#losing

I've been on such a losing streak that if I had been around I would have taken General Custer and given points. ↗

— Joe E. Lewis

#been #custer #general #given #had

I mean, the idea of losing a parent is really inconceivable. I think there's just an undertone of dread about the subject, so people don't talk about it and don't prepare for it. ↗

— Laura Linney

#dread #i #i think #idea #inconceivable

The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle. ↗

— David Mamet

#battle #half #losing #many #surprise

I don't like losing a ballgame any more than a salesman likes losing a sale. ↗

— Early Wynn

#ballgame #i #like #likes #losing

When you're in danger of losing a thing it becomes precious and when it's around us, it's in tedious abundance and we take it for granted as if we're going to live forever, which we're not. ↗

— John McGahern

#around #becomes #danger #forever #going

The key, of course, is to stay away from the losing years. ↗

— Vince McMahon

#course #key #losing #stay #years

Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves. ↗

— Henry Miller

#fear #finding #full #give #hope

Southerners can never resist a losing cause. ↗

— Margaret Mitchell

#losing #never #resist #southerners

Losing my parents really set me adrift in more ways than one. It's not just losing them. It's losing the possibility of family. ↗

— Walter Mosley

#family #just #losing #me #more

It's not really that I've been an advocate for hearing aids for a long time, it's just that I've been losing my hearing for a long time! So it's actually very important for me because I'm actually hearing impaired and I simply want to hear better! ↗

— Leslie Nielsen

#advocate #aids #because #been #better