Oneupmanship Quotes & Sayings

A dreamer rises above their inherent fearfulness that they will always produce inferior work and grants oneself a license to put forth their best effort. — Kilroy J. Oldster

Who gives an empire, by the gift defeats All end of giving; and procures contempt Instead of gratitude. — Edward Young

If anyone does not believe that Holy Mary is the Mother of God, such a one is a stranger to the Godhead. — Gregory Of Nazianzus

Regrets? I think everyone has regrets, and people who say they haven't are either liars ... or narcissists. — Lee Radziwill

There was a rustle near his ear, and he turned his head to see the crow. It stood on the grass a foot away, a blotch of wind-ruffled black feathers, regarding him with a bead-bright eye. Deciding that he posed no threat, it swiveled its neck with casual ease and jabbed its thick sharp bill into Jack Randall's eye. — Diana Gabaldon

If you look at capitalism and patriarchy, they're both such hierarchical, competitive, oneupmanship systems. They've trained us all [to think] that power means having all the goods or having the most money or having the most attention or having the most fame. That's not the power that interests me. Actually, the deconstruction of that power is what interests me. — Eve Ensler

I like working with an actor who doesn't do the oneupmanship. One who has no trick and gives a true, honest performance. — Erik Estrada