#beaten

Sincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than by-ways, in which men often lose themselves. ↗

— John Tillotson

#brings #commonly #end #his #journey

A few years ago, one of our singles got beaten out by Better Than Ezra. The label could only have one band at a time being taken to the right people at radio, and they opted for Better Than Ezra instead of us. Who knows. ↗

— Gene Ween

#band #beaten #being #better #could

I wanted to be able to talk with people who have trade jobs and make records with them. I want to do more records with carpenters, electricians, people who specialize in even more bizarre trades that are off the beaten path. ↗

— Jack White

#beaten #beaten path #bizarre #even #i

The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it's filled with reversals. What you think may happen doesn't happen. A champion is beaten, an unknown becomes a champion. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#beaten #becomes #champion #filled #general

I know he was definitely beaten by her. I saw it many times. But we had a different way of dealing with her. He'd let her have more and more booze until she passed out. ↗

— David Gest

#booze #dealing #definitely #different #different way

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#daring #forward #game #ideas #like

In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins. ↗

— Ulysses S. Grant

#battle #beaten #both #both sides #comes

The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny. ↗

— David Hume

#beaten #heights #popularity #power #road

There are two types of people in the world: people who are passionate about things, and people who've had their passion punched, beaten, or whatever out of them. ↗

— Kevyn Aucoin

#beaten #had #out #passion #passionate

The only message that terrorists need to get is that they're going to be beaten. ↗

— Jose Maria Aznar

#get #going #message #need #only