Richard Brautigan Quotes

If, along the way, something is gained, then something will also be lost.

For everything you gain, you lose something.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.

There is no decision that we can make that doesn't come with some sort of balance or sacrifice.

No matter what you do or where you are, you're going to be missing out on something.

From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.

You know what I learned? Everything has a price.

You never gain something but that you lose something.

Everything good I've ever gotten in life, I only got because I gave something else up.

it is true that nothing is gained without something being lost: everyone knows that in fulfilling oneself one necessarily sacrifices some possibilities.

Whatever you compromise to gain, you will lose.

Judge your success by what you had to give up to get it.

What you gain here, you lose on the other side.

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both.

To gain what is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.

Oh yes, technique has definitely advanced. But you never advance without losing something en passant, and you lose it because you're paying so much attention to the new thing.

There's no point in giving up something you enjoy unless you get something back that's even better, and quickly.

I was missing out on a lot of things that my friends were doing, but in another way, they were missing things I was doing. It was kind of a trade-off I had to make.

If I have nothing to sacrifice, I have nothing to gain.

With everything great comes a price, always, right?

Everything worthwhile, everything of any value, has its price. Everything anyone has ever wanted has come neatly wrapped up in its penalties.

There's always a price for what you want.

For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever.

To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.

Nothing important happens in life without a cost.