Can't Win Quotes - Page 4

• Winning is not everything - but making the effort to win was... If you can't accept losing, you can't win.

  Vince Lombardi

  Learning, Winning, Effort

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• You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.

  Joe Torre

  Winning, Kentucky, Thoroughbreds

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• We are organising our enemies into a formidable force, we are The US public has turned against the war, the Republicans and Democrats have turned against the war. And so when the American public turns against the war and the Congress turns against the war, it suggests that Americans feel we cannot win that war in those conditions. So the Iraqi Commission says, "Well, we can't win this war militarily, we need to reassess potential allies." There's Syria, there's Iran.

  Jesse Jackson

  War, Winning, Iran

  "Reverend Jesse Jackson". Interview with George Negus, www.sbs.com.au. February 21, 2007.

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• The United States is more reliant on the technical systems. We're more reliant on the critical infrastructure of the internet than any other nation out there. And when there's such a low barrier to entering the domain of cyber-attacks we're starting a fight that we can't win.

  Edward Snowden

  Fighting, Winning, Cyber Attacks

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Any Democrat who squirms on the tax-cut issue in the primaries has no chance ' zero ' to win the nomination. Each will have to take the “pledge” to oppose the Bush tax cuts. Thus, Bush will have succeeded in creating a situation where anyone who can win the nomination can't win the election. Democrats are not about to nominate anyone who backs the tax cut, and Americans are not going to elect anyone who favors a tax increase.

  Dick Morris

  Zero, Cutting, Winning

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• But if we hide ourselves away, afraid to grow and learn, we might wake up in the flames of the ignorance that burns and we'll never be much more than only casualties of war in a struggle we can't win if we have no faith to begin. We've got to tip the lid and let some sunlight in.

  Dawud Wharnsby Ali

  War, Struggle, Ignorance

  "Song: 'The People of The Boxes' ('The Prophet's Hands')". 2003.

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• If you don't run, you can't win.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Running, Winning, Chariots Of Fire

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• Satan's gotta get along without me. Since I've broke the chain of sin I know for sure that he can't win.

  Buck Owens

  Winning, Sin, Satan

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• Over the course of my life I've had more than my fair share of romantic relationships with wonderful women, many moved on to live happy, healthy, and productive lives, and I'm pleased to say remain dear friends today. Sadly, there are a few who have chosen to rewrite history in an attempt to stay in the spotlight. I guess, as the old saying goes: You can't win 'em all!

  Hugh Hefner

  Life, Winning, Healthy

  "Hugh Hefner Says Ex Holly Madison Has 'Chosen to Rewrite History to Stay in the Spotlight'" by Sierra Marquina, www.usmagazine.com. June 21, 2015.

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• There are things money can't buy and hard work can't win. One of them is happiness.

  Ray Kroc

  Hard Work, Winning, Can't Win

  Ray Kroc (2016). “Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's”, p.103, St. Martin's Griffin

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• You can't win what you don't fight for.

  Eleanor Holmes Norton

  Fighting, Winning, Can't Win

  Joan Steinau Lester, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Coretta Scott King (2004). “Fire in My Soul”, p.134, Simon and Schuster

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• Grassroots organizing tends to be most available to big campaigns, but it's actually most useful to small ones. You can't win a presidential campaign without going on TV, but you can win a local election simply by organizing your community. NationBuilder levels the playing field.

  Joe Greene

  Winning, Presidential, Community

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• It's better to fight because if you don't fight, you can't win. Besides, even when you don't win, you can change the game.

  Elizabeth Warren

  Fighting, Winning, Games

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• We're not obsessed by anything, you see," insisted Ford. "..." "And that's the deciding factor. We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win." "I care about lots of things," said Slartibartfast, his voice trembling partly with annoyance, but partly also with uncertainty. "Such as?" "Well," said the old man, "life, the Universe. Everything, really. Fjords." "Would you die for them?" "Fjords?" blinked Slartibartfast in surprise. "No." "Well then." "Wouldn't see the point, to be honest.

  Douglas Adams

  Winning, Men, Fjords

  Douglas Adams (2017). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus: A Trilogy in Four Parts”, p.357, Pan Macmillan

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• There's a lathered sorrel stallion running through the Joshua trees and a young man in the saddle with his coat tails in the breeze. He's got a six gun on his right hip and a rifle at his knees and he's dealing in a game that he can't win.

  Charlie Daniels

  Running, Men, Gun

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• You can't win. Either you have the baby and wear your pain on the outside, or you don't have the baby, and you keep that ache in you forever

  Jodi Picoult

  Baby, Pain, Winning

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.190, Simon and Schuster

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• If you can't win your race, make sure the guy ahead of you breaks the record.

  Unknown

  Winning, Race, Guy

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• Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can't win; others have to be fought on grounds of principle regardless of the chances for success.

  Patricia Ireland

  Winning, Principles, Campaigns

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• We can't win friends with a scowling face and an upbraiding voice.

  Dale Carnegie

  Winning, Voice, Faces

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• Never take a path that has no heart in it. You can't lose if your heart is in your work, but you can't win if your heart is not in it.

  Carlos Castaneda

  Heart, Winning, Path

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• You're either too fat or too thin. You just can't win.

  Natalie Imbruglia

  Winning, Fats, Can't Win

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You can't win enough, you can't have enough money, you can't succeed enough. There is not enough. The only thing that will ever satiate that existential thirst is love. And I just remember that day I made the shift from wanting to be a winner to wanting to have the most powerful, deep, and beautiful relationships I could possibly have.

  Will Smith

  Beautiful, Powerful, Winning

  "Will Smith on Kids, His Career, Ferguson, and Failure". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. February 12, 2015.

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• You can't win enough, you can't have enough money, you can't succeed enough. There is not enough.

  Will Smith

  Winning, Succeed, Enough

  "Will Smith on Kids, His Career, Ferguson, and Failure". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. February 12, 2015.

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• At its best, entertainment is going to be a subjective thing that can't win for everyone, while at worst, a particular game just becomes a random symbol for petty tribal behavior.

  John Carmack

  Winning, Games, Subjectivity

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• We`re seeing something fairly remarkable happen on the political train. We`re seeing the Washington establishment abandoning Marco Rubio. I think they`ve made the determination that Marco can`t win. And they`re rushing to support Donald Trump.

  Ted Cruz

  Determination, Winning, Thinking

  "All In" with Chris Hayes, www.msnbc.com. January 21, 2016.

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