“Winners see the gain; losers see the pain.” PainGainsWinnerLoserYou Can WinWinner And Loser Author:Shiv Khera
“Democracy requires you to learn how to lose as well as how to exercise power when you win. And that requires restraint all around. One of the reasons it works is because when you win you don't do things that are so upsetting to the losers that they feel like they have less, they have more to gain by turning over the system.” FeelsWellsReasonWinningLosesDemocracyExerciseGainsUpsetLoserRestraint Author:David Frum
“Once energy problems gain traction, there will be a large new class of economic losers, and consequently a lot of social turbulence.” ProblemEnergySocialClassEconomicGainsLoserTurbulenceTractionNew Class Author:James Howard Kunstler
“Goodness is weakness, pleasantness is poisonous, serenity is mediocrity and kindness is for losers. The best reason for committing loathsome and detestable acts – and let’s face it, I am considered something of an expert in this field – is purely for their own sake. Monetary gain is all very well, but it dilutes the taste of wickedness to a lower level that is obtainable by almost anyone with an overdeveloped sense of avarice. True and baseless evil is as rare as the purest good.” WellsReasonFacesEvilLevelsKindnessFieldsTasteGoodnessWeaknessGainsSakeExpertsLoserMediocritySerenityWickednessAvariceMonetaryPoisonous Author:Jasper Fforde
“The gain to the winner is always less than the loss to the loser.” LossGainsWinnerLoser Book:Moonraker Source: Moonraker
“In short, the early receivers of the new money in this market chain of events gain at the expense of those who receive the money toward the end of the chain, and still worse losers are the people (e.g., those on fixed incomes such as annuities, interest, or pensions) who never receive the new money.” PeopleStillsEndsInterestLibertyEconomicEventsGainsEconomicsIncomeChainsFixedExpensesLoserPensionReceiverChain Of EventsFixed Income Author:Murray Rothbard