When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder. – Lao Tzu
Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status. – Laurence J. Peter
The definition of a modern approach to war is the acknowledgement of individual lives lost. – Maya Lin
If you were approaching the TARP investments from a pure investment standpoint, then there’s no doubt in my mind the taxpayer lost, and probably lost big. – Jeb Hensarling
One thing that I think never goes out of style is just purity. Niceness and purity. And the Muppets have never lost that. Kermit especially is just wide-eyed wonder, unblinking. And he can’t blink. Which I think probably helps. – Jason Segel
I never lost my dreams in my 20s, and I know that sounds corny, but it’s incredibly important to never let go of what you really want in your life. – Juan Pablo Di Pace
I recognise that fishing is perhaps not the most high-employment industry in this country, but it’s a symbol of what we lost when we entered the E.U.: control over national resources that, if we retained them, we could have husbanded in our interest and, indeed, in the interest of others. – Michael Gove
I grew up in the north woods of Canada. You had to know certain things about survival. Wilderness survival courses weren’t very formalized when I was growing up, but I was taught certain things about what to do if I got lost in the woods. – Margaret Atwood
We’ve lost sight of our role in the region and our view of our colleagues in the region. – John Hewson
I’ve spent my life doing action films and most of my own stunts, so my teeth have been knocked out along the way. It happened so frequently that I can’t even remember where I lost most of them. – James Cosmo
I’ve known I wanted to do this ever since I was four years old and watched ‘Star Search’ for the first time. I mean, Harrison Ford in ‘Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark?’ My hero. – Joey Lawrence
The public is upset. If they haven’t lost their job, they know somebody that has. If they haven’t lost their house, they know somebody that has. What do you do? When something’s wrong, it’s government’s job to fix it, it must be government that’s responsible for causing it. – Michael Bloomberg
I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened. We have not seen them able to conduct any kind of organized attack to regain any territory that they’ve lost. We’ve seen levels of violence going down. – Leon Panetta
I find more interesting roles for women in period pieces. I do personally like watching period films; I think you can really get lost in the fantasy of them. – Keira Knightley
Back when I was an Islamist, I thought our ideology was like communism – and I still do. That makes me optimistic. Because what happened to communism? It was discredited as an idea. It lost. – Maajid Nawaz
There’s no doubt that when the Republican Party took over in 1994, the ‘Contract with America’ was an opportunity to implement some things – like welfare reform and some of the other initiatives. Then, it kind of lost its steam. – Marco Rubio
In my novels, there are twelve ancient ‘memory tools,’ all now lost. Each of the ‘Reincarnationist’ books revolves around a different tool. – M. J. Rose
Years ago, the writers were telling me that I’d make the Hall of Fame, so I kind of prepared a speech. But somewhere along in the 28 years, it got lost. – Johnny Mize
When I was on ‘Terra Nova’, I had an Australian iPhone and a U.S. iPhone, different time zones, just a couple differences in the machines, but I was able to keep the international aspect of things in order. But I lost my U.S. iPhone right before I left Australia. Somebody’s got it somewhere out there. Send it back? – Jason O’Mara
I feel sometimes that I’m in a constant state of being lost in translation, and I guess that why I write songs. – Laura Marling
Getting on the bus and touring was my life. And when that was not around, I felt myself a bit lost at times, because that was all I had. – Keith Urban
I don’t know how to put it, but I don’t have many friends. All my friends circle was in Madras, and I lost touch with them. But I’m friends with all my directors, and they are very important for me. – Mahesh Babu
