its rivals that it has undermined the institutions of democracy to get what it wants.

People demonize those they disagree with, attributing differences of opinion to stupidity and dishonesty. For every misfortune they seek a scapegoat. They see morality as a source of grounds for condemning rivals and mobilizing indignation against them.

He who is in love with himself has no rivals.

The heart of the jealous knows the best and most satisfying love, that of the other's bed, where the rival perfects the lover's imperfections.

I love to compete. To me, business is the ultimate sport. It's always on. There is always someone trying to beat me.

Harry and Draco have a very weird love/hate relationship.

I love innovation, I love competing. I hate my competitors. You cannot be in the world of business when you don't have this consciousness of winning.

I don't go out there to love my enemy. I go out there to squash him.

If your children don't fight, they won't love each other when they get older! It's a common thing.

Man to man, my eye Kipps snorted. It was like seeing two schoolgirls squabbling over a scented pencil. You should have heard the squeals.

From hence, let fierce contending nations knowWhat dire effects from civil discord flow.

The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances.

This could be our chance to make RiverClan great. If the other Clans are weak, we could rule over the whole forest.

Well, you would say that, Firestar," Onestar blustered.

Tigerclaw reared up again with a furious hiss. Fireheart was bracing himself for Tigerclaw's blow when he saw a blaze of grey. A broad pair of houlders flashed past, and Fireheart recognised a warrior he had fought alongside many times before. Graystripe! The grey warrior lunged at Tigerclaw's exposed belly knocking him backward.

Because you're weak," Hawkfrost taunted him. "You care more for kin than for power. But I don't.

Not fast enough," the WindClan apprentice sneered. Suddenly, Hazelpaw streaked past and butted Breezepaw with her head. The WindClan apprentice fell over, winded, and Lionpaw raked his claws down his flank. "Never stop to gloat!" Hazelpaw hissed at Breezepaw and clamped her teeth into his tail.

There's more than one cat who would rip his throat out for a couple of mousetails.

I give you a life for healing wounds caused by words and rivalry. Use it well for all cats troubled in spirit.

It is on!" Aech shouted into his comlink. "it is on like Red Dawn!

Every non-political human grouping of whatever kind, legal, social, religious, economic or other becomes at last political if it creates an opposition deep enough to range men against one another as enemies.

It's great to be boxing a local boxer. The atmosphere is always fantastic. I love those fights. I really relish those fights.