Nothing is black-and-white, except for winning and losing, and maybe that's why people gravitate to that so much.
Lists today are a way of trying to get through the day, because we are losing a sense of time.
You have to be able to face losing some things you might want in order to be free to do the right thing.
Being a good mother, it seemed to me, meant you ran the risk of losing your child.
You need to constantly examine your life, inner and outer, to see where you are losing and gaining power.
I'm the wrong person to ask for advice when it comes to losing weight because I've never been on that side of the fence.
Even though I'm used to losing bets every day, I am not calm when I sweat a game.
There will be losing years; but if the art of making money is not to lose it, then there should not be substantial losses.
Losing access to quality and comprehensive coverage, including for prescription drugs, would be devastating to older Americans.
Losing can persuade you to change what doesn't need to be changed, and winning can convince you everything is fine even if you are on the brink of disaster.
I don't bask in the awards I've won, read my bank statements, I refuse. To me, that's how you start losing the hunger.
You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit.
What is the object of playing a gambit opening?... To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of losing a game
I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.
You don't want to look too chic at a Washington party or people will think you don't have a job worth losing.
If you are losing power in your relationships, with others, then you have to try and remedy that, if you can't, you need to sever the relationship.
All of us were slowly losing that intellectual light that allows you always to tell the similar from the identical, the metaphorical from the real.
If you're still doing what mommy and daddy said for you to do (go to school, get a job, and save money), you're losing.
I usually play characters that are a lot different than me. I mean, I'm never in a fight in a movie and if I'm in them, I'm usually losing.
There's no point looking good and losing. Winning is what it's all about, and you can't always look spectacular while doing it.
The line between winning and losing is very thin, and wins give you prestige, stability, and continuity.
There is something about losing your mother that is permanent and inexpressable - a wound that will never quite heal.
You've got to deal with adversity throughout the season, whether it's injuries, losing a game where you don't play well.
Wrestling was something I did my whole entire life and I think losing the passion for that, I didn't have any drive.
I dream about my teeth, losing a tooth, which I think means that you want control back.
When any part of the Station is moved from its designated location to do a repair, we really risk losing things.
Thou must (in commanding and winning, or serving and losing, suffering or triumphing) be either anvil or hammer.
As far as success goes, I've never really got too excited about losing or winning.
As a chef my sense of taste and smell are extremely important. But of all the senses, sight is the one I'd fear losing most.
Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
Jose understands winning and losing are twins in a way. When you win you don't gloat and when you lose you don't go bananas.
As most who have engaged in competitive sports know, there's nothing to match the amplitude of emotion brought by losing.
Girls are losing their virginity at 15, 16. I'm not promoting that. But my songs are talking... about me becoming a man.
Losing an arm is kinda lame at one point, but at the same time, so much good has come out of it.
I think I started realizing I was losing my hair when I was in Illinois. And it was traumatic. It was not something I had figured on in my life.
The truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more.
Commitment means losing yourself to gain something temporary. Nothing lasts. Not looks. Not love.
Lack of patience is probably the most common reason for losing a game, or drawing games that should have been won.
You always feel for your fellow players when they are going through tough times, losing and things like that.
Four hundred years of losing out on the girl of my dreams isn't sitting very well with me these days.
If! If! If! There were so many ifs in life, never any sense of security, always the dread of losing everything.
Even if you want to try out something new, that should not be done without losing your roots.
The first Monopoly game I played with my brothers, I hated losing so much, I just had to beat them.
Sometimes I truly fear that I am losing my mind. And if I did it it would be like flying blind.
Distress at losing an object can be as much a frustration at the intellectual mystery of the disappearance as about the loss itself.
I remember, growing up, losing a sister, and - life is short. Make the most of your opportunities.
I can maintain my sense of the sacredness of existence only by understanding my own limitations and losing my self-importance.
India is using troops in Kashmir. They are losing the battle of heart and minds. It's like treating cancer with dispirin.
History is always written by the victor, and the histories of the losing parties belong to the shrinking circle of those who were there.
The powers that be understand that sexual freedom or liberation with any kind of joy means they are losing control.
The thing that makes [Bob] Kennedy so good is that he doesn't have a fear of losing. He was willing to go to Europe and get hammered.
The unemployment rate went down as I was governor of Massachusetts. We were losing jobs every month when I came into the state.
Making art was really about the problem of the soul, of losing it. It was a technique for inhabiting the world. For not dissolving into it.
The husk could be some useless bloke or losing myself and changing my DNA with bottomless grief.
And she sees that the moonlight is losing its orange glow. It has become buttery, and will soon turn to silver.
I don't feel like I have to be nationalistic French because I'm afraid of losing whatever. No, no, no, no. And also I don't think we are the best.
You probably have started losing touch with humility when your friends start avoiding you without telling you why.
I can't tell what's going on with my feet. They don't say, 'Hey, I'm losing balance.' They give me almost zero feedback.
I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.
There's definitely still a lot of hurt from losing my guys or the fact that I got out and I felt like it wasn't my time yet.
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