#gained

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

— Edward V. Lucas

#lose #loss #may #now #now and then

As one of the first employees at a small cellular phone start-up called Nextel, I gained firsthand experience in how a business grows from an idea to a company that, at its peak, employed many thousands. ↗

— Jack Markell

#called #cellular #company #employed #employees

You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy. ↗

— Lydia M. Child

#anything #battle #cheerful #confer #effort

The first one was quite cheap, but that was expensive for us. For my folks to buy on the Never Never. It was quite, you know, a rare object to have and I gained quite a lot of status by having this. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#cheap #expensive #first #folks #gained

The ambiguities of language, both in terms of vocabulary and syntax, are fascinating: how important connotation is, what is lost and what is gained in the linguistic transition. ↗

— Marilyn Hacker

#both #connotation #fascinating #gained #how

In creating superdelegates, the Democratic Party recognized the expertise that its top holders of public office have gained by running for office themselves. They are experts at winning. They know the issues. They are in a unique position to evaluate presidential candidates. ↗

— Jim Hunt

#creating #democratic #democratic party #evaluate #expertise

Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained. ↗

— Duke of Wellington

#gained #greatest #lost #misery #next

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure. ↗

— Sophocles

#gained #never #secure #things #through

The work I did in Vertigo meant nothing if no one cared about the movie. Luckily, Vertigo had a revival and people had begun to recognize there was something special and it gained in reputation. But it just as well could have ended up rotting in film cans somewhere. ↗

— Kim Novak

#begun #cans #cared #could #did

I had gained so much confidence through my college achievements that I wanted to tackle the world. ↗

— Donna Rice

#college #confidence #gained #had #i