Loses Quotes

714 Loses quotes by 559 unique authors

By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense. — Horace Walpole
I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning. — Andy Warhol
Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops. — Thomas J. Watson
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. — Oscar Wilde
Political nature abhors a vacuum, which is what often exists for a year or two in a party after it loses a presidential election. — George Will
In the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore got more votes than George W. Bush, but still lost the election. The Supreme Court's ruling in Florida… — Juan Williams
In courtship, who wins and who loses will determine who passes on their DNA to tomorrow. — Helen Fisher
Congress never loses its capacity to disappoint you. — John Oliver
What is divine? It is simply that which man has not been able to understand. Once you do, it loses its divinity. — Ashwin Sanghi
If anyone spends almost the whole day in reading...he gradually loses the capacity for thinking...This is the case with many learned persons; they have read… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Defeat exists but not suffering. A true warrior knows that when he loses a battle, he is improving the skill with which he wields a… — Paulo Coelho
To the extent that this world surrenders its richness and diversity, it surrenders its poetry; to the extent that it relinquishes its capacity to surprise,… — Tom Robbins
[Man] is the only animal who lives outside of himself, whose drive is in external things—property, houses, money, concepts of power. He lives in his… — John Steinbeck
In the half darkness I winked to my other self, my mad dictator, and congratulated him on his droll victory. I closed my eyes and… — Isaac Bashevis Singer
Every generation loses the Messiah it has failed to deserve. — Michael Chabon
When you win and the other fellow loses, what do you see? A losing face. There is great joy in losing and making the other… — Swami Satchidananda
It is difficult to see ourselves as we are. Sometimes we are fortunate enough to have good friends, lovers or others who will do us… — Jon Katz
No one loses any other life than the one he now lives, nor does one live any other life than that which he will lose. — Marcus Aurelius
The man whose whole life is spent in performing a few simple operations, of which the effects are perhaps always the same, or very nearly… — Adam Smith
I think about how truly interesting and odd it is that when a woman marries, traditionally she loses her name, becoming absorbed by the husband's… — A.M. Homes
Take what you can have. Rejoice in what you can save, and do not mourn your loses for too long. — Robert Jordan
I am strong against everything, except against the death of those I love. He who dies gains; he who sees others die loses. — Alexandre Dumas
Tolerance grows only when faith loses certainty; certainty is murderous. — Will Durant
The pleasure in complete domination over another person (or other animate creature) is the very essence of the sadistic drive. Another way of formulating the… — Erich Fromm

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