“it's impossible to conquer all fear and loss by preparation. There are always sources of desolation that aren't taken into account because no one knows what they will be.” KnowsLossTakenImpossibleSourceAccountsPlanningConquerPreparationDesolation Book:Burger's Daughter Source: Burger's Daughter
“On the 1st of August, 1774, I endeavoured to extract air from mercurius calcinates per se [mercury oxide]; and I presently found that, by means of this lens, air was expelled from it very readily. … I admitted water to it [the extracted air], and found that it was not imbibed by it. But what surprized me more than I can well express, was, that a candle burned in this air with a remarkably vigorous flame… I was utterly at a loss how to account for it.” WellsMeanI CanFoundWaterLossAirAccountsFlamesCandleBurnedLensesAugustVigorousMercury Author:J. B. Priestley
“I have always been very diversified, so I have never suffered a catastrophic loss. I spread my money around the way a large institutional investor does. I use different brokerage firms. I manage some of my accounts myself.” WayDoeDifferentUseLossAccountsSpreadManageFirmInvestors Author:Ben Stein
“It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in this world, that all self-inflicted suffering which cannot be turned to good account for others, is a loss - a loss, if you may so express it, to the spiritual world.” IfsWorldMaySelfDoneSpiritualSufferingLossThis WorldAccountsSelf Inflicted Book:Companions of My Solitude Source: Companions of My Solitude
“The best helps to growth in grace are the ill usage, the affronts, and the losses which befall us. We should receive them with all thankfulness, as preferable to all others, were it only on this account, that our will has no part therein.” ShouldHelpingChristianGrowthLossGraceAccountsIllAfflictionThankfulnessUsage Book:A plain account of Christian perfection ... Eighteenth edition Source: A plain account of Christian perfection ... Eighteenth edition
“The fact is, out of all the possible reasons for going bankrupt, only three account for nearly 90 percent of bankruptcy: a job loss, a medical problem, or a divorce. And the fact is that those are exactly the kind of calamities that the bankruptcy courts were designed to help people through.” PeopleKindReasonFactsHelpingProblemJobsThreeLossPercentAccountsCourtDivorceMedicalCalamityBankruptcyJob LossMedical Problems Author:Amelia Warren Tyagi
“I trust online banking. You know why? Because if somebody hacks into my account and defrauds my credit card company, or my online bank account, guess who takes the loss? The bank, not me.” IfsKnowsLossCompanyAccountsCreditCardsOnlineBankingCredit CardHacksBank Accounts Author:Kevin Mitnick
“After Birth is a fast-talking, opinionated, moody, funny, and slightly desperate account of the attempt to recover from having a baby. It is a romp through dangerous waters, in which passages of hilarity are shadowed by the dark nights of earliest motherhood, those months so tremulous with both new love and the despairing loss of one's identity-to read it is an absorbing, entertaining, and thought-provoking experience.” NightWaterDarkLossTalkingDangerousIdentityBabyMonthsBirthAccountsMotherhoodDesperateThought ProvokingPassagesEntertainingProvokingAbsorbingHaving A BabyDark NightOpinionatedMoodyHilarity Author:Lydia Davis
“There's something very noble about bringing home a paycheck to provide for oneself and one's family. However, there's so much more to work than just a paycheck. This is unfortunately a very common view which I believe accounts in part for the statistic that approximately 70% of people are disengaged at work. Think about the loss of meaning and productivity and the staggering economic implications of that statistic.” PeopleThinkingBelieveHomeI BelieveLossViewsCommonEconomicAccountsOneselfNobleProductivityImplicationsPaychecksStaggering Author:David Kim
“Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.” IfsInspirationalHumansSeemsReligiousLossCourageComfortAccountsAffairTrialsAfflictionYour Loss Author:Saint Basil
“Having been away from you offical duties," Arch said as the Miller's hand lowered to his side, "you might not have hearc, but I've developed a weapon capable of destroying all of Boaderland, Wonderland, Morgavia, Unterlan and who knows what else. I call it WILMA, which stands for Weapon of Inconceivable Loss and Massive Annihilation. It also happens to be the name of one of my former wives, who had to be put down on account of her feisty temper.” KnowsSaidHandsMightHappensNamesSidesLossWifeDutyWeaponsCapableAccountsFormerMassiveDestroyingTemperAway From YouAnnihilationWonderlandArchesFeisty Author:Frank Beddor