Losing Quotes - Page 7

• The eruption of lived pleasure is such that in losing myself I find myself; forgetting that I exist, I realize myself.

  Raoul Vaneigem

  Eruption, Realizing, Forget

  Guy Debord, Ivan Chtcheglov, Asger Jorn, Raoul Vaneigem, Mustapha Khayati (2014). “Situationism: A Compendium”, p.244, Bread and Circuses Publishing

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• Leaving America is like losing twenty pounds and finding a new girlfriend.

  Phil Ochs

  Girlfriend, America, Leaving

  Liner notes for compilation album "The Broadside Tapes 1" by Phil Ochs, 1989.

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• Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing game, but we keep on trying.

  Joseph Wood Krutch

  Games, Trying, Wit

  Joseph Wood Krutch (1964). “If You Don't Mind My Saying So ...: Essays on Man and Nature”

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• The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

  Elizabeth Bishop

  Art, Sunset, Loss

  Elizabeth Bishop (2015). “Poems”, p.198, Macmillan

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• Men never cling to their dreams with such tenacity as at the moment when they are losing faith in them, and know it, but do not dare yet to confess it to themselves.

  William Graham Sumner

  Dream, Sunset, Men

  William Graham Sumner (1924). “Selected Essays of William Graham Sumner”

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• I always have this feeling that I'm losing everything, so I'm a real saver.

  Mark-Paul Gosselaar

  Real, Losing Everything, Feelings

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That's the hardest thing more than anything else.

  Aretha Franklin

  Thinking, Weight, Hardest

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• The ability to change one's views without losing one's seat is the mark of a great politician.

  Mo Udall

  Views, Political, Politics

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• I got my head bashed in at a demonstration against the Vietnam War. Police were losing control because they were up against a world they really didn't understand.

  Terry Gilliam

  War, Losing Control, Police

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• Winning to often is as disastrous as losing too often. Both get the same results, the falling off of the public's enthusiasm.

  Knute Rockne

  Sports, Fall, Winning

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• Every time you lose an animal, it's like losing a brick from the house. Pretty soon the house just falls down, you know?

  Bindi Irwin

  Fall, Animal, House

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• Yet our small business owners across the country are unfairly losing potential interest income on a daily basis until the Business Checking Freedom Act becomes law.

  Sue Kelly

  Country, Law, Income

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• Extremely strong, effective, tenacious, and powerful political networks can be built when you fight losing battles as well as when you win.

  Patricia Ireland

  Strong, Powerful, Fighting

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• I really miss Gunsmoke. It was like losing my whole family.

  Ken Curtis

  Missing, Whole Family, Whole

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• I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples.

  A. B. Yehoshua

  Thinking, Claims, Capacity

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• Some of the best lessons come from a bad day and there's a few we can learn from today.

  Greg Chappell

  Bad Day, Lessons, Today

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• People always are encouraging about a terrible loss, so that sometimes the loser would like to strangle them.

  Garrison Keillor

  Loss, People, Loser

  Garrison Keillor (1990). “Lake Wobegon Days”, p.6, Penguin

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• It's hard to get recognition when your team is losing.

  Gilbert Arenas

  Team, Recognition, Hard

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• Most private traders on a losing streak keep trying to trade their way out of a hole. A loser thinks a successful trade is just around the corner, and that his luck is about to turn. He keeps putting on more trades and increases his size, all the while digging himself a deeper hole in the ice. The sensible thing to do would be to reduce your trading size and then stop and review your system.

  Alexander Elder

  Successful, Thinking, Ice

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• Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  "Donald Trump’s Concession Speech" by Noam Bramson, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 02, 2016.

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• Remember, when something leaves your life, God is making room for something much better to enter! Get ready!

  Paula White

  God, Faith, Optimistic

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• If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.

  Kathrine Switzer

  Faith, Sports, Running

  "This Inspiring, Blind Young Man Is Running the NYC Marathon to Save Lives" by Sibylle Eschapasse, www.theepochtimes.com. October 29, 2015.

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• Standing there at the stage door to the rest of your life. Time to dip your toe into the deep end. Try things. Say hi already. Laugh a lot. Mess up. Apologize. Mess up again. Hug people. Take chances. Trust yourself. Lose things. Get over it. Hold your friends close. Gather your strength. Gain wisdom and beautiful stories. Be brave, and you'll have the time of your life.

  Taylor Swift

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

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• Sometimes you can only feel something by its absence. By the empty spaces it leaves behind.

  Gayle Forman

  Relationship, Break Up, Missing Someone

  FaceBook post by Gayle Forman from Oct 07, 2015

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• If you lose money you lose much, If you lose friends you lose more, If you lose faith you lose all.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Friends, Faith, Spiritual

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