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"I love the Olympics, because they enable people from all over the world to come together and--regardless of their political or cultural differences--accuse each other of cheating."
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"If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place."

"Nothing amuses people more than a cocky guy who starts losing."

"Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others fail. And some are failing quite spectacularly."

"Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes."

"Life can often be a competition and your greatest opponent is yourself."

"Nothing frustrates people more than a cocky guy who's still winning."

"Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition."

"Well, I think any national championship is an extremely important championship to play in."

"While no one railroad can completely duplicate another line, two or more may compete at particular points."

"Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy."
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"Don't you wish you had a job like mine? All you have to do is think up a certain number of words! Plus, you can repeat words! And they don't even have to be true!"

"We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to admit that we know of no better system, except possibly flipping a coin."

"American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat in it."

"The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes."

"Newspaper readership is declining like crazy. In fact, there's a good chance that nobody is reading my column."

"And so by the fifteenth century, on October 8, the Europeans were looking for a new place to try to get to, and they came up with a new concept: the West."

"If you were to open up a baby's head - and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should - you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland."

"The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter."
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