Win quotes

“When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind.” Frederick Douglass

“Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility.” Richard Dawkins

“I have often said that I am a passionate Darwinian when it comes to explaining why we exist.” Richard Dawkins

“When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that.” James Dean

“So many people prefer to live in drama because it's comfortable. It's like someone staying in a bad marriage or relationship - it's actually easier to stay because they know what to expect every day, versus leaving and not knowing what to expect.” Ellen DeGeneres

“But seriously, I think overall in the scheme of things winning an Emmy is not important. Let's get our priorities straight. I think we all know what's really important in life - winning an Oscar.” Ellen DeGeneres

“I just feel like every kid is growing up too fast and they're seeing too much. Everything is about sex, and that's fine for me. I'm not saying I don't like it. But I don't think it should be everywhere, where kids are exposed to everything sexual. Because they have to have some innocence; there's just no innocence left.” Ellen DeGeneres

“I've moved about 10 times over the past 15 years. I don't move for the sole purpose of getting rid of stuff. I'm not crazy. I also move so that I never have to wash any windows.” Ellen DeGeneres

“When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous then everyone would love me.” Ellen DeGeneres

“I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.” Bertrand Russell

“Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance.” Bertrand Russell

“Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing was known at Cambridge gradually wore off. In this respect my travels were very useful to me.” Bertrand Russell

“When a person has a gun, sometimes their mind clicks that this thing will win arguments and straighten people out.” Bill Cosby

“He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise.” William Blake

“No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.” William Blake

“In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.” William Blake

“Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.” Francis Bacon

“The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.” Francis Bacon

“It would be my guess that Madonna is not a very happy woman. From my own experience, having gone through persona changes like that, that kind of clawing need to be the center of attention is not a pleasant place to be.” David Bowie

“Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.” John Rockefeller

“Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.” John Rockefeller

“Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers.” Rainer Maria Rilke

“Our culture is just a series of checks and balances. The whole idea that we're in a battle between tyranny and freedom - it's a series of pendulum swings.” Jon Stewart

“As a Jew I am aware of how important the existence of Israel is for the survival of us all. And because I am proud of being Jewish, I am worried by the growing anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism in the world.” Steven Spielberg

“I like the smell of film. I just like knowing there's film going through the camera.” Steven Spielberg

“Naturally, it is a terrible, despicable crime when, as in Munich, people are taken hostage, people are killed. But probing the motives of those responsible and showing that they are also individuals with families and have their own story does not excuse what they did.” Steven Spielberg

“Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.” Carl Sagan

“Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots!” Arthur Schopenhauer

“A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.” Ayrton Senna