#lose

As a Member of Congress from one of the fastest growing States in the country, we hire close to 2,500 new teachers a year, close to 5,000 support staff and faculty. ↗

— Jon Porter

#congress #country #faculty #fastest #growing

Sore loser? You bet your fuckin' ass! What on earth is wrong with being a sore loser? It shows you cared about whatever the contest was in the first place. Fuck losing graciously-that's for chumps. And losers, by the way. ↗

— George Carlin

#humor #sore-loser #funny

I think what people are looking for right now is not the kind of pizzazz and pop that perhaps we thought we got in 2008. Certainly, President Obama offered that. What they want now is someone who can work closely with Congress and get things done. ↗

— Rob Portman

#closely #congress #done #get #got

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. ↗

— Colin Powell

#close #ego #falls #goes #having

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power. ↗

— Colin Powell

#also #council #demands #doubted #enforced

Indeed, when all parties campaign effectively the overall effect is to push up voting rates, as you see in tight marginal seats or close general elections. That must be good for democracy. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#close #democracy #effect #effectively #elections

We think the whole world's going to change, and forget that human beings are still human beings; we have the same five senses, we still interact the same way, we still love and hate the same way, but marketers lose track of that. But then it comes down to earth. ↗

— Michael K. Powell

#change #comes #down #down to earth #earth

I don't mind arguing with myself. It's when I lose that it bothers me. ↗

— Richard Powers

#bothers #i #lose #me #mind

My dream has always been to suspend myself in space when I write, and lying horizontal in bed is the closest to doing that. ↗

— Richard Powers

#bed #been #closest #doing #dream

No one wants to lose their job, or cede the power they've acquired. ↗

— Romano Prodi

#job #lose #power #their #wants