Quotes about loss
loss civilization creative
On this showing, the nature of the breakdowns of civilizations can be summed up in three points: a failure of creative power in the minority, an answering withdrawal of mimesis on the part of the majority, and a consequent loss of social unity in the society as a whole. Arnold J. Toynbee
loss men challenges
The loss of fortune to a true man is but the trumpet challenge to renewed exertion, not the thunder stroke of destruction. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
loss men house
It is a strange anomaly that men could be careful to insure their houses, their ships, their merchandise, and yet neglect to insure their lives - surely the most important of all to their families, and more subject to loss. Benjamin Franklin
loss drink moderation
Eat not to dullness, drink not to elevation.
loss gains
Bad gains are true losses.
loss effort useless
In New England they once thought blackbirds useless, and mischievous to the corn. They made efforts to destroy them. The consequence was, the blackbirds were diminished; but a kind of worm, which devoured their grass, and which the blackbirds used to feed on, increased prodigiously; then, finding their loss in grass much greater than their saving in corn, they wished again for their blackbirds.
loss secret purpose
The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of our friends; never to pretend to wit, but to make that of others appear as much as possibly we can; to hearken to what is said and to answer to the purpose.
loss thinking barbarians
I ask myself, have nations ever declined from a loss of moral sense rather than from physical reasons or the pressure of barbarians? I think that they have. Barbara Tuchman
loss people lost-friendship
Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss. Barbra Streisand
loss red taurus
I can't stand to see red in my profit-or-loss column. I'm Taurus the bull, so I react to red. If I see it, I sell my stocks quickly.
loss missing risk
Never risk your reputation on a single shot, for if you miss the loss is irreparable. Baltasar Gracian
loss doubt poison
Doubt is poison. It leads to a loss of faith in yourself, and in all that's good and true. Dean Koontz
loss sometimes loved-ones
it is a sad truth in life that when someone has lost a loved one, friends sometimes avoid the person, just when the presence of friends is most needed. Daniel Handler
loss people suffering
Who would you trust right now? Which bank would you trust? Which investment would you trust? Do you really want to put your money; do you want to suffer more of these losses that we just had? You know, these volatility that we see is just unexplainable by any rational standards. Nobody has any clue about how to explain this, and nobody wants to experience that. So, we hold more money back, we don't necessarily want to invest in the market and by default, people are saving more. Dan Ariely
loss ears bigs
Princes have big ears which hear far and near. Elizabeth I
loss may rewards
Let the good service of well-deservers be never rewarded with loss. Let their thanks be such as may encourage more strivers for the like.
loss people feelings
Natural disasters are terrifying - that loss of control, this feeling that something is just going to randomly end your life for absolutely no reason is terrifying. But, what scares me is the human reaction to it and how people behave when the rules of civility and society are obliterated. Eli Roth
loss use way
I have always been very diversified, so I have never suffered a catastrophic loss. I spread my money around the way a large institutional investor does. I use different brokerage firms. I manage some of my accounts myself... Ben Stein
loss disaster reasonable
Nature is neither reasonable nor just. Nature is exact. Beah Richards
loss self oneness
Transcendent Oneness does not require self-examination, self-help, or self-work. It requires self-loss. Barbara Ehrenreich
loss moral win
There are no moral victories. A win is a win and a loss is a loss.
losses president
There are some losses that the president has sustained, but by and large, I think that the president has won. Arlen Specter
losses
We're 10-6, but you really have to look at our losses. All of the losses go right down the poll.
loss views years
Observation over many years has taught us that the chief losses to investors come from the purchase of low-quality securities at times of good business conditions. The purchasers view the good current earnings as equivalent to 'earning power' and assume that prosperity is equivalent to safety. Benjamin Graham
loss quality lows
The chief losses to investors come from the purchase of low-quality securities at times of favorable business conditions.
loss vantage-point innocence
I can sing very comfortably from my vantage point because a lot of the music was about a loss of innocence, there's innocence contained in you but there's also innocence in the process of being lost. Bruce Springsteen
loss coaching results
Because you can't change results - I would change my losses, and I would definitely like to see on-court coaching. Brad Gilbert
loss weight-loss shortcuts
There are no shortcuts and no sweatless quickies. Jane Fonda
loss secret weight
The secret of losing weight is patience.
loss attention pay
Pay more attention to losing inches than losing pounds.
loss weight-loss balance
Find the balance between the calories you take in and the ones you burn up.
loss body matter
Food is more than a matter of taste-it is the fuel for our bodies.
loss hungry seven
Eat only when you are hungry-not because it is one o'clock or seven o'clock or whatever.