Underdogs Quotes

“There is a set of advantages that have to do with material resources, and there is a set that have to do with the absence of material resources- and the reason underdogs win as often as they do is that the latter is sometimes every bit the equal of the former.”

“Much of what we consider valuable in our world arises out of (these) one-sided conflicts. Because the act of facing overwhelming odds, produces greatness and beauty.”

“Songwriting and poetry are so commonly birthed from underdogs because one can make even the ugliest situations admirable, or more beautiful than the beautiful situations - they are the most graceful media in which the lines of society are distorted.”

“Fascists always attack minorities,Which is an irony,'Cos fascists are a minority.”

“I've wandered through the real world, and written myself through the darkness of the streets inside me. I see people walking through the city and wonder where they've been, and what the moments of their lives have done to them. If they're anything like me, their moments have held them up and shot them down.Sometimes I just survive.But sometimes I stand on the rooftop of my existence, arms stretched out, begging for more.That's when the stories show up in me.They find me all the time.They're made of underdogs and fighters. They're made of hunger and desire and trying to live decent.The only trouble is, I don't know which of those stories comes first.Maybe they all just merge into one.We'll see, I guess.I'll let you know when I decide.”

“Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness.”

“The U.K. should begin with an FAnd have a C after the U,And it should end in E DNow that we’ve left the E.U.”

“The lightheaded and the fashionable are always willing to shed tears for distant underdogs.”

“They are les misérables - the outcasts, the underdogs. And who is to blame? Is it not the most fallen who have most need of charity?”