Gain Quotes

The workers have nothing to gain from this war, but they stand to lose everything that is dear to them.

Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.

To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.

I believe there is little to gain by exchanging opinions with other artists concerning either the ideology of art or technical methods.

One of the ways I think I gain fodder for characters is by watching people.

The typical journalist's typical lead for the typical Canadian story nowadays is along this line: that Canadians are hard at work trying to gain a reputation as a nation of rapid social change.

In order to gain the respect of your players in the locker room, you can't just perform on Saturday. You have to do it consistently during practices, meetings, and in the weight room.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

When I gain a pound it's in the headlines.

The future may be made up of many factors but where it truly lies is in the hearts and minds of men. Your dedication should not be confined for your own gain, but unleashes your passion for our beloved country as well as for the integrity and humanity of mankind.

Now I understand what was happening. I don't particularly gain water; I don't have water retention.

It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of peace, and community habits long continued become standards of conduct.

South Africa gives me a perspective of what's real and what's not real. So I go back to South Africa to both lose myself and gain awareness of myself. Every time I go back, it doesn't take long for me to get caught into a very different thing. A very different sense of myself.

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain, Like other farmers, flourish and complain.

None are so eager to gain new experience as those who don't know how to make use of the old ones.

For electronica music, David Linton has been doing this series called Unity Gain, which is pretty cool.

Suppose you could gain everything in the whole world, and lost your soul. Was it worth it?

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

As a gymnast, you always wear spandex. Being a teenager wearing spandex? It was tough accepting how my body looked, especially if there was any weight gain.

We know now that in modern warfare, fought on any considerable scale, there can be no possible economic gain for any side. Win or lose, there is nothing but waste and destruction.

Unfortunately, in collective bargaining one party or the other too often tries to gain an advantage - a bargain, like buying something in a store for less than it is worth.

Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.

There's no greater way to gain an audience's sympathy than by being unfortunate.

It seemed to be inadmissible to give in on such a fundamental point. This would have meant that any one who would have wanted to be a terrorist could gain eventually their freedom thanks to another kidnapping.

Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million.

The true meaning of feminism is this: to use your strong womanly image to gain strong results in society.

You must continue to gain expertise, but avoid thinking like an expert.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

Furthermore, and a point I really want to make very strongly, is that this is the first Administration since Herbert Hoover not to create a net gain in jobs in the course of its Administration.