“When you've got nothing, you've got nothing to loose.”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, Highway 61 Revisited (1965), Like a Rolling Stone
Source: da Like a Rolling Stone, n.° 1
Context: Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse. When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose. You're invisible now. You've got no secrets to conceal.
“When you've got nothing, you've got nothing to loose.”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Ben Folds (1966) American musician
"There's Always Someone Cooler Than You", Supersunnyspeedgraphic (2006).
Song lyrics, Solo
Billy Wilder (1906–2002) American filmmaker
As quoted in The Bright Side of Billy Wilder, Primarily (1970) by Tom Wood, p. 20
William Carlos Williams (1883–1963) American poet
"Impromptu: The Suckers"
Collected Poems 1921-1931 (1934)
Van Morrison (1945) Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician
Astral Weeks
Song lyrics, Astral Weeks (1969)
“The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made.”
Jean Giraudoux (1882–1944) French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright
As quoted in Murphy's Law Book Two : More Reasons Why Things Go Wrong (1980) by Arthur Bloch, p. 47; similar statements became a routine part of the comedic performances of George Burns.
Attributed
Jack Johnson (musician) (1975) American musician
Losing Hope
Song lyrics, Brushfire Fairytales (2001)