You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.
Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought.
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.
Before and after practicing Judo or engaging in a match, opponents bow to each other. Bowing is an expression of gratitude and respect. In effect, you are thanking your opponent for giving you the opportunity to improve your technique.
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
Gain from your opponents without sacrificing your own strength.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than by the arguments of its opponents.
The opponents and I are really one. My strength and skills only half of the equation. The other half is theirs. An opponent is someone whose strength joined to yours creates a certain result.
That most dangerous of opponents: the one who took pains to comprehend the position of his adversary.
Children make the most desirable opponents in Scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
Never let us do wrong, because our opponents did so. Let us, rather, by doing right, show them what they ought to have done, and establish a rule the dictates of reason and conscience, rather than of the angry passions.
Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought.
Gain from your opponents without sacrificing your own strength.
Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought.
If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it was a terrible thing to do, but rather that in a statement made six years before he had gone on record as being opposed to matricide.
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die out, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
The opponents and I are really one. My strength and skills only half of the equation. The other half is theirs. An opponent is someone whose strength joined to yours creates a certain result.
You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.
Gain from your opponents without sacrificing your own strength.