“Any guy hates Valentine's Day. Even if you're in love, you can't win on Valentine's Day. If you're married, you can't win on Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day is like the thing you want to avoid at all costs.” IfsWantGuyHateWinningLove YouCostMarriedValentineValentine's DayCan't Win Author:Vince Vaughn
“It costs something to be a real Christian, according to the standard of the Bible. There are enemies to be overcome, battles to be fought, sacrifices to be made, an Egypt to be forsaken, a wilderness to be passed through, a cross to be carried, a race to be run. Conversion is not putting a person in an arm-chair and taking them easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.” PersonsMadeRealRunningChristianWinningHeavenRaceEnemySacrificeArmsVictoryBattleCostConflictStandardsCrossesOvercomingConversionChairsWildernessEgyptForsaken Author:J. C. Ryle
“My ruthless desire to win at all costs served me well on the bike but the level it went to, for whatever reason, is a flaw. That desire, that attitude, that arrogance.” WellsReasonDesireWinningLevelsAttitudeCostArroganceFlawsBikeRuthlessDesire To WinWin At All Costs Author:Lance Armstrong
“I'm not a win at all costs guy. Winning isn't everything. It's second to breathing.” GuyWinningCostBreathingWinning Isn't EverythingWin At All Costs Author:George Steinbrenner
“[Gambling] is a perfidious passion. ... It is bad for one to win, and bad not to win. ... it ends by setting your blood on fire, and to increase your chances of winning at any cost, your stakes increase frightfully; the desire of winning gets to be a madness. The soul gets sick; it neither sees nor hears anything. No family ties, position, nor fortune, can stand against this passion.” SoulEndsDesirePassionWinningChanceFireBloodPositionCostSickIncreaseMadnessFortuneSettingSettingsTiesGamblingStakesFamily Ties Author:Matilde Serao
“In corporate culture, in sports culture, in the media, we honor those who win at all costs.” CultureWinningSportsMediaHonorCostCorporateCorporate CultureWin At All Costs Author:Jackson Katz
“To become a token woman - whether you win the Nobel Prize or merely get tenure at the cost of denying your sisters - is to become something less than a man... since men are loyal at least to their own world-view, their laws of brotherhood and self-interest.” MenWorldSelfLawWinningInterestViewsCostPrizeBrotherhoodLoyalSelf InterestNobelNobel PrizeTokensWorld ViewTenure Author:Adrienne Rich
“Active management is a zero-sum game before cost, and the winners have to win at the expense of the losers.” GamesWinningCostManagementInvestingActiveWinnerExpensesZeroLoserZero Sum GameActive Management Author:Eugene Fama
“If you're not terrified, you're not going to win. You have to ride right up to the edge of control and not make any mistakes that cost you time.” IfsWinningMistakeCostEdgesTerrified Author:Charlie Kelly
“Even in the King's Gambit ... White is no longer trying to attack at all costs. He has had to adapt his approach and look for moves with a solid positional foundation ... As often as not, his strategy consists of stifling Black's activity and then winning in an endgame thanks to his superior pawn structure.” TryingLooksMovingWinningBlackWhiteKingsCostActivityApproachFoundationStrategyStructureChessSuperiorsOpeningThanksPawnsEndgameStiflingGambit Author:Neil McDonald
“Haters never win. I just think that's true about life, because negative energy always costs in the end.” ThinkingEndsFunnyWinningEnergyCostNegativeHaterNegative EnergyMy HatersHater JealousyHaters And JealousyJealous HaterYour Haters Author:Tom Hiddleston