Loses Quotes

The opera always loses money. That's as it should be. Opera has no business making money.

A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books.

Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.

When hospitality becomes an art it loses its very soul.

This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest, logic loses. So, expect more meaningless, if not harmful, 'gun control' legislation. Good news - if you're a crook.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.

'Larry Crowne' is about as bummed out a human being as one can be when he loses his job. What he is able to enjoy is something that may not be available to everybody. But it's about the value of being willing to get and willing to give good advice.

A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces.

Even if it is difficult playing with other people - sometimes it's great, sometimes it isn't, but that is kind of the point of it. It loses its point playing solo.

What's the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He loses his confidence.

The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all.

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us.

I'm not one of those actors who gets physically fit for a role and then loses it all again.

The Super Bowl is a game. Life is for real. What I went through helped me get to where I am today. I won't forget. I can't forget. Because a man who forgets his past sometimes loses his soul and forgets where to go in the future.

Understand why casinos and racetracks stay in business - the gambler always loses over the long term.

The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.

As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.

In reading plays, however, it should always be remembered that any play, however great, loses much when not seen in action.

Idealism loses to pragmatism when it comes to winning elections.

Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.

America was based on a poetic vision. What will happen when it loses its poetry?

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

The treason of which I stand convicted loses all its guilt, has been sanctified as a duty, and will be ennobled as a sacrifice.

I don't like the idea of competition - maybe because I kept losing them when I was a kid. Maybe it's better to be the one who loses?

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be read and comes to realize that he is answerable.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.