Pyrrhic Victory/Quotes

"Kevyn: So we're losing?

Petey: No, we're winning expensively."

- Schlock Mercenary

"Dilbert: I had a great day at work. For some reason, no one interrupted me so I got a lot done.

Garbage Man: Today is a holiday.


 * Pause*

Dilbert: All my victories are tainted."

- Dilbert

"If we have eight more victories such as these there shall be nobody left to bring news of them."

- A British politician learning of the "victory" at Bunker Hill (226 men dead, 828 wounded)

"Random Fireman: We put out the blaze!

Peter Griffin: At what cost?!

(he lost his mustache)"

- Family Guy

"So tell me who won here tonight

The price of winning worthless fight"

- Sonata Arctica, "Destruction Preventer"

""The first rule of prosperity is not to let yourself weaken so much in battle that you can't defend yourself against another threat.""

- Seba, The Saga of Darren Shan.

"The entrance fee cost me

Two dollars, and then

It cost twenty more

For those burgers and fries.

My hospital bill

Was a hundred and ten.

But I won –

The five-dollar first prize!"

- Shel Silverstein, "Big Eating Contest"

"Savor your moment of triumph Superman, but remember, victory has its price."

- Darkseid, Superman: The Animated Series

"Sometimes when you win, you lose."

- Chris, What Dreams May Come