“I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting.” PeopleThinkingKnowsEnoughShowsFightingLiteratureIssuesSeriousSmartJournalistScreamVersusSerious Issues Author:Bob Woodward
“Mitt Romney announced he will fight former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield in a charity boxing match. You can tell that Romney is serious about it. Today, his butler gave him a piggyback ride up the steps of the Philadelphia art museum.” ArtTodayFightingStepsSeriousCharityFormerChampionBoxingMuseumsRomneyPhiladelphiaButlersHeavyweightsBoxing Matches Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Remember that failure is part of the process of successful running. Performance is a roller coaster; to think otherwise is irrational and will cause you much stress and discouragement. Lighten up on yourself. Ups and downs can be expected. The performance of most serious runners fluctuates by the week. You win some, you lose some; some days you're hot, some days you're not. Don't fight with yourself when failure, the teacher, pays an unexpected visit. Open up to learning from it.” ThinkingRunningRememberFightingWinningCausesProcessLosesPaySuccessfulTeacherWeekSeriousPerformancesStressHotExpectedUnexpectedIrrationalRunnersUps & DownsDiscouragementRoller CoasterCoasters Author:Jerry Lynch
“It is well known that we fight in God's cause... but unless God helps us by a miracle the English, who have faster and handier ships than ours, and many more long-range guns, and who know their advantage just as well as we do, will never close with us at all, but stand aloof and knock us to pieces with their culverins, without our being able to do them any serious hurt. So we are sailing against England in the confident hope of a miracle.” KnowsWellsLongHelpingAbleFightingCausesHurtKnownPiecesSeriousGunAdvantageMiracleEnglandShipsFasterRangeSailingWell KnownGod HelpAloofGod Help Us Author:Nicholas Rodger
“I was very dedicated and serious about fighting. I'd read about all the fighters. I found out where they came from, knew about their mothers and their fathers . . . I just read all about their lives, their training.” MotherFightingFoundFatherSeriousTrainingFighterDedicated Author:Mike Tyson
“The art of leadership is a serious matter. One must not lag behind a movement, because to do so is to become isolated from the masses. But one must not rush ahead, for to rush ahead is to lose contact with the masses. He who wished to lead a movement must conduct a fight on two fronts--against those who lag behind and those who rush ahead.” ArtTwoMatterFightingLosesLeadershipBehindsFrontsMovementSeriousMassContactIsolatedLag Author:Joseph Stalin
“Though the man-apes often fought and wrestled one another, their disputes very seldom resulted in serious injuries. Having no claws or fighting canine teeth, and being well protected by hair, they could not inflict much harm on one another. In any event, they had little surplus energy for such unproductive behavior; snarling and threatening was a much more efficient way of asserting their points of view.” MenWayWellsLittlesFightingEnergyViewsEventsSeriousHairBehaviorHarmPoint Of ViewTeethInjuryEfficientProtectedThreateningDisputesApesClawsSurplusCanineUnproductiveSnarling Book:2001: A Space Odyssey Source: 2001: A Space Odyssey
“When I grew older and went my own way, MMA kind of stuck with me. I got to the point where I wanted to make something of it. I always thought fighting was fun, so I joined a gym and took it serious. I never actually thought I would be a real fighter, though. But I began to excel on the local circuit and I did well for myself.” WayWellsKindRealWould BeWantedFightingFunMy OwnSeriousGrewStuckLocalsFighterMmaGymCircuits Author:Brad Tavares
“There is more to American politics than fat cats and their political friends. There are serious-minded liberals who fight the good fight on many issues, ecologically oriented politicians who remain true to their cause, and honest people of every political stripe who are not beholden to any wealthy people. But there are not enough of them, and they are often worn down by the constant pressure from lobbyists, lawyers and conventional politicians.” PeopleEnoughPoliticalFightingCausesIssuesHonestHonestySeriousPoliticianCatPressureConstantLawyerFatsWealthyConventionalWornAmerican PoliticsStripesLobbyistsGood FightHonest PeopleFight The Good Fight Author:G. William Domhoff
“Nobody has to tell me that this is a serious business. I'm not fighting one man. I'm fighting a lot of men, showing a lot of 'em, here is one man they couldn't defeat, couldn't conquer. My mission is to bring freedom to 30m black people” PeopleMenFightingBlackSeriousDefeatMissionsConquerEmsOne ManBlack PeopleSerious Business Author:Muhammad Ali
“I switched to my new trainer Abel Sanchez to add versatility to my game. I'm coming to fight a serious fight. If I knock him out, it will just put another feather in my cap. I'm predicting a win, but I never look for the knockout because that's not my game plan. If my punches result in a knockout, so be it.” IfsLooksFightingGamesWinningResultsPlansSeriousAddFeathersCapsTrainersPredictingGame PlanVersatilityAbelKnockouts Author:Tavoris Cloud
“You have to go in there and hit him. Show him that his tactics don't work. Bernard Hopkins is a fighter that you have to get straight to the point with. You can't lollygag and bullshit because that's his game. Being serious and doing my job throwing punches in the ring, that's my game. I don't come to put on a show for the people. I come to give the people a fight and give them their money's worth; give them real entertainment.” PeopleGivingRealShowsJobsFightingGamesSeriousEntertainmentRingsFighterThrowingBullshitTacticsHopkinsThrowing PunchesBernard Hopkins Author:Tavoris Cloud
“I've been fighting for nine years and in the beginning there was a lot of backlash and non-supporters of women fighters. We could never find many women fighters and when we did sometimes we were put on the card for the wrong reasons. It was frustrating. When I'd go train in gyms, it seemed like the guys at the gym were skeptical and didn't think I was as serious as they were because I was a woman, but today things are different.” ThinkingYearsDifferentSometimesReasonTodayGuyFightingSeriousTrainNineCardsFighterGymSupporterFrustratingSkepticalNine YearsBacklashWrong Reasons Author:Miesha Tate
“Fear is like the strong medicine used to fight serious diseases; it purges, but it also alters your temperament and wears out the body organs. A person who is driven by fear will always be the weaker for it” PersonsBodyUsedFightingStrongSeriousDiseaseMedicineDrivenOrgansTemperament Author:Francois Fenelon
“I want to compliment the fraternity and sorority organizations for taking the time to meet with us and then removing their support from the legislation that would have been so counterproductive for a goal that I think we all share - and that is making campuses safer and the successful prosecution of people who commit serious crimes. So, good on them that they backed off, and we don't have to fight them.” PeopleThinkingWantHas BeensFightingGoalSupportSuccessfulShareCrimeSeriousOrganizationCommitComplimentLegislationCampusFraternityProsecutionCounterproductiveSorority Author:Claire McCaskill
“I believe, I am pretty certain that virtually everyone speaking from the United Nations platform is going to talk about the fight, about the need to fight terrorism, and I cannot avoid this issue, either. This is quite understandable because it is a serious common threat to all of us; it is a common challenge to all of us.” NeedsBelieveCertainFightingI BelieveNationsChallengesUnitedCommonIssuesSeriousThreatTerrorismPlatformsUnited NationsI Am Pretty Author:Vladimir Putin
“More than 60 percent of small businesses face payment delays. That can cause a serious cash flow crisis. So, as president, I will explore new ways to arm small businesses with the tools to fight back and level the playing field.” WayFacesFightingCausesPresidentLevelsFieldsSeriousArmsPercentFlowToolsCrisisCashNew WaysDelaySmall BusinessPaymentPlaying FieldsCash Flow Author:Hillary Clinton
“I have a comprehensive energy policy, but it really does include fighting climate change, because I think that is a serious problem.” ThinkingDoeProblemFightingEnergyPolicySeriousClimateClimate ChangeComprehensiveEnergy Policy Author:Hillary Clinton
“If I could bust out and eat anything... if I ever stop fighting, I could put on some serious weight with sweets.” IfsFightingSeriousSweetWeightIf I Could Author:Conor McGregor
“I think we can compete with high-wage countries, and I believe we should. New jobs and clean energy, not only to fight climate change, which is a serious problem, but to create new opportunities and new businesses.” ThinkingShouldBelieveCountryProblemJobsFightingOpportunityEnergyI BelieveSeriousCleanClimateClimate ChangeNew JobClean EnergyNew OpportunityNew Business Author:Hillary Clinton
“I'm 100 percent serious. I've been fighting for equality for women's issues my entire life, in the military included.” FightingIssuesMilitarySeriousPercentWomen Equality Author:Paula Broadwell
“[Some young athletes] get home, look at social media, and they have thousands of people ripping it out of them, telling them that they're terrible at their profession, they hope they lose their next match or fight.It's hugely negative and unless you can rise above it and pay no attention, it can have a very serious impact on that person's state of mind.” PeopleMindLooksPersonsStatesHomeYoungFightingNextSocialLosesPayAttentionMediaSeriousTerribleNegativeImpactAthleteSocial MediaProfessionState Of MindRise AboveYoung AthletesRise Above It Author:David Haye
“I think that a lot of people on the left are gonna get tired of fighting gun laws, so they're gonna embrace gun culture. I think when that happens, you've got serious, serious trouble.” PeopleThinkingHappensLawCultureFightingLeftTroubleSeriousGunEmbraceTiredGun LawGun CultureTired Of Fighting Author:Irvine Welsh
“The terrorists exist, and I think we must speak to them, not to establish a dialogue-since for serious terrorists that is unfortunately out of the question - but to learn how their brains work, to be better able to fight them.” ThinkingFightingSpeakBrainSeriousTerrorist Author:Bernard-Henri Levy