#competition

The Internet is just bringing all kinds of information into the home. There's just a lot of distraction, a lot of competition for the parent's voice to resonate in the children's ears. ↗

— Phil McGraw

#bringing #children #competition #distraction #ears

Has she glanced you way yet?" Twice," Nick said on a note of satisfaction. Meaning?" Nick glanced at him. "She's not completely disinterested." I see Moreland. That makes it an even half dozen hanging out for a rich wife. Four looking for their second. Rossman, the old satyr, certainly isn't likely to be much competition. What in the hell does he think he's doing anyway? He must be sixty." Basking, I should think. She hasn't given him the cold shoulder yet," Nick responded coolly. ↗

— Jaide Fox

#courting #humor #romance #humor

Fredrick gazed into the deep blue eyes of Jackson for a few seconds before answering. “I’d like the best room in the hotel.”
 “We have hundreds of rooms here, and all of them are the best.”
 “How can they all be number one? Only one can be number one.”
 “Ah, this is true. And this is false. What’s the best to you may be worst to someone else. Since every room here is completely different, each room is number one to someone, even if that same room is number two to someone else.”
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— Jarod Kintz

#competition #customer-service #funny #guest-service #hospitality

Hmm…” Jason snapped his fingers. “I can call a friend for a ride.” Percy raised his eyebrows. “Oh, yeah? Me too. Let's see whose friend gets here first. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#flying-horses #heroes-of-olympus #humor #jason-grace #percy-jackson

He was working that charm right now on the trainer who kneeled before him and touched his thigh as though it were the thigh of David, Michelangelo’s glorious statue come to life right here on court. ↗

— A.G. Starling

#contemporary-romance #david #game #love #michelangelo

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. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#egotism #men #struggle #men

The competition is so fierce once you become an adult. I'll probably move on to something else. ↗

— Jodie Sweetin

#become #competition #else #fierce #i

The Beatles had just come out, and everybody had a band. It was incredible competition out there. ↗

— Gregg Allman

#beatles #come #competition #everybody #had

The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give. ↗

— Howard Cosell

#competition #derived #done #give #gotten

After my first day of competition I put on compression socks. They help me recover for the next day. ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#competition #compression #day #first #help