Against Quotes

He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace.

If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't.

Anytime you've played in a place and you get a win against your old team, it feels good.

Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information.

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.

As the global expansion of Indian and Chinese restaurants suggests, xenophobia is directed against foreign people, not foreign cultural imports.

Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market.

I'm not against asking the audience to work, but I think what you have now is a sort of gratuitous deconstruction as a result of a fashion of literary deconstructionism indicating that there are no meanings.

The first organised opposition by women to women's suffrage in England dates from 1889, when a number of ladies led by Mrs Ward appealed against the proposed extension of the Parliamentary suffrage to women.

Today we are in a war against war - music is our power.

It is long overdue for parents to realize they have the right and duty to protect our children against the intolerant evolutionists.

I'm totally not against plastic surgery. I've tried Botox before. That's the only thing that I've done.

The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it.

Many human beings say that they enjoy the winter, but what they really enjoy is feeling proof against it.

Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder.

Passing into practical life, illustrations of this fact are found everywhere; the distant, or the unseen, steadies and strengthens us against the rapid whirl of things around us.

If you live for fame, men may turn against you.

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.

But the privileges that one has enjoyed and exploited can sometimes turn against you: nobody thinks of you as a director, you are always an actress.

We got stuffed 4-1, but it was just great to play against, it was like an education. You think you are half good and then you go and play against a side like that!

These are busy times for the Border Patrol, the customs agents, immigration folks; but if we are going to send these agencies to fight a war on drugs, to fight a war against illegal behavior, we have to send them the proper tools.

Algeria was therefore only the beginning of something that was in development: this is why I say that it's the global capitalist system that finally reacted against us.

I have nothing against interviews. I don't pursue them. When people I work for deem it appropriate, I'm perfectly willing to serve.

Is there discrimination against women? Yes. There's no denying that the old boys' network is alive and well. But there's also discrimination against men.

Do not be afraid to offer ideas that draw opposition. Remember, if no one is against your idea, then your idea probably doesn't do anything.

I've been told by people that it's okay to cry but, you know what, it's been used against me.

A man with money is no match against a man on a mission.

We are, of course, now against any other group burning Qurans. We would right now ask no one to burn Qurans. We are absolutely strong on that. It is not the time to do it.

I'm against the capturing of Eastern Orthodox temples.

My own view would be to let Saddam bluster, let him rant and rave all he wants. As long as he behaves himself within his own borders, we should not be addressing any attack or resources against him.