Quotes of Losses - somelinesforyou

“ It is a socialist idea that making profits is a vice; I consider the real vice is making losses. ”

- Winston Churchill

“ More important than the wins and losses was by the end of the year they had come together as a team. We became closer as a group and I think that's something the seniors will leave. ”

- Mark Duffy

“ We are the only team to start the season with 21 losses, so we are not going to be off the hook. ”

- Frank Robinson

“ We'd had three tough losses in a row and everybody was down. I think our players said to themselves: 'Our backs are up against the wall and we've got no other option other than just to win, and if we lose another game we're probably out.' So they kind of took it as this last stand, and it was that way every week… ”

- Joe Gibbs

“ There should be a new way to record standings in this league, one column for wins, one for losses, and one for gifts. ”

- Gene Mauch

“ In the game of life, it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season. ”

- Bill Vaughan

“ People waste a lot of time by not letting themselves fail. It's hard to let yourself fail — to cut your losses and move on. But sometimes, that's the most expedient thing to do. ”

- Timothy C. Draper

“ The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. ”

- Mark Twain

“ Arne Harris, producer-director for WGN-TV... is in his 34th year on the job, meaning he is closing in on Jack Brickhouse's record: Most Chicago baseball losses watched, one man, lifetime. ”

- Bob Verdi

“ To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first. ”

- Janeane Garofalo

“ The one who lives the longest and the one who lives the shortest, when it comes to dying lose one and the same thing. ”

- Marcus Aurelius

“ It's one of those things where we're not allowed to talk about injuries, it's a mystery to us. Whether we get him back this week or next week, we can't wait. ”

- Bryan White

“ I appeal to those who, under force of the most difficult sufferings and losses, have decided to go down the path of martyrdom. ”

- Aslan Maskhadov

“ Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on. ”

- Robert Frost

“ If you have made a mistake, cut your losses as quickly as possible. ”

- Bernard Baruch

“ He who loses money losses much. He who loses a friend loses more. But he who loses faith loses all. ”

- Henry H. Haskins

“ In the game of life it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season. ”

- Bill Baughan

“ Losses are comparative, imagination only makes them of any moment. ”

- Blaise Pascal

“ One loss is good for the soul. Too many losses are not good for the coach. ”

- Knute Rockne

“ Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments. ”

- Joseph Addison

“ Socialists think profits are a vice; I consider losses the real vice. ”

- Winston Churchill

“ War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. ”

- Smedley Butler

“ The losses as well as the prizes must be drawn from the cheating lottery of life. ”

- Unknown

“ The most important thing in life is not to capitalize on your gains. Any fool can do that. The really important thing is to profit from your losses. ”

- William Bolitho

“ The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortune, but its fears. ”

- Arthur Christopher Benson

“ Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction. ”

- Charles J. Givens

“ War — what a waste of time. It's all about great achievements for the very few but hideous losses for the very many. ”

- Unknown

“ The important thing to recognize is that it takes a team, and the team ought to get credit for the wins and the losses. Successes have many fathers, failures have none. ”

- Philip Caldwell

“ Was all this bloodshed and deceit - from Columbus to Cortes, Pizarro the Puritans - a necessity for the human race to progress from savagery to civilization? Was Morison right in burying the story of genocide inside a more important story of human progress? Perhaps a persuasive argument can be made - as it was made by Stalin when he killed pesants for industrial progress in the Soviet Union, as it was made by Churchill explaining the bombings of Dresden and Hamburg, and Truman explaining Hiroshima… ”

- Howard Zinn

“ It is true that when we take chances, we stand to lose. But it is also true that we will never win anything if we never even enter the game. Lucky people are aware of the possibility of losing, and indeed they may lose often. But since the chances they take are small, the losses tend to be small… ”

- Max Gunther
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