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Nothing To Lose Quotes

Quotes tagged as "nothing-to-lose" Showing 1-20 of 20
Criss Jami
“It is easier for one to take risks and to chase his dreams with a mindset that he has nothing to lose. In this lies the immense passion, the great advantage of avoiding a materialistic, pleasure-filled way of life.”
Criss Jami, Killosophy

Baltasar Gracián
“Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.”
Baltasar Gracián

Paul Auster
“I was perfectly calm and perfectly insane, perfectly prepared to accept what the moment had offered. Indifference of that magnitude is rare and because it can be achieved only by someone ready to let go of who he is, it demands respect. It inspires awe in those who gaze upon it.”
Paul Auster, The Book of Illusions

Lance Conrad
“Only a fool would underestimate a man with nothing to lose.”
Lance Conrad, The Price of Nobility

Kate McGahan
“When you give everything
You have nothing to lose.”
Kate McGahan

André Aciman
“I hadn’t a hope left. And maybe I stared back because there wasn’t a thing to lose now. I stared back with the all-knowing, I-dare-you-to-kiss-me gaze of someone who both challenges and flees with one and the same gesture.”
André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

Kris Kidd
“I like the way I feel when I’ve got nothing to lose.”
Kris Kidd

Baltasar Gracián
“Don't engage with someone with nothing to lose. It's an unequal fight.”
Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle

James          Anderson
“Why don't people with money and power realize that when they screw around with the little guy when they don't have to—especially when it's a little guy like me with not a damn thing to lose—sometimes the little guy is just going to get pissed off and stubborn up?”
James Anderson, The Never-Open Desert Diner

“An advice from a person who has nothing to lose. It will lead you to lose everything you have.”
De philosopher DJ Kyos

“How do you defend against a person who is ready to die? How do you defend against a person who don’t fear being sent to prison for life? How do you defend against a person who has nothing to lose? It’s like trying to defend against a suicide bomber, who has no problem going out in a glorified bang.


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How do you defend against a person who is ready to die? How do you defend against a person who don’t fear being sent to prison for life? How do you defend against a person who has nothing to lose? It’s like trying to defend against a suicide bomber, who has no problem going out in a glorified bang.”
Drexel Deal, The Fight of My Life is Wrapped Up in My Father

“Pride is a front. Humility is a fortress. Both are states of mind that feed on secrets, ego and pain. The more these three the more the pride, the less they are the higher the level of humility. Have nothing to hide, nothing to lose and nothing to prove and humility is sure. Pride sure comes before a fall”
Asuni LadyZeal

Steve Vernon
“It is midnight in the hard part of town. The mask is itching like it always does. The ragged end of my cape is soaking in a puddle of something I don't want to guess about. I'm crouched behind a kicked-in aluminum trash can. It stinks of rotted meat and drunkard's piss - and I feel right at home. (from Nothing to Lose)”
Steve Vernon

Dan Groat
“Not interested in scarin’ anybody, but people with good sense are afraid of a man with nothin’ to lose.”
Dan Groat, Monarchs and Mendicants

Jason Medina
“He had nothing to offer and frankly nothing to lose. He was dying.”
Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

Iris Murdoch
“He felt indestructible because destroyed.”
Iris Murdoch, The Sacred and Profane Love Machine

Jason Medina
“From their points of view, it seemed like a good idea. They were each going to die, sooner or later, and none of them was living a good life. What did they really have to lose?”
Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
“Nothing is worthing something when you have everything and something is worthing nothing when you don't have anything”
P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

Marc-Uwe Kling
“According to rumors, the lowest level is is Level 2. It seems that nobody is graded at Level 1, so that even the Level 2 people think there's still someone beneath them. The fear of being able to fall lower is considered useful, because people who think they have nothing to lose are dangerous.”
Marc-Uwe Kling, QualityLand