One ends up relying on pure musical inspiration, and failing that, the music won't lead to anything good, or it will alienate… — Boris Vian Copy Share Image
Brilliant men are often strikingly ineffectual. They fail to realize that the brilliant insight is not by itself achievement. They never have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The true test of the American ideal is whether we're able to recognize our failings and then rise together to meet the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When approached right, citizens never fail to shoulder their responsibilities. — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
We need to think deeply about whether we can sustain banks that are not only too big to fail, but potentially too… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
We don't really know how technology will affect narrative. That's the question. See, people used to say that the novel is going… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
We fail to see the purifying and refining effect wrought by the flames of adversity. These flames are not meant to consume… — A. Theodore Tuttle Copy Share Image
The role of design at a company is to allow you to recreate yourself, to allow your company to find a new… — Mark Parker Copy Share Image
To appeal to God is to appeal to the action of universal love. Love never fails to come when we call to… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Let it never be said by future generations that indifference, cynicism or selfishness made us fail to live up to the ideals… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If you're good, you fail seventy percent of the time. You have to be mentally capable of blocking that out and keep… — Mike Lowell Copy Share Image
The job description of mother is clearly in need of revision. As it stands, the shifts are 24 hours, for a period… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
When we find ourselves unable to reason (as one often does when presented with, say, a problem in algebra) it is because… — W. W. Sawyer Copy Share Image
There are two great tragedies in life: one is to fail to achieve one's grandest ambitions, and the other one is to… — Graham T. Allison Copy Share Image
When their children fail to charm others, few parents can stay neutral. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Frankly, I fail to see how going for a six-month, thousand-mile walk through deserts and mountains can be judged less real than… — Colin Fletcher Copy Share Image
I try to write three jokes every day. I don't sit down and write them, it's just things that pop into my… — Zach Galifianakis Copy Share Image
Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention. — Mark Batterson Copy Share Image
You've got to learn to let go and let your children fall, and fail. If you try to protect them from hurt,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Campaigns fail if they waste resources courting voters who are unpersuadable or already persuaded. Their most urgent task is to find and… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
If you lack the iron and the fizz to take control of your own life, then the gods will repay your weakness… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
The only reward to be expected from literature is contempt if one fails and hatred if one succeeds. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Business schools are failing to teach the students about the risks of market failures. We need to include some material on market… — Pankaj Ghemawat Copy Share Image
When words fail, wars begin. When wars finally end, we settle our disputes with words. — Wilfred Funk Copy Share Image
