- Forget
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lose Quotes
On defeat, restraint, and what slips away.
This set covers losing in several senses: standing by a cause even in defeat, losing enjoyment by over-thinking something, and losing composure under pressure. The tension between winning and losing shows up again in our Game quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know there is pain when sawmills close and people lose jobs, but we have to make a choice. We need water and we need these forests.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.
- Greatness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom; and the ironical thing about it is that it will lose its ease and comfort too.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
At some point he seemed to lose all confidence trying to break down the Berlin Wall. He was still fighting as only Kasparov can, but I could see it in his eyes that he knew he wasn't going to win one of these games.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the knockout tournaments, it's futile to prepare for a grand finale. You may have worked out many strategies for the final. But you may lose in the first round itself.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've a belt that I have worn for every single stand-up comedy session since I was 19. I fear if I ever lose it, my career would crumble. That's my one OCD.
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020