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. Dilbert: All my victories are tainted."
 * Pause*

- 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

"We have won enough ground on which to bury our dead"

- Russian officer after the Winter War.