Against Quotes

I'm running against a woman who's got David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel running her campaign.

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.

When I look at my daughter, who's 24, she is much more confident than I ever was and her expectations are higher. But I worry that there is a backlash brewing against progress on equality.

It is a huge honour to be recognised as the world's best commentator, particularly against so many sporting greats.

In the absence of sound oversight,responsible businesses are forced to compete against unscrupulous and underhanded businesses, who are unencumbered by any restrictions on activities that might harm the environment, or take advantage of middle-class families, or threaten to bring down the entire financial system.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.

Therefore, every country has to understand that fighting against international terrorism is not for the sake of the United States, but for the sake of themselves, and, to a larger extent, in the name of stability of international relations.

In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent.

To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind.

We are a big country, with lots of advantages and history. We are proud to be French. We have to call on patriotism at this time... to ask for an effort in the battle against debt.

I contend that it's impossible to read the Sermon on the Mount and not come out against capital punishment.

You cannot be against embryonic stem cell research and be intellectually and therefore morally consistent, if you're not also against in vitro fertilization.

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.

Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable.

I always wanted to go against hat grain because it was too restricting.