I'm a failed percussionist, you see.

Oh, I'm not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.

— Tom Waits

I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing…

— Shaquille O'Neal

I recognize I am essentially a failed human being in the sense that I can't possibly live up to the expectations of an Almighty.

— George W. Bush

Paradox: how do we know what we have failed to see because we have no language to express it, thus we cannot know that…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“Humility is what you strive for when you've failed at everything else.”

— Stephan Pastis

When the enemy is driven back, we have failed, and when he is cut off, encircled and dispersed, we have succeeded.

— Alexander Suvorov

I wanted to be a huge star and I have failed.

— John Otway

The very first company I started failed with a great bang. The second one failed a little bit less, but still failed. The third…

— Max Levchin

I want people to see me make mistakes and learn from them.

— Ananya Panday

If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.

— Salman Rushdie

There are many different ways the public can respond to actors - they can see you on TV and feel they know you and…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

To see classic rock, you had to go to an arena. But punk was happening everywhere, even in little towns in the middle of…

— Bill Callahan

When you see how fragile and delicate life can be, all else fades into the background.

— Jenna Morasca

If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And…

— Warwick Davis

Trust what you see and go play.

— Andy Dalton