The blues is losing someone you love and not having enough money to immerse yourself in drink. ~By Henry Rollins ~
For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in. ~By Ian Thorpe ~
The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle. ~By David Mamet ~
The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing. ~By Bear Bryant ~
In our own state, we came up with, I think, what was a very novel approach to closing the gap on the uninsured. To harmonize medical records - which was a major step in getting costs out of the system. ~By Jon Huntsman, Jr. ~
What is new in all of this is that the old poles of attraction represented by nation-states, parties, professions, institutions, and historical traditions are losing their attraction. ~By Jean-Francois Lyotard ~
In fact, it struck me when we invaded last year that if we did it without European and East Asian support, we were risking losing our alliance in Europe in exchange for Iraq, and that is a very undesirable exchange. ~By William Odom ~
When I feel like I'm doing my best work, there is a bit of a freedom, a bit of flight that you're not so much losing yourself but you're sort of in the zone. ~By Chris Cooper ~
I'm a born and bred New Yorker. I belong here. Everytime I leave it's like losing a leg. ~By Judy Holliday ~
I wasn't losing my focus but I was getting tired of focusing. What I was focusing on was becoming too routine, too ritual, not something that was interesting, new and exciting. ~By Picabo Street ~
Extremely strong, effective, tenacious, and powerful political networks can be built when you fight losing battles as well as when you win. ~By Patricia Ireland ~
Christianity has always seemed to fight a losing battle against race. ~By Charles Hamilton Houston ~
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. ~By Robert Frost ~
If you are explaining, you are losing. ~By J. C. Watts ~
I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing. ~By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ~
My second job has been to try to use my power to create institutions of a modern state that could enter the European Union, and there was very little time. The door was closing, and I wanted to get Bosnia through before it shut. ~By Paddy Ashdown ~
I know that I am leaving the winning side for the losing side, but it is better to die on the losing side than to live under Communism. ~By Whittaker Chambers ~
The problem with losing your anonymity is that you can never go back. ~By Marla Maples ~
At a time when we are losing manufacturing jobs in this country, we should be doing everything we can to help our manufacturers stay competitive. They are the backbone of our economy. ~By Debbie Stabenow ~
You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing. ~By Arthur Ashe ~
Of course, it gave the studio an enormous power, because I don't know any other place who had that skill with images to communicate with. And the need of these kinds of images are even greater now than they ever were because we are losing our life symbols. ~By John Hench ~
Nate Robinson has a lot of jumping ability, but I don't see Josh losing. ~By Dominique Wilkins ~
Logan was talking about the Civil War, which claimed the lives of more than 500,000 Americans. He wanted to provide Civil War veterans with a day to pay respects to their fellow soldiers who did not live to see the end of the war, without losing a day's pay. ~By Doc Hastings ~
The American people likewise want to see enforcement first, no tricks, no triggers, no amnesty, enforcing existing laws and closing loopholes to reaffirm that our great Republic is, in fact, a nation of laws. ~By J. D. Hayworth ~
There's a lot of pain in my heart because what I accomplished was second to none. I'm not losing any sleep, but I do pay attention every year at this time. ~By Bob Hayes ~
That level of trade deficit throttles real growth in our country and continues the unfortunate path of selling out America. We are not winning the global trade war, we are losing it badly. ~By Marcy Kaptur ~
After forty a woman has to choose between losing her figure or her face. My advice is to keep your face, and stay sitting down. ~By Barbara Cartland ~
Never change a winning game; always change a losing one. ~By Bill Tilden ~
We're not losing the peace. ~By Frank R. Wolf ~
When it comes to losing with United, I feel solely responsible for it. I can't help it. My brain will work like mad after a defeat. I want to know where I have made the wrong decisions, how I could have changed things for this fantastic club. ~By Ruud van Nistelrooy ~
I hate losing and cricket being my first love, once I enter the ground it's a different zone altogether and that hunger for winning is always there. ~By Sachin Tendulkar ~
I love making people laugh. It's an addiction and it's probably dysfunctional, but I am addicted to it and there's no greater pleasure for me than sitting in a theater and feeling a lot of people losing control of themselves. ~By Jay Roach ~
It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time. ~By Waylon Jennings ~
When for so long you can't get a job for reasons that seem specious, you you finally do have it, you are constantly afraid of losing it. ~By Jessica Savitch ~
This whole thing about winning and losing is muddy waters. But I can remember, as a young actor, just walking around this city and not being able to get arrested. ~By Jeffrey Tambor ~
And there is no getting away from the fact - and this is a key point of discontent among many who are upset with the health care reform bill is it didn't go far enough. They say why isn't it in place now? Why don't I see some benefits now? All I see is the potential for losing insurance coverage, for premiums going up. That's hurting Obama. ~By Juan Williams ~
The disappointment of losing is huge. ~By Jack Youngblood ~
The Chinese government is quickly losing its ideological legitimacy, maintain its rule with force, but cannot draw strength from the ideology of Marx and Mao. ~By Steve Forbes ~
Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning you got off to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you're in a slump. If you lose at the end, you're choking. ~By Gene Mauch ~
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm. ~By Aldous Huxley ~
Losing my anonymity in this world I think is something that I find terrifying. ~By Alex O'Loughlin ~
Losing my parents was probably the hardest and deepest blow from which I've had to recover. ~By Marlo Thomas ~
In closing I wish to say that while I was sorely beset by a number of white riders in my racing days, I have also enjoyed the friendship of countless thousands of white men whom I class as among my closest friends. ~By Major Taylor ~
A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug. ~By George Borrow ~
I was in the gym five days a week, two hours a day. At one point, I was going seven days straight. I had put on a lot of weight, and then I started losing it drastically, so I was worried. It turned out I was overworking myself. My trainer told me that I couldn't break a sweat, because I was burning more calories than I was putting on. ~By Taylor Lautner ~
I was so sad from losing two of my dogs and my mother. I had this vision of all these animals sitting behind bars. They had no control and were scared. That's why I got into fostering and adopting animals out. ~By Linda Blair ~
I had to make some drastic choices to avoid losing myself. ~By Elizabeth Berkley ~
I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known. ~By Abraham Lincoln ~
Final thoughts are so, you know, final. Let's call them closing words. ~By Craig Armstrong ~
As the U.S. trade deficit, and the portion of that deficit attributed to China, continue to grow, our own economy is at risk of losing its reputation as a leader in world trade. ~By Jo Ann Emerson ~
It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges are. So I think lawyers sometimes exaggerate their role in winning and losing. Lawyers do have a role, and a major role, but they're not the only players in this game. ~By Floyd Abrams ~
Okay, when you start to fight for equality, like Anand did in 1995, you could end up losing game 10, like he did, without putting up any kind of fight. ~By Vladimir Kramnik ~
I don't want people losing respect for me as a player. I want to go out in every game and perform to the highest level. I have no retirement plans. I've had a lot of injuries but I want to continue playing. ~By Robbie Fowler ~
Hospitals are closing across the country due to the burden of illegal immigration, college students find that summer jobs have dried up due to illegal immigration, and wages across the board are depressed by the overwhelming influx of cheap and illegal labor. ~By Elton Gallegly ~
There are many facts showing that Putin's people enriched themselves by using power mechanisms so that's why for them losing power means losing their fortunes. ~By Garry Kasparov ~
When I was in pre-production for Trees Lounge, I was hearing the cinematographer talking with the production designer about colours and this and that, and feeling like I was losing control. ~By Steve Buscemi ~
If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose. ~By Charles Bukowski ~
I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key. ~By Imran Khan ~
The eruption of lived pleasure is such that in losing myself I find myself; forgetting that I exist, I realize myself. ~By Raoul Vaneigem ~
Because of their low earnings and family obligations, Latinas would not be putting much money into private investment accounts. An average Latina could wind up losing thousands of dollars under this proposal. ~By Grace Napolitano ~
I support health care for people. I want people well taken care of. But I also want health care that we can afford as a country. I have people and friends closing down their businesses because of Obamacare. ~By Donald Trump ~
I don't mind losing, but I don't like losing to cheats. ~By Pete Waterman ~
All through school, I was losing hundreds of pounds in school, so that's a journey - that's an old journey. I'm tired of that. I know that road. ~By Luther Vandross ~
The first Monopoly game I played with my brothers, I hated losing so much, I just had to beat them. ~By Drew Carey ~
You're the only one who's closing your eyes at night. There's no one else who can do it for you. ~By James Caan ~
I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That's the hardest thing more than anything else. ~By Aretha Franklin ~
Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Saxophone can be tedious with too much of the same. ~By Steve Lacy ~
Winning to often is as disastrous as losing too often. Both get the same results, the falling off of the public's enthusiasm. ~By Knute Rockne ~
I didn't care at all about losing, but I just didn't want Emerson to feel bad, You know, I didn't win, but Felicity won, and when you come to the set next time, you can give her a big congratulations. ~By Teri Hatcher ~
I am shocked by the easy attitude of many in the media towards disclosing our Nation's secrets. ~By Todd Tiahrt ~
I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life. ~By Muhammad Ali ~
The punctuation of anniversaries is terrible, like the closing of doors, one after another between you and what you want to hold on to. ~By Anne Morrow Lindbergh ~
Bjorn was a different breed, I threw my best material at him, but he would never smile, but that added to the charm when he played me and Mac. We were going nuts and losing our mind and he was sitting back like he was on a Sunday stroll. ~By Jimmy Connors ~
I also wanted Parker to operate in the Internet age without losing being Parker. He's always operated in the world without really being with the world, and cyberspace means that the rest of us are more and more living the same way. ~By Donald E. Westlake ~
It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game. ~By Garry Kasparov ~
Part of me looks at the gay movement now and worries that we're losing our individuality. ~By Boy George ~
The goal of winning is not losing two times in a row. ~By Rosabeth Moss Kanter ~
I remember going to Bob Preston's dressing room because I was losing a laugh - as you do in a long run. He said, 'Give me the script. That's where you're going off the road.' That's comedy. It's never the line itself; it's in the foundation. ~By Jeffrey Tambor ~
I think some parents now look at a youngster failing as the final thing. It's a process, and failure is part of the process. I would like it if the teacher and the parents would connect more. I think that used to be, but we're losing a little bit of that right now. ~By Mike Krzyzewski ~
I get it now; I didn't get it then. That life is about losing and about doing it as gracefully as possible... and enjoying everything in between. ~By Mia Farrow ~
For many in baseball September is a month of stark contrast with April, when everyone had dared to hope. If baseball is a lot like life, as pundits declare, it is because life is more about losing than winning. ~By John Thorn ~
We are losing our superstars like Johnny and June Carter Cash and that breaks my heart. ~By Wynonna Judd ~
When I came to DreamWorks, I was in bad trouble. They were in bad trouble. They were millions of dollars in the hole and a few days from closing their doors. I was on my last leg. ~By Toby Keith ~
One does not leave a convivial party before closing time. ~By Winston Churchill ~
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it's just possible you haven't grasped the situation. ~By Jean Kerr ~
If you can keep your head about you when all about you are losing theirs, its just possible you haven't grasped the situation. ~By Rose Kennedy ~
A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning. ~By Billie Jean King ~
Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy. ~By Joe Paterno ~
I'm competitive with myself, but not with other people. I set goals for myself. I don't really care about winning or losing as long as I do my best. ~By Lucas Grabeel ~
I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it. ~By Steve Irwin ~
Every time you lose an animal, it's like losing a brick from the house. Pretty soon the house just falls down, you know? ~By Bindi Irwin ~
My psycho-analytic work has convinced me that when in the baby's mind the conflicts between love and hate arise, and the fears of losing the loved one become active, a very important step is made in development. ~By Melanie Klein ~
There were some things that I found I really enjoyed singing about; like, on the title track, there's this film-noir character of a woman who's sort of losing it in a room. ~By Diana Krall ~
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war. ~By Donald Trump ~
Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because we are losing our customary manners, we are probably overly conscious of them; this seems to be a condition that produces writers. ~By Flannery O'Connor ~
Only when you are lost can love find itself in you without losing its way. ~By Helene Cixous ~
The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it. ~By Antoine Rivarol ~
Losing faith in your own singularity is the start of wisdom, I suppose; also the first announcement of death. ~By Peter Conrad ~
While you're saving your face, you're losing your ass. ~By Lyndon B. Johnson ~
I didn't want to be on the losing side. I was fed up with Jewish weakness, timidity and fear. I didn't want any more Jewish sentimentality and Jewish suffering. I was sickened by our sad songs. ~By Lionel Blue ~
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