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“My favorite quote for First Frost is, They give their hearts away too easily and get distracted by silver-eyed strangers.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, First Frost

“Therin lies the paradox of the profession,' Faraday said. 'Those who wish to have the job should not have it...and those who would most refuse to kill are the only ones who should.”
― Neal Shusterman, Scythe

“Love does not dwell on how much one receives in return. If there is ever any balance in love, it is in a contest of who can love who more.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“I will sing to you. As your ship burns and your soul flees, I will sing. To the contest we had.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Starsight

“74. In 1944 a 16-year-old black student in Columbus, Ohio won an essay contest on the theme ‘what to do with Hitler after the war�� by submitting a single sentence. “Put him in black skin and let him live the rest of his life in America.”
― Scott Matthews, Interesting, Fun and Crazy Facts of America - The Knowledge Encyclopedia To Win Trivia

“Those who can't match you will malign you.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Staring isn’t difficult. I can do it all day long. Without blinking, if I want to, which is sometimes painful, but always useful. The trick is to not really look at them, but to focus ten yards beyond, on nothing, which produces a glassy effect, which makes them worry, mostly about what’s going on behind your empty eyes.”
― Lee Child, Personal

“He also said that he marvelled that among the Greeks, those who were skilful in a thing contend together; but those who have no such skill act as judges of the contest.”
― Diogenes Laërtius, Complete Works

“There is no Situation in which Arms can get an Answer. Arms only ensure, that there would Never be an Answer.”
― Vineet Raj Kapoor

“It was the secret to winning any contest, he said, in life or in the boxing ring �� you just had to get up more than you fell down.”
― Kameron Hurley, Rapture

“Life is not a popularity contest.”
― A.D. Posey

“Two artists had an art contest...It ended in a draw.”
― Santosh Kalwar, Gags and Extracts

“This universal conflict is to be seen most clearly in the animal kingdom. Animals have the vegetable kingdom for their nourishment, and within the animal kingdom again every animal is the prey and food of some other. This means that the matter in which an animal’s Idea manifests itself must stand aside for the manifestation of another Idea, since every animal can maintain its own existence only by the incessant elimination of another’s. Thus the will-to-live generally feasts on itself, and is in different forms its own nourishment, till finally the human race, because it subdues all the others, regards nature as manufactured for its own use. Yet, as will be seen in the fourth book, this same human race reveals in itself with terrible clearness that conflict, that variance of the will with itself, and we get homo homini lupus.71 However, we shall again recognize the same contest, the same subjugation, just as well at the low grades of the will’s objectivity. Many insects (especially the ichneumon flies) lay their eggs on the skin, and even in the body, of the larvae of other insects, whose slow destruction is the first task of the newly hatched brood. The young hydra, growing out of the old one as a branch, and later separating itself therefrom, fights while it is still firmly attached to the old one for the prey that offers itself, so that the one tears it out of the mouth of the other. But the most glaring example of this kind is afforded by the bulldog-ant of Australia, for when it is cut in two, a battle begins between the head and the tail. The head attacks the tail with its teeth, and the tail defends itself bravely by stinging the head. The contest usually lasts for half an hour, until they die or are dragged away by other ants. This takes place every time.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer , The World as Will and Representation, Volume I

“In any game, the game itself is the prize, no matter who wins, ultimately both lose the game.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“We should do this on computer," she said, chalking it carefully for the eighty-ninth time. "With a drawing pad."
"Nonsense. You're lucky I don't make you inscribe it with a stylus on a wax tablet, like the old days," Myrnin snorted. "Children. Spoiled children, always playing with the shinest toy."
"Computers are more efficient!"
"I can perform calculations on that abacus faster than you can solve them on your computer," Myrnin sneered.
Okay, now he was pissing her off. "Prove it!"
"What?"
"Prove it." She backed off on her tone, but Myrnin wasn't looking angry; he was looking strangely interested. He stared at her for a second in silence, and then he got the biggest, oddest smile she'd ever seen on the face of a vampire.
"All right," he said. "A contest. Computer versus abacus."
She wasn't at all sure now that was a good idea, even if it had been her idea, essentially. "Um -- what do I win?" More importantly, what do I lose? Making bargains was a way of life in Morganville, and it was a lot like making deals with man-eating fairies. Better be careful what you ask for.
"Your freedom," he said solemnly. His eyes were wide and guileless, his too-young face shining with honesty. "I will tell Amelie you were not suited to the work. She'll let you go about your life, such as it is."
Good prize. Too good. Claire swallowed hard. "And if I lose?"
"Then I eat you," Myrnin said.”
― Rachel Caine, Midnight Alley

“It was never wise to challenge fate to a Hold my beer contest.”
― Yasmine Galenorn, Midnight Web

“Linda Heavner Gerald has been selected as a contestant in the Author's Show!”
― Linda Heavner Gerald, Till Heaven Then Forever

“Once there is realization of self challenge, ego versus soul, competition with others becomes futile.”
― T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence

“Today was the day to win again, Javlei held his axe in hand he had killed many people with it he didn't care that he had blood on his hands. He had won the STEDFARST races every year so far by being ruthless butchering other racers as he went.”
― Charon Lloyd-Roberts, SCATHE

“The possibility of failure does not prevent contestants from competing because when we are optimistic, we tend to ignore failure. But it is failure that teaches success. Success and failure are not simultaneous; one must take precedence.”
― Vincent Okay Nwachukwu, Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1

“Sooner or later, we all come to the ultimate contest, when it's just us and the devil. And the devil hates to lose.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“Debating is an ability of making a point without abusing an opponent.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Our idea was to provide a platform for aspiring poets who can go on to say that they have been published alongside so and so. Often first-time writers are told that they need to experience life and write more. Putting the works side-by-side was to give young talent an edge. For instance, an 18-year-old’s works went alongside Gulzar’s, she (Fouqia) points out.
- The New Indian Express”
― Fouqia Wajid, Aatish 2

“Sankes and Ladders: When the end of a game is in sight, the longest snake latches its fangs on your piece while opponents are merrily climbing the tallest ladders!”
― Ruby Mohan, The Kidnapping

“Product that I Like."
By Aron Micko H.B

Arena, the most intense place;
Belittle doers doing old space.
Aroma smell now is embrace;
Believable inspiration does race.

Behavior no show cyberspace;
Aurora lights direction to trace.
Bottle available I thought vase;
Athena the woman no replace.

Area of insects fly every place;
Breakable walls, now staircase.
Aurora of an old do showcase;
Bumble yellow shirt suitcase.

Beatle seeing nope workplace;
Armilla thing shines misplace.
Bicycle rides the commonplace;
Antenna sales I avail outpace.”
― Aron Micko H.B

“But you lost the contest,�� Annabeth said.
“That’s the story written by the winner!�� cried Arachne. “Look on my work!
See for yourself!”
― Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena

“Engaging in any contest motivates and strengthens your efforts and desires.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“Напевно, найвідомішим обʼєктом глузування був пісенний конкурс «Євробачення» - щорічне шоу, яке вперше показали по телебаченню в 1970 році. Як комерційний продукт, завуальований під прорив нових технологій (тобто одночасну трансляцію в багатьох країнах), шоу до середини 1970-х набуло популярності серед сотень мільйонів глядачів. «Євробачення», у якому другорядні естрадні співаки й артисти-одноденки з усього континенту виконували посередні й неоригінальні композиції, а потім майже завжди поринали у невідомість, з якої і з'явилися на коротку мить, було настільки вражаюче банальним за своїм задумом і втіленням, що навіть не надавалося на пародію.”
― Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945

“Before participate any online giveaway or contest must read term and condition with participate guide.”
― MaalFreeKaa

“I thought your writing was going better lately. So why are you forcing yourself to write something different? I mean besides your story, which is what you really want to write. What you need to write. Isn't that what you keep telling me?”
― Barbara Dee, Unstuck