“A Private who loses his rifle suffers greater consequences than a General who loses a war.”
“He who slings mud generally loses ground.”
“Technology always has unforeseen consequences, and it is not always clear, at the beginning, who or what will win, and who or what will lose...”
“It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming.”
“A wife who loses a husband is called a widow. A husband who loses a wife is called a widower. A child who loses his parents is called an orphan. There is no word for a parent who loses a child. That’s how awful the loss is.”
“They expected to lose. And therefore, they lost. [..] People who start thinking deep dark thoughts in the middle of a war start expecting to lose.”