Contend Quotations

We are all dwellers on this one small earth; we live one life, die one death; we have the same difficulties to contend with; we ought in common to fight the foes of ignorance and wrong.

I've learned that there's a signature Metallica sound, and if we stray too far from that, our fans get impatient, or they just don't understand, or they miss the point. And I'm not saying that's a good thing or a bad thing; it's just something we have to contend with.

There is no living African writer who has not had to, or will not have to, contend with Achebe's work. We are either resisting him - stylistically, politically, or culturally - or we are writing toward him.

I would always contend that talent is an element, but over the long run, ultimately, a minor part of it all; it is mostly hard work.

Some people thought I'd be on the PGA Tour, that I'd win tournaments, play in majors, contend in majors, win majors. I thought they were crazy.

I think one thing is that anybody who's had to contend with mental illness - whether it's depression, bipolar illness or severe anxiety, whatever - actually has a fair amount of resilience in the sense that they've had to deal with suffering already, personal suffering.

'The Black Prism' is a story about two brothers who respect and fear and admire and contend with and shape each other. In other words, it's a story of normal brothers - who happen to be in extraordinary circumstances.

Surrounded by a burgeoning human population, Asian elephants have to contend with the spread of settlements and farming, and the demands of rapidly developing nations: plantations, mines, railways, and irrigation canals have carved up former wilderness.

When people contend for their liberty they seldom get anything for their victory, but new masters.

When I was filming 'Lost,' we'd be in the jungle. The only thing we had to contend with was the sound of the ocean. That was it, really.

A duped newspaper or magazine could contend that a fiction-spouting journalist obtained part of his salary via fraud, and use a criminal proceeding to try and recoup that money. Given the profession's notoriously low wages, however, it's probably not worth the publicity headache and legal fees. No news organization has ever pursued such a case.

When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters.

I doubt very much that the chief executives of any of the Fortune 500 corporations can name five edible plants, five native grasses, or five migratory birds within walking distance of their homes, or name the soil series upon which their house sits. And I would contend that if you don't know where you are, you are in fact nowhere at all.

Families rely on financial services more than ever, but those who need them most - who struggle to make ends meet - too often must contend with sky-high interest rates and tricks and traps buried in the fine print of their loan products.

Let a durable and firm peace be established and this government be confined rigidly to the few great objects for which it was instituted, leaving the States to contend in generous rivalry to develop, by the arts of peace, their respective resources, and a scene of prosperity and happiness would follow, heretofore unequaled on the globe.

Leaders are for calling people to their better angels, for helping guide them to a kind of sterner, more mature sense of what we need to do. To me, Reagan's brand of leadership was what I call 'a liturgy of absolution.' He absolved Americans almost in a priestly role to contend with sin. Who wouldn't want that?

Grow up and let anyone try to contend with the adult you.

When we contend, let us contend for all our rights - the doubtful and the certain, the unimportant and essential. It is as easy to contend, or even more so, for the whole as for a part. At the termination of the contest, secure all that our wisdom and valour and the fortune of war will permit.

The performance of the major stock averages didn't make anyone happy in 2005. But when you consider what the markets had to contend with, treading water is not so bad.

The perceived impact of the delay may be the real issue to contend with for (chip) stocks in the near-term.

We can contend that we have already done what the statute envisions, ... The president has demanded an accounting from the Soviets, and has done so repeatedly.

We're still pretty young, but we're doing some great things, and I think we're going to be a force to contend with.

We'll see tomorrow whether or not we can contend for a national championship. We need to come out and show we can bounce back from a tough loss.

We really have a chance to contend this year, and it's going to take what Jeff Cirillo did yesterday, what I did today.

We're a team in a little bit of a transition. But I still expect us to contend. And I didn't even expect us to contend for the pennant last year.

Let's contend no more, Love, / Strive nor weep: / All be as before, Love, / - Only sleep!

So, I thought we had a chance to be a nice football team. Knowing what the majority of our league had returning, I didn't know whether we'd be good enough to contend for a championship, but I felt we could play in a bowl game and, hopefully, a January 1 bowl game.

Men build bridges and throw railroads across deserts, and yet they contend successfully that the job of sewing on a button is beyond them. Accordingly, they don't have to sew buttons.

Now that we've started winning games and seeing that we actually can contend for championships, we've been pushing ourselves a lot harder in practices and getting a lot tougher.

One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is the assumption on the part of the staff that because you have lost your gall bladder you have also lost your mind

I was relaxed watching the game. I wanted them to win and I'm absolutely delighted for the guys, because they've had so much to contend with throughout this season.

I would contend that our children are as important to the future of the country as the economy. The stock market will never depend on it, but I hope the report will annually at least focus attention on the status and condition of our children.

Ideally, I'd like to work part time at the bookstore. That would give me more time to contend with all the office work of writing.

I am a person a dictionary-maker has to contend with. I am a living evidence in the development of language.

I am proud to say that I feel like I have a chance to contend for a major for the first time in my life.

Because of those three seniors last year, the climate, the atmosphere around here has really changed. We have a chance to contend for league championships for the next several years.

Imaginative writing, to me, is a way of discovering who we are and what we have to contend with; discovering what is out there and also what is not there. It enables me to think and explore and make something new with language while trying to make sense of our lives.

I feel we have all the necessary pieces to contend for a national title. We really got a chance. We still got a lot more to go, and I'm looking forward to it.

I feel like I can contend every week but, when you get to a place like here or Hilton Head where you've done well consistently, it gives you a lot of confidence.

For State, we have some very high seeds and hopefully they can contend for the win.

If a person deals with same-sex attractions, they are told that the only way for them to be happy is to identify as a gay and to embrace their sexual orientation. What we contend is that a person who has same-sex attraction can identify any way that they want to.

I don't think it's a question of how big or small it is. It is an issue that we have to contend with because of the action that was filed and we're responding through the legal process.

For whatever reason, they haven't played as well as they did at the start of the year. In December, I thought they were clearly one of the favorites in the league, and that hasn't changed. They're an extremely talented, capable opponent, and one of those teams that is looking to get hot and have as good a chance as any to contend in the conference championship.

If we are going to contend in the conference, we will have to win our home matches.

I always played it down the middle myself. I had my own rule. If anything affects the game, if it would be in the paper or people were going to talk about it, I had to mention it. If a player missed the cutoff man or threw to the wrong base, you have to report it. If he made three errors, it's a matter of fact. Nobody that I ever worked for a ballclub or sponsor told me to do this or do that. I never had to contend with that. I feel sorry for the guys who get in that situation. It's not their fault.

He has handled the situation very professionally and he's made a big fan out of me because of that. It's great to have a player like him on the bench that you can put into the lineup and the other team knows he's a significant factor to contend with.

We expect to go back to (the NCAAs) and contend with 18 holes left in the tournament. We need to win this fall. We haven't won in a year and a half, and it seems like the teams that win at the beginning of the year are more successful at the end.

Whatever happens this year, we won't be able to use inexperience as an excuse. Most of our guys have been there and done it before. It may take us a little while to hit our stride, but I fully expect us to contend for the conference championship.

We are focusing on being consistent every day, and being tough and being physical. For us to contend for another championship, we have to physical, have to be tough, have to be focused.

I think we'll be competitive. We'll contend for first place in the league.

I think we should be in the upper half and contend with the top teams. I think we match up a lot better against teams in the league this year.

I think we can contend for a conference title. We are a faster team than we were last year.

It is more difficult to contend with oneself than with the world.

I was a little disappointed in the position as I thought we could contend for the title. But we just didn't race like I thought we would.

Jeff and I recently had several very productive discussions about our football program and its future. Our goals for the program are the same, continue to operate with a high regard for integrity and academic accomplishment, as well as reaffirming our spot as champions of Conference USA and contend for a BCS bowl. We will work together to ensure those goals are accomplished.

Jeff and I have recently had several very productive discussions about our football program and its future. Our goals for the program are the same: continue to operate with a high regard for integrity and academic accomplishment, as well as reaffirming our spot as champions of C-USA and contend for a BCS bowl.

I saw where Phil hit it on the last hole and if there was anybody in the world you'd back to get up-and-down from there, it would be Phil Mickelson. I didn't think there was much hope when I saw where he was. He's not a one-major guy, he's a 10-major guy. He deserves greatness. He's going to go on now and contend for majors as he's always done but now it's going to be easier and easier to win them.

Our goal is to win the state championship. That is the goal, and as a program, we've said that we want to contend for the state title every year. We know what we need to do to reach that goal, and it's about perseverance.

Our post people are really going to have to work on their post defense because we have (Valentine and Little) we'll have to contend with. And we've just got to stay out of foul trouble and not try to block every shot and just play good, solid defense.

Our plan is to get everyone healthy for the outdoor championships. If we can do that, and with the addition of our strong throwers in the javelin and discus, I'm sure both our men's and women's team will contend for a top-three finish at the outdoor championships.

Our team is working very hard and had a great summer of base building, running every day, ... Our goal, as it is every year, is to be able to contend for a state championship.

Playing .500 is the first step. Eventually, we're trying to get to where we can contend with St. Louis for the division. I'd rather have a winning record. We're tired of being labeled a loser for the last 12 years. We want to get past that. We don't want anybody calling us a loser again.

I think OPEC is showing tremendous strength in keeping oil prices firm, but they cannot push it much further, ... If they do, they will have to contend with things that they do not want in the long run, like possible economic troubles.

Win races and contend for the championship, that's what we want to do.

We must keep to the orientation of serving the people, and socialism, and the principle of letting 100 flowers bloom and a 100 schools of thought contend and highlight the themes of the times while encouraging diversity,

We had a lot to contend with last year after being moved off the turnpike. But we learned a lot.

We've got the capability to contend for a Big East Championship. The kids have responded well to the challenges so far. So I have no reason to believe that we're not going to be in contention.

We've lived out here for nine years. We have never had to contend with this before.

We have three main objectives we consider necessary for victory. We must create a tempo we can win with....we must be patient and make every shot count....and we must contend for every rebound despite our lack of size.

We have a team that can contend for a national title.

When the Williams sisters came into tennis, there was so much rampant racism that it was unbelievable. When Arthur Ashe was playing the good game of tennis, he had to contend with nonsense. When Tiger Woods hit the professional golf ranks, he had dumb people talking about fried-chicken dinners and sitting watermelons out on the golf course.

We deny each and every one of those allegations. We contend we will prevail at the hearing.

We won the two biggest races last year, Daytona and The Brickyard, ... We've added some quality teams, and I think we have players who can contend for the championship this season. We need to work on consistency, and I think you'll see more top-10 runs out of the Dodge camp in 2003.

The decline of violence isn't a steady inclined plane from an original state of maximal and universal bloodshed. Technology, ideology, and social and cultural changes periodically throw out new forms of violence for humanity to contend with.

The exemption amounts change every year, and standard deduction amounts change every year. These are the two biggest changes that most taxpayers have to contend with.

What I take away from this season is a team that's going to come back next year and contend for a Super Bowl. We've got the guys to do it.

We have a lot of depth. To contend with Cheshire at states, we are going to have to have some kids that we don't really know about yet step up.

We've worked so hard to put ourselves in this position that it's a positive thing that we have such high expectations to meet. We'll have to work a little harder this year, but we'll be in a position to contend again this season.

Thou art indeed just, Lord, if I contend / With thee; but, sir, so what I plead is just. / Why do sinners' ways prosper? and why must / Disappointment all I endeavour end?

We contend the property owners contribute significantly toward the funding of the federal government and its many agencies and should, therefore, be eligible to receive financial assistance in times of disaster.

We contend that you have to keep a positive attitude. Luck follows those who are persistent and patient. You just keep your hook in the water and hope for the best.

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We contend AOL Time Warner is powerful enough that it won't go gently into the night (unlike Novell, WordPerfect, Lotus, Netscape, et al). We do believe, however, that developments between the two companies over the next year or two will have significant bearing on the long-term direction of the industry.

We would never contend that health policy should ignore the effects of diet and nutritional options.

We're really young and have a lot of future talent. They've worked really hard. Hopefully, the program will keep feeding itself. Our goal is to contend for another title.

This time I'm going down there expecting to run well and maybe contend for a victory.

Toronto was the team that we had to contend with all the time, and Oakland. Those were the two teams that we had to battle all the time. Once I went to New York and we started winning, then the rivalry started to come back just a little bit. And then once I left New York, it's full-fledged now. It's a rip-roaring force fire right.

The party has no intention of allowing a free press, but now they have to contend with growing professionalism among journalists, profit seeking by media and the effects of exposure to media outside China.

We've got to be in position to contend shots. If we can, we've got a chance. If we can't, it's going to be a tough day.

We will contend for a playoff position, ... The guys are getting a good grasp of the new offense and the defense. We're getting real excited about the season.

Every time I think a team has everything it takes to play well and contend all the way for a national championship, it doesn't really happen.

You can't contend for a division title without a shortstop. We got a guy who has been an All-Star, has three years left on his contract and Boston will pay about 50 percent of it. That's why we traded Andy.

We all know what energy level he plays at. We have to contend with that and we have to match that.

We had to contend with gross margin pressure in all of our major business units in the second quarter due to competitive pressures,

We gave Jimmy the option of driving not only to help mentor our two new drivers but because of his wonderful history in racing and the fact we believe he remains very competitive. I still contend it is likely Jimmy could make more comebacks than the Rolling Stones.

We had a good car tonight, and I think we could have gotten past the three leaders to contend for the win, but we didn't have to. So I just took care of the car, and it took care of me.

We were playing not anywhere near to our capabilities. But regardless, I don't think we expected to come out and contend for a playoff spot. Things changed after our great run in June and July. Now we're going to be upset if we don't win the division.

We look to again contend for the division, league and sectional titles.

very relaxed. He knows that he's not going to contend for a title. (During) the time off, he realized how much he missed (coaching). ... I think he's really enjoying himself.

We don't want to wait four or five years to put (Bryant) in position to contend again. There is a little window there.