Cynicism stems from disappointment. Cynical and faithless people were not always like that. They were filled with possibilities and hope as kids.… — Robin S. Sharma Copy Share Image
I do play the guitar, but I do it for fun. And I am terrible at writing music as well. I have… — Jamie Blackley Copy Share Image
America's 'social contract' is equal opportunity... yet we have failed in achieving that seminal goal. — George Kaiser Copy Share Image
Sometimes I was so busy being tuned in to outside ideas, expectations, and demands, I failed to hear the unique music in… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
When I was the captain of a ship I never failed to bring my ship to port and I won't fail to… — Traian Basescu Copy Share Image
If the world is telling you you're successful, but you don't feel it, you might as well have failed. — John Burdett Copy Share Image
From the beginning of time, we've had financial crises. People always blame the banks and for good reason. When you look for… — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
At times we expected the allies unquestioningly to follow our leads; sometimes we failed to consult them in advance before reversing policies;… — Richard Kerry Copy Share Image
It was not that socialism failed, it was the lack of socialism. — Wojciech Jaruzelski Copy Share Image
You have a little bit of fear once you've already risked something big and failed. — John Dolmayan Copy Share Image
Wolfgang Tillman's stunning large-scale pictures, being shown for the first time, were so offhand I failed to see them as art. — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
“An entrepreneur is a man who knows he can fail, but he does not accept to fail before he actually fails, and… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
Egypt under Hosni Mubarak had deteriorated to the status of a failed state. We must wipe the slate clean and start again. — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
Just because you have checks in the checkbook doesn't mean that you have money in the bank, and Washington has failed to… — Mike Bouchard Copy Share Image
I took the California Highway Patrol exam and didn't pass, so I tried to be a cop and failed. — John Cena Copy Share Image
What's wrong with the auto industry isn't that it failed to create jobs. What's wrong is that it emphasizes jobs over general… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
I have, like, two and a half years of failed jokes that I know I wouldn't repeat, but I certainly have no… — Taran Killam Copy Share Image
I actually failed my first license test. I got an automatic fail. I guess I had been doing well but she had… — Jane Levy Copy Share Image
Everybody has auditioned and failed. You learn from that. It's how you learn your craft. — Louis Walsh Copy Share Image
Most writers can tell stories of how their books failed to be made into films. — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
