Best 1389 quotes in «competition quotes» category

The interest of the dealers, however, in any particular branch of trade or manufactures, is always in some respects different from, and even opposite to, that of the public. To widen the market and to narrow the competition, is always the interest of the dealers.

The kind of society which we still have is maybe, in some cases, getting worse. Competition is becoming a virtue. Intense competition drives people to go more and more into self-interest. Even to see other folks as competition.

The larger the state, the more callous it becomes... the colder its heart. It is also true that the bigger the corporation, the more callous its heart. But unlike the state, corporations have competition and have no police powers.

The leftist is antagonistic to the concept of competition because, deep inside, he feels like a loser.

The life contest is primarily a competition for available energy.

The livelihood of the restaurant is dependent upon getting the word out. There's so much more competition. You can do an event every week and not cook at all.

The marathon is a competition between your will and your possibilities

The marathon is a charismatic event. It has everything. It has drama, competition, camaraderie & heroism

The marketers can compete with free; it just has to be better. Look at bottled water if you don't believe me.

The merit of a democratic regime rests on one's continual willingness to exchange views, and to compete on the basis of individual merit and capacities.

The mere possession of monopoly power, and the concomitant charging of monopoly prices, is not only not unlawful, it is an important element of the free-market system. The opportunity to charge monopoly prices - at least for a short period - is what attracts 'business acumen' in the first place; it induces risk taking that produces innovation and economic growth.

The more competition and the more voices - that's why I love bloggers and anything else the Internet can produce in the way of new news voices.

The Monk competition did open some doors. And I was thankful for that.

The more the division of labor and the application of machinery extend, the more does competition extend among the workers, the more do their wages shrink together.

The most meaningful way to differentiate your company from your competition, is to do an outstanding job with information.

The most important part of this is to prepare the athlete for life in general and then be able to compete.

The most destructive thing governments do is divide people against each other, all in competition over the reins of the state.

The music as a whole is selfish, but the musicians aren't," "The song may go on forever but it's not about competition within the band; it's about playing as a band.

The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner. The process makes you mean because you get frustrated.

The nice thing about Toronto is there's not a competition.

The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents the best in all of us.

The Olympics are always a special competition. It is very difficult to predict what will happen.

The Olympics unite the world and inspire us to be a better version of ourselves. The competitions motivate the spectators, and the athletes' message is: You should have more confidence in your ability to achieve things, you should dream more.

The only competition you will have is the competition between your disciplined and undisciplined mind.

The only competition you will ever face is with your own ignorance.

The only real way to differentiate yourself from the competition is through service.

The only thing I smoke is my competition

The only thing I want to be able to do is come in and learn the offense, go out there and compete, show what I am capable of doing and try to get better as a football player.

The person who figures out how to harness the collective genius of his or her organization is going to blow the competition away.

The only way to beat the competition is to stop trying to beat the competition

The player can only compete with the best internationally when they've committed themselves to this goal. They have to be properly supported until that point.

The problem with holding a grudge is that your hands are then too full to hold onto anything else. It might be the competition or a technology or the lousy things that someone did a decade ago. None of it is going to get better as a result of revisiting the grudge.

The presumed causes of Americas troubles can be summed up simply: the evils of unlimited competition, and abuses by those with economic power.

The principles Donald Trump is focused on are exactly the right principles: more choice, more competition, lower costs, lower premiums.

The problem of freedom in America is that of maintaining a competition of ideas, and you do not achieve that by silencing one brand of idea.

The problem with TV now is that there's so much competition, that you're always on the chopping block.

The profit motive, when it is the sole basis of an economic system, encourages a cutthroat competition and selfish ambition that inspires men to be more concerned about making a living than making a life.

The public firm can nowhere maintain itself in free competition with the private firm; it is possible today only where it has a monopoly that excludes competition. Even that alone is evidence of its lesser economic productivity.

The rap game will never be at peace. The rap game is built upon competition. There will always be competition and as long as there's competition, there will never be peace. There's a heavy competition in every scene. Everyone wants to be the one.

The rare individuals who unselfishly try to serve others have an enormous advantage-they have little competition.

The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If anything, competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the next few decades.

The positive aspect of competition in a business scenario is it helps you to be more alert and innovative.

The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.

The price which society pays for the law of competition, like the price it pays for cheap comforts and luxuries, is great; but the advantages of this law are also greater still than its cost- for it is to this law that we owe our wonderful material development, which brings improved conditions in its train.

The problem with competition is that it takes away the requirement to set your own path, to invent your own method, to find a new way.

The question is: do we pay a little bit more now? Or do we pay a whole lot later? For the equivalent of a postage stamp a day for each American, we can put a price on carbon today that will send a signal to private capital to invest in the clean technologies of tomorrow. Taking a vast portfolio of new energy solutions to scale will ultimately drive down costs through competition.

The real problem is what can man and machine do together and not in competition.

There are any number of models artists can use to profit off of their talent and artistry. It is not up to the state to protect them from competition. Musicians can obviously get paid for performing and having their music copied and "pirated" helps them in this respect by making them more well known, more popular.

There are 20 million unemployed and what does the Constitution offer us in the Europe of 25, 27 and soon to be 30: policies of unrestricted competition to the detriment of production, wages, research and innovation.

There are as many stories to be told as there are people to tell them about; only the mean-spirited would consider there to be a competition at all.