#defeat

War is a defeat for humanity. ↗

Being virtually killed by a virtual laser in a virtual space is just as effective as the real thing, because you are as dead as you think you are. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#defeat-and-attitude #laser #reality #virtual-reality #attitude

Secretary Rumsfeld used to represent parts of our district in the 1960s. I think that he and his team have done a masterful job in defeating Iraqi forces quickly and decisively. ↗

— Mark Kirk

#defeating #district #done #forces #his

As the game enters its glorious final weeks, the chill of fall signals the reality of defeat for all but one team. The fields of play will turn brown and harden, the snow will fall, but in the heart of the fan sprouts a sprig of green. ↗

— John Thorn

#chill #defeat #enters #fall #fan

In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#defeat #evolution #first #first step #formal

If I allow the fact that I am a Negro to checkmate my will to do, now, I will inevitably form the habit of being defeated. ↗

— Paul Williams

#am #being #checkmate #defeated #fact

But man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#defeat

Anyone can deal with victory. Only the mighty can bear defeat. ↗

— Adolf Hitler

#hitler #victory #defeat

If Koboi defeats and presumably murders us both then you can consider the debt null and void. ↗