Losing Quotes

The division of labor among nations is that some specialize in winning and others in losing.

That's all I want, to keep losing myself.

Losing yourself in the character opens you up in a way that no amount of precise preparation can.

I suppose and I hope that the young guys who are out there losing their lives at least feel the same way I did. I shouldn't think about this very much because I'm almost weeping when I think about it.

The U.S has acquired reservoirs of goodwill around the globe over many years. But it is clear - from polling data and ample anecdotal evidence - that America is losing its allure in much of the world.

I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.

There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, that's probably a sign that you're losing.

So we are now still dependent on foreign oil, have a problem with global warming, and are losing jobs rapidly to the Japanese in fuel-efficient vehicles as a result of that very shortsighted progress.

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.

I sometimes feel that we are losing an intuitive sense of our own bodies.

Sometimes you win by losing.

Losing Michael Jackson is a handicap. It's the Lakers trying to win a championship without Kobe Bryant.

You can't give up in any game, even if you are losing.

We accept so many things that come through the media; we get used to them, however vigilant we are. But for any creative art, you have to remain 110% conscious, and in a world that's losing consciousness, that's getting harder.

A lot of things come with fame, whether it's losing friends or losing family.

While you're saving your face, you're losing your ass.

One of the symptoms of a losing streak is a turnover of top executives. It's a revolving door.

The goal of winning is not losing two times in a row.

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.

There's nothing that symbolizes loss or grief more than a mother losing a child.

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.

There are far more important things in life than making a putt or missing a putt or winning a championship or losing a championship.

Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

If you can accept losing, you can't win.

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.

The United States and Arizona are both losing jobs to offshore locations.

Nothing is black-and-white, except for winning and losing, and maybe that's why people gravitate to that so much.

A person that says, 'Losing is not difficult,' I don't even want to be around that person. And obviously, that person has never won anything relevant in their life.

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.

Losing my anonymity in this world I think is something that I find terrifying.

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.

Losing is no disgrace if you've given your best.

Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.

Most pitchers fear losing their fastball, but since I don't have one, I have nothing to fear but fear itself.

I found that being online has opened a window for me to look into other people's lives... The greatest fear that I have is losing touch.

In its haste to bolster nationalism, in its obsession with security, Europe is losing its soul.

As an actor, particularly in theatre, you're trying to get jobs on TV; but you're also losing jobs in theatre to people who are on television.

I was kind of like the Rhea Perlman of the bar. I was like Carla on 'Cheers.' People were more afraid of me. There was a point where I got a little surly. There were only so many chicken wings I could serve before losing the smile on my face.

Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.

I was very competitive. I hated losing. No matter what, I had to win.

Whenever I am losing, it's like, 'It's his fault'. And whenever I'm winning it's like, 'That's us'. That's the team, the people.

If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.

At a time when the Post Office is losing substantial revenue from the instantaneous flow of information by email and on the Internet, slowing mail service is a recipe for disaster.

Usually, when I read something, I'm looking for the story first. And then, when I re-read it, I check every part of it to see whether every scene is necessary. You imagine yourself watching the movie, to see whether or not you're losing the through-line of the story.

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

In a region with a growing population, if you're doing nothing, you're losing ground.

Oh yes, technique has definitely advanced. But you never advance without losing something en passant, and you lose it because you're paying so much attention to the new thing.

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

More than half of America's rural counties are losing population and with it, political representation.

When I was a child I devoured every book I could get my hands on. I loved losing myself in colourful and dramatic stories - and my absolute favourite was 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.' Everything about it electrified me, and when I re-read Roald Dahl's books as an adult it surprised me.

People are losing the capacity to listen to words or follow ideas.

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.

The disappointment of losing is huge.

I realised that I had always been writing things that other people wanted me to write and not what I really wanted to write, so I felt like I was losing my way.

When the idea of 'Chopped' surfaced, it was originally meant to be taped at some guy's mansion with him and his crazy Chihuahua. A stuffy fellow in a tuxedo was to host, and the losing chef's dish was then fed to the dog! I am not kidding, I saw it! I think it is genius! Twisted, but genius!

I have irrational fears, and they all go back to losing my father as a kid. I've never gotten over it.

Newspaper companies are losing advertisers, readers, market value, and, in some cases, their sense of mission at a pace that would have been barely imaginable just four years ago.

It's not winning or losing. It's the friends and the people that you meet along the way.

I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum conditions.

You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

We're constantly losing - we're losing time, we're losing ourselves. I don't feel for the things I lost.

Bambi has a profound effect on children because it's about losing your mother.

We've all had that fear, that despair of losing someone, or this fierce desire because it's not reciprocated. The less reciprocation there is, the more desire we have.

I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I Love to play.

It's a very difficult thing losing a parent, but I think there's an added complication for me, because he was so well-loved and he had this very open charm that made people feel they had a personal relationship with him.

I had to make some drastic choices to avoid losing myself.

I don't want technology to take me so far that I don't have to use my brain anymore. It's like GPS taking over and losing your internal compass. It's always got to be tactile, still organic.

I had a great career and I enjoyed all of it, with the exception of losing.

This is the best thing that could've happened for the 2011 season - Bolt losing like this and having to go away.

I don't like losing anyways.

If you're afraid of losing, then you daren't win.

Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.

A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug.

WIth football you can have up to 28 guys you consider starters, and if they can pick up the slack when some aren't playing so well, you don't have to turn those two game losing streaks into six-game losing streaks.

If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.

Girls are losing their virginity at 15, 16. I'm not promoting that. But my songs are talking... about me becoming a man.

I do like to write but I also like to get and out and play. I am losing track of all the Cooper versions that I do - I have one for Iceland, different one over here.

The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.

Losing your capital is like losing your trousers. It is a real humiliation, and one not to be soon repeated.

If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose.

I never regretted turning down anything, I never regretted losing a job because I always felt something else was out there.