Althea Gibson Quotes

In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best.

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• Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

  

  Otto von Bismarck
  • War
  • Rules
  • Politeness

• Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

  

  Jack Kerouac
  • Great
  • Opinion
  • Popular

• Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.

  

  A. E. Housman
  • May
  • Perfect
  • Understanding

• I am supposed to set an example to young players.

  

  Zinedine Zidane
  • Young
  • Players
  • Example

• It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • God
  • Trying
  • Play

• A good lie detector doesn't jump to conclusions but tries to understand the person across the table, her personality, and her motivations. Your goal as a lie spotter isn't to point the finger and say, 'You're lying' - your goal is to get to the truth.

  

  Pamela Meyer
  • Good
  • Truth
  • Goal

• Carbon's eastern neighbor on the table, nitrogen, dresses up diamonds in pinks, yellows, oranges, and brownish tints known romantically as 'champagne.'

  

  Sam Kean
  • Up
  • Neighbor
  • Champagne

• I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • People
  • Like
  • Hip Hop

• I'm an artist at heart.

  

  Lance Reddick
  • Heart
  • Artist

• A company's logo can be a visual ambassador, one that goes on everything from business cards to delivery trucks. When used effectively, it can be the window into the soul of a brand.

  

  Tahl Raz
  • Business
  • Soul
  • Window

• I'm only drinking white wine because I'm on a diet and I don't eat.

  

  Oliver Reed
  • Wine
  • Drinking
  • White

• I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.

  

  Dan Webster
  • Power
  • House
  • Leader

• If my client calls me and says, 'I'm going to a friend's premiere,' I'll say, 'Come over and let's do something cute.' And I won't bill them for that.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • Me
  • Friend
  • Cute

• I can't go into a mob scene and sense the mood and the attitude of the crowd. I can't conduct man-on-the-street interviews or even get reactions that I can be sure are honest, because they know who I am.

  

  Walter Cronkite
  • Sense
  • Scene
  • Crowd

• I never really did any disco dancing.

  

  Barry Gibb Bee Gees
  • Never
  • Dancing
  • Disco

• I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.

  

  Vance Joy
  • Great
  • Write
  • Songs

• There is not love where there is no will.

  

  Indira Gandhi
  • Love
  • For Her
  • Will

• I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep swinging, and eventually you get a hit.

  

  Karen Robards
  • Me
  • Baseball
  • Lucky

• It would be great to be recognised for my achievements, but Sports Personality isn't about that.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Great
  • Sports
  • Personality

• I have so many entities now as grow older you gain responsibilities, you know, real estate, and I like video, and you know I want to live a little you know, because time is passing, its not as long as it has been.

  

  Chuck Berry
  • Time
  • Long
  • Live

• When she became very ill with heart trouble, I saw that it would be impossible for my parents to provide for my studies, and I obtained their permission to go to sea to make a career for myself there.

  

  Fritz Sauckel
  • Heart
  • She
  • Career

• Ecuador is a country which defends the right to life.

  

  Rafael Correa
  • Life
  • Country
  • Right

• My first movie was 'Diner.' My second movie was 'Tender Mercies.' I did really good work.

  

  Ellen Barkin
  • Good
  • Work
  • Movie

• In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best.

  

  Althea Gibson
  • Real
  • Sports
  • Winning