Best 1389 quotes in «competition quotes» category

But my middle daughter, Kate, is very involved in martial arts, and I was just at one of her competitions.

But prices for the opening ceremony and some events' final competition should be a little bit higher.

But suppose, for the sake of argument, free competition, without any sort of monopoly, would develop capitalism trade more rapidly. Is it not a fact that the more rapidly trade and capitalism develop, the greater is the concentration of production and capital which gives rise to monopoly?

But to win, I was overwhelmed - it felt great! I was really excited. I didn't expect it, but I'm also really competitive. As soon as I hear the word "competition" I get serious and start doing everything that I can do.

But we're all so different, we're different ages; we're not vying for the same roles. There's no competition, there's really kind of a sisterhood, on and off the set, you know?

By a steady adherence to the Union we may hope, erelong, to become the arbiter of Europe in America, and to be able to incline the balance of European competitions in this part of the world as our interest may dictate.

Can we have a conversation about the substance? That's what I welcome. We're happy to have those conversations if there are places where people think there can be improvements. We want competition in the system, so let's talk about that.

Capitalism is based on ruthless exploitation and competition, and leads inevitably to the development of mega monopolies.

Competition, free enterprise, and an open market were never meant to be symbolic fig leaves for corporate socialism and monopolistic capitalism.

Chiropractic has helped keep me injury free - that is half the trick to staying in competition.

Competition breeds excellence, including in the GOP race.

Competition does a much more effective job than government at protecting consumers.

Competition is all about you. It's about feeding your selfish needs. It feeds the depravity of your heart.

Competition is for dogs and horses.

Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.

Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs.

Competition is the most promising means to achieve and secure prosperity. It alone enables people in their role of consumer to gain from economic progress. It ensures that all advantages which result from higher productivity may eventually be enjoyed.

Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit.

Competition of praise inclineth to a reverence of antiquity. For men contend with the living, not with the dead.

Competition validates you. It creates a category. It permits the sale to be this or that, not yes or no.

Competitive toughness is an acquired skill and not an inherited gift.

Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it.

Competition for the sake not of destroying one another, but for the sake of bettering and improving both competitors as a result of the competition.

Competition is a great thing and critically important in any industry. I respect the companies that build their brand through innovation/great product, packaging, sharp marketing and clever ideas.

Competition is always a fantastic thing, and the computer industry is intensely competitive.

Competition is pretty much the essence of everything, it gives humans drive.

Competition is the final price determinant and competitive prices may result in profits which force you to accept a rate of return less than you hoped for, or for that matter to accept temporary losses

Competition is warfare. Mostly it is played by prescribed rules--there is a sort of Geneva Convention for competition--but it's thorough and often brutal.

Competition's always been a product of American lifestyle

Competitions are what you do as a good exercise.

Complexity and obscurity have professional value - they are the academic equivalents of apprenticeship rules in the building trades. They exclude the outsiders, keep down the competition, preserve the image of a privileged or priestly class. The man who makes things clear is a scab. He is criticized less for his clarity than for his treachery.

Complexity - limits competition.

Conducting a creativity audit can be very illuminating because it can tell you how the process is working internally and against the competition.

Contrary to what you think, your company will be a lot more productive if you refuse to tolerate competition among your employees.

Control your expenses better than your competition. This is where you can always find the competitive advantage.

Copy, not from your industry, from others. You have to go where there is no competition.

Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.

Cooperation is always more powerful than competition.

Countries were told they had no incentives because of social ownership. The solution was privatization and profit, profit, profit. Privatization would replace inefficient state ownership, and the profit system plus the huge defense cutbacks would let them take existing resources and an increase in consumption. Worries about distribution and competition or even concerns about democratic processes being undermined by excessive concentration of wealth could be addressed later.

Creativity is one of the last remaining legal ways of gaining an unfair advantage over the competition.

Creativity may well be the last legal unfair competitive advantage we can take to run over the competition.

Close girlfriends I don't have necessarily, as an actress. Perhaps there is a thing of competition there, you know, when you're doing the same things, and you're the same age. I could be with younger actors, but woman of my age probably - there is and there isn't, one doesn't like to think of it, but I think there is a sense of competition. Which is good, also.

Competition for status is a zero sum game

Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks; and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer's disease.

Competition [in a scene] is healthy. Competition is life. Yet most actors refuse to acknowledge this. They don't want to compete. They want to get along. And they are therefore not first-rate actors.

Competition is healthy. Competition is life. Yet most actors refuse to acknowledge this. They don't want to compete. They want to get along. And they are therefore not first-rate actors. The good actor is the one who competes, willingly, who enjoys competing. An actor must compete, or die...Peacefulness and the avoidance of trouble won't help in his acting. It is just the opposite he must seek.

Competition is like experimentation in science, a discovery process, and it must rely on the self interest of producers, it must allow them to use their knowledge for their purposes, because nobody else possesses the information

Competition is overrated. In practice it is quite destructive and should be avoided wherever possible. Much better than fighting for scraps in existing markets is to create and own new ones.

Competition, which is the instinct of selfishness, is another word for dissipation of energy, while combination is the secret of efficient production.

Competing for Wales in the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne 2006 at the age of 16 was daunting for me. It was my first major senior competition and to go out there in front of such a huge crowd was terrifying at the time, but I've had so many senior internationals since then, I feel that this experience has given me the confidence to give it the best shot that I can.