Loss Quotes

Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.

I don't do e-mails.

It is like visiting one's funeral, like visiting loss in its purest and most monumental form, this wild darkness, which is not only unknown but which one cannot enter as oneself.

What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?

I cite these events because I think they underline two very disturbing phenomena - the loss of U.S. international credibility, the growing U.S. international isolation.

Every loss of life is terrible.

It's not right to say that our loss in Vietnam turned out to be a gain. But lessons were learned. And they were the right lessons.

Although biodiversity loss continues globally, many countries are significantly slowing the rate of loss by shoring up protected natural areas and the services they provide, and in expanding national park systems with tighter management and more secure funding.

Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in their life has empathy for those who have experienced loss.

You know what the secret to weight loss is? Don't eat much.

There are constant cycles in history. There is loss, but it is always followed by regeneration. The tales of our elders who remember such cycles are very important to us now.

When a role for a young guy is being offered to me, I think of River Phoenix. It feels like a loss.

The rate of human invention is faster, and the rate of cultural loss is slower, in areas occupied by many competing societies with many individuals and in contact with societies elsewhere.

I deplore the loss of arts on BBC One and Two.

The job of the poet is to render the world - to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about feelings. Only sentimental people do.

Without whining and without making myself a tragic figure, there is no replacement for the loss of your privacy. It's a huge sacrifice.

When followed correctly, the Dukan Diet is both a safe and effective method of weight loss.

If I win seven tournaments in a row, I get so confident I'm in a cloud. A loss gets me eager again.

The loss of liberty which must attend being a wife was of all things the most horrible to my imagination.

No, as it turns out, I really like being congratulated on my weight loss. I like it so much, it's tragic.

There is the danger of over preparation, of loss of spontaneity; over rehearsal is the most terrible thing you can imagine. We do have a very close association between costume and set designer, though. And the cameraman is very important, of course.

Here's the secret to weight loss: It's all about crowding out, not cutting out.

One should never be sexually involved with anyone one genuinely cares for. A sexual relationship guarantees a loss.

Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.

If people can't acknowledge the wisdom of indigenous cultures, then that's their loss.

I've seen Animal Collective live, and I suffered permanent hearing loss from that show!

There is no lasting glory in rapid weight loss.

When I was in the seventh grade I did a report about the environment and the loss of species. It was supposed to be only a few pages, but ended up being nearly 50.

All the new thinking is about loss, In this it resembles all the old thinking.

The loss just made me hungry; it made me want to go out and win another title.

I see the iPad as a wonderful new drawing medium, but I am at a loss as to how to make it pay.

Sometimes we feel the loss of a prejudice as a loss of vigor.

I'm prouder of my weight loss than my Oscar!

If you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject of eating.

The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.

Of course, I also attribute some of my hearing loss to being in the infantry in World War II. It's probably a combination of heredity and noise exposure.

The loss of a child is the most terrifying place for me to go.

To win you have to risk loss.

I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.

A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet will be at a loss to tell by what marks he detects them.

Much of our national debate proceeds as if China and America were locked in a zero-sum game in which one's loss is precisely the other's gain.

I was going to buy a book on hair loss, but the pages kept falling out.

You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do.

There are more effective ways of tackling environmental problems including global warming, proliferation of plastics, urban sprawl, and the loss of biodiversity than by treaties, top-down regulations, and other approaches offered by big governments and their dependents.

Successful weight loss takes programming, not willpower.

Our loss was very heavy, especially in the officers. Capt. Sale, of Co. E, Duke's regt, was among the killed, making the third Capt. that has been killed in that company.

The pain of retirement means loss.

I get heartbroken flying into L.A. It's just this feeling of unspecific loss. Can you imagine what the San Fernando Valley was when it was all wheat fields? Can you imagine what John Steinbeck saw?

I would never think of crying about any loss of an office, because that's always a possibility, and if you're professional, then you deal with it professionally.

Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.

If you look at casualties, you find countries that had much higher loss rates per capita than the US. Denmark comes to mind, the United Kingdom, they have suffered heavy losses at various points, the Germans as well.

A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all.

Since he is of no use anymore, there is no gain if he lives and no loss if he dies.

There's a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out.

The slaves of socialism are slaves, but they are no one's property and therefore no one's loss.

I usually point out that most loss of life and property has been due to the collapse of antiquated and unsafe structures, mostly of brick and other masonry.

I think this lack of a center has something to do with the loss of certainties that Christianity had to offer.

One loss is good for the soul, Too many losses is not good for the coach.

The thing about hearing loss is that no one can see it. Most people are so impatient; they just assume that the person with hearing loss is being rude, or slow-witted.

I have to constantly remind myself that I am communicating with a person with hearing loss.

The European nations' loss of sovereignty to the EU should be a warning to Americans.

I don't think I responded very well to the sudden celebrity, the sudden fame, and the loss of privacy.

I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life.

A very powerful theme in fiction is that of loss.

No one can train you to be famous. How do you deal with the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy? You have to be disciplined.

The more we heat up the planet, the more it costs all of us, not just in money, but in colossal famines, displacements, deaths, and species extinctions, as well as in the loss of some of the things that make this planet a blue-green jewel, including its specialized habitats from the melting Arctic to bleaching coral reefs.

You're always going to survive the pain of loss. I can live with that confidence inside of me.

My biggest loss was the Olympics. I just can't forget losing. I never will.

Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss.

The attack did not succeed as well as I had hoped, no small impediment having been the loss of my right leg.

There is a certain sense of loss when a series ends.

The biggest tragedy I had was the loss of my daughter from neuromuscular disease in 2000, at age 46.

I will not be responsible for the loss of the Democratic majority in the United States Senate.

Lightness, jesting, and joking, can only be indulged at the expense of barrenness of soul, and the loss of the favor of God.

Though large herds of deer do much harm to the neighbourhood, yet the injury to the morals of the people is of more moment than the loss of their crops.