Turning Defeat Into Victory Quotes & Sayings

I would prefer a sword to fight duel, but a pen to plan a war. — Robert Thier

Her long periods of intense concentration began to be punctuated by bouts of directionless daydreaming, sudden explosions of feeling. At such times Shakespeare was too dangerous to be read closely - Hamlet whispered truths too cruel to be borne, every word in Lear hooked in flesh and could not be dislodged. As for Wilde, Hobbes, Schopenhauer . . . even cynicism, Marya saw, can't save you. — Joyce Carol Oates

You know what they say about secrets, right? — Alyson Noel

Deepest moment. Your recent services to one of the royal houses of Europe have shown that you are one who may safely be trusted with matters which are of an importance which can hardly be exaggerated. — Arthur Conan Doyle

The past should be culled like a box of fresh strawberries, rinsed of debris, sweetened judiciously and served in small portions, not very often. — Laura Palmer

All I have is me. Over-worked, under-appreciated, middle-aged, and shriveled up. — Henry Rollins

Might you show me how to project a schematic of the entire inner solar system? I appear to be unable to zoom out from the immediate neighbourhood of Paladin." "Access that sub-menu, then select the logarithmic scale factor," Nissa said. "Thank you - I should have seen that." The — Alastair Reynolds

I have fought the long defeat and brought other people on to fight the long defeat, and I'm not going to stop because we keep losing. Now I actually think sometimes we may win. I don't dislike victory ... You know, people from our background-like you, like most PIH-ers, like me-we're used to being on a victory team, and actually what we're really trying to do in PIH is to make common cause with the losers. Those are two very different things. We want to be on the winning team, but at the risk of turning our backs on the losers, no, it's not worth it. So you fight the long defeat. — Tracy Kidder

I miss you.
Were sweeter words ever texted? — Abby McDonald

I think it's always good for a band to try and grow. — Matt Squire

Even though no one admits it, writers are leaders in their communities. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

I feel much safer with girls, so I felt more comfortable kissing her in the movie than kissing any of the other people that I had to kiss. — Megan Fox

You see my point? The average person has a very average notion of goodness to which they aspire averagely. To aspire to goodness in any remarkable way would be 'undemocratic'. — Geoffrey Wood