128 Movie Quotes about Losing (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Apr 30, 2026

Memorable quotes about losing, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 Boy, he blew it. -But he was close.

Paul Winchell in The Aristocats

2 And I won? -You won! -That means there were losers. -I guess.

Jim Carrey as The Grinch; Taylor Momsen as Cindy Lou Who in How the Grinch Stole Christmas

3 I know what it is you saw. For it is also in my mind. It is what will come to pass if you should fail.

Cate Blanchett as Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

4 I was this close. This close to impressin' the ancestors, gettin' the top shelf, an entourage. Man. All my fine work. Pfft.

Eddie Murphy as Mushu in Mulan (1998)

5 Only one thing can defeat you: your own fear.

Christopher Lambert as Raiden in Mortal Kombat (1995)

6 If you are afraid to trust, you will lose.

Christopher Lambert as Raiden in Mortal Kombat (1995)

7 We're being exterminated.

Bill Pullman as President Thomas J. Whitmore; Thomas J. Whitmore in Independence Day (1996)

8 So that's all that happened to me today. I learned the hard way. Actually, it was a good learning experience for me.

Joe Pesci as Vinny Gambini in My Cousin Vinny

9 God damn it! We lost! We _ing super lost, man!

Robert Downey Jr. as Kirk Lazarus in Tropic Thunder (2008)

10 They just can't stand seeing the other fella win. If these people would just play the game they'd get a lot more out of life.

Quote from Brazil (1985)