Loss Quotes
2897 Loss quotes by 1935 unique authors
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The management of foreign relations appears to be the most susceptible of abuse of all the trusts committed to a Government, because they can be…
— James Madison
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Loss is essential. Loss is part and parcel of that necessary calamity called life.
— Rohinton Mistry
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We can choose to use our growing knowledge to enslave people in ways never dreamed of before, depersonalizing them, controlling them by means so carefully…
— Carl Rogers
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Fame is also won at the expense of others. Even the well-deserved honors of the scientist or man of learning are unfair to many persons…
— B.F. Skinner
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If the world is to contain a public space, it cannot be erected for one generation and planned for the living only; it must transcend…
— Hannah Arendt
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Walter Benjamin knew that the break in tradition and loss of authority which occurred in his lifetime were irreparable, and he concluded that he had…
— Hannah Arendt
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Do not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and adored him and rejoiced in their loss of freedom and…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Two weeks ago, I was in a fantastic situation, winning at Roland Garros. Now, losing in the first round, it's tough. The tour continues. Life…
— Rafael Nadal
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The form of my poem rises out of a past that so overwhelms the present with its worth and vision that I'm at a loss…
— Hart Crane
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It is difficult to estimate the misery inflicted upon thousands of persons, and the absolute pecuniary penalty imposed upon multitudes of intellectual workers by the…
— Charles Babbage
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There's no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs.
— Mitt Romney
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Princess Diana talking to Prince William about the loss of her title Her Royal Highness: She turned to William in her distress. She (Princess Diana)…
— Paul Burrell
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The band name came about when the original vocalist died when a huge radio fell on his head. He trotted about for a while dancing…
— Thom Yorke
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I think this lack of a center has something to do with the loss of certainties that Christianity had to offer
— Bridget Riley
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It's been suggested that most women fail to write significantly because the female mind is viscerotonic, and occupied almost exclusively with the moment-to-moment reality of…
— Alfred Bester
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Having to parent your mother or father is a challenge that way too many teens have to deal with. Teens whose parents are dealing with…
— Laurie Halse Anderson
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Grace. Loss. Fortune. Hardship. Victory. Sometimes the worst seat is best seat in the house and it comes as a result of leading.
— Dan B. Allender
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The most important thing in life is not simply to capitalize on your gains. Any fool can do that. The important thing is to profit…
— Dale Carnegie
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The AXA and New York Life settlements are important building blocks not only toward seeking financial recovery for the losses resulting from the Armenian Genocide…
— Mark Geragos
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You cannot cheat with the law of conservation of violence: all violence is paid for, and for example, the structural violence exerted by the financial…
— Pierre Bourdieu
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Howbeit your faith seeth but the black side of Providence, yet it hath a better side, and God shall let you see it. We know…
— Samuel Rutherford
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My Lord Jesus has fully recompensed my sadness with his joys, my losses with his own presence. I find it a sweet and rich thing to…
— Samuel Rutherford
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There is no such thing as static happiness. Happiness is a mixed thing, a thing compounded of sacrifices, and losses, and betrayals.
— John Updike
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All that we have to do is to send two mujahedeen to the furthest point east to raise a piece of cloth on which is…
— Osama bin Laden
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I give it as my fixed opinion, that but for our graduated cadets, the war between the United States and Mexico might, and probably would…
— Winfield Scott
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