Anna Quindlen Quotes

Even if you win the rat-race, you’re still a rat.

You can win the rat race but you're still a rat.

Only a rat can win a rat race.

The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.

Everybody in America is so money-hungry. It's like a rat race and even when you win you're still a freaking rat.

Making it big in this world is such a rip-off, you gotta keep your head together or it can be totally without meaning.

I never felt the need to be in the rat race.

It's all about competing.

I want my kids to win. Winners get the corner office, the big house, the hot wife, the whole nine.

I'm a competitor; I love to compete.

I am not in a hurry to be number one. I don't want to be in the rat race in that sense.

I would enjoy experiencing the hollowness of success at first- hand.

You run the race to win, that's for sure.

Vanity of vanities… all is vanity.’ You kill yourself to get to the grave. Especially you kill yourself to get to the grave before you die; and the name of the grave is ‘success’, the name of that grave is hullabullo boom boom horseshit.

If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.

I try to go out and do the same thing every night. I've been taught since I was a kid that the only thing that matters is winning.

There's no relief, really, for me. I have relief after the Super Bowl. I set a goal to win the Super Bowl and that's where I'm going with it.

I want to win, I want to win everything. If I have a chance to win, why not?

Two is not a winner, and three nobody remembers. What does it take to be number one?

Let's shoot the works and win! Yes win it all.

Reaching the finish line, never walking, and enjoying the race. These three, in this order, are my goals.

Do not be caught up in materialism, one of the real plagues of our generation-that is, acquiring things, fast-paced living, and securing career success.

Struggle and survival, losing and winning, doesn't matter. It's entering the race that counts. You enter, you can win, you can lose .... but it's all about entering the race.

If you want to win forever, you've got to ALWAYS COMPETE.

I am tired of all these golfers who are happy with second place. The only one who will like you if you come in second place is your wife and your dog. And that is only if you have a good wife and a good dog.