It's not right to say that our loss in Vietnam turned out to be a gain. But lessons were learned. And they were the right lessons.

By use you possess gain; by disuse you decline and lose.

Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain, Like other farmers, flourish and complain.

A villain to me is someone who actively seeks to hurt someone or does things for his own gain.

Natural selection certainly operates. It explains how bacteria will gain antibiotic resistance; it will explain how insects get insecticide resistance, but it doesn't explain how you get bacteria or insects in the first place.

I do not think it is an exaggeration to say history is largely a history of inflation, usually inflations engineered by governments for the gain of governments.

Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin.

It's easy to gain weight when you're in the studio.

I believe in nonfat. I gain two pounds when I eat a lamb chop.

Running is what keeps my weight down. I have to stay active or I could easily gain weight.

I certainly believe that we gain through open trade and liberalisation.

States with tremendous oil and natural gas reserves have the most to gain economically from proper regulation.

You must lose everything in order to gain anything.

He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.

By his own efforts man could never gain the true and desired riches.

I don't think ignorance is a way that you gain distance on something.

I think understanding is the way to gain perspective - and therefore can live among those hideous realities. You can live with them.

If we look at the realm of knowledge, how exceedingly small and limited is that part acquired through our own senses; how wide is that we gain from other sources.

Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing.

If you lose Heaven, you lose everything; if you gain Heaven, you gain everything.

I tend to be slim and you know, I actually can lose weight quicker than I can gain it.

If you look at me, I'm very tall but I'm not huge or muscular. I tend to be slim and you know, I actually can lose weight quicker than I can gain it.

Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.

I'm always like 'I'm too skinny, I can't gain weight, even when I try.' I'd like to try to not let that get to me.