Fail Quotes
3161 quotes by 2175 authors
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Reviewing the record of American intervention in Indochina in the Pentagon Papers, one cannot fail to be struck by the continuity of basic assumptions from…
— Noam Chomsky
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As a tactic, violence is absurd. No one can compete with the Government in violence, and the resort to violence, which will surely fail, will…
— Noam Chomsky
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I believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.
— Joe Torre
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In school, many of us procrastinate and then successfully cram for tests. We get the grades and degrees we need to get the jobs we…
— Stephen Covey
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I firmly believe that if members of Congress fail to perform their most basic duty in passing a budget, then they do not deserve to…
— Kurt Schrader
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It is not a very difficult task to make what is commonly called an amusing book of travels. Any one who will tell, with a…
— James Fenimore Cooper
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I have not seen much dignity in the process by which we die. The quest to achieve true dignity fails when our bodies fail.
— Sherwin B. Nuland
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When political leaders fail to denounce anti-Semitic violence and slurs, the void is not only demoralizing to the victims, but silence actually enables the wrongdoing.…
— Chris Smith
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Obamacare is terminal. It is going to fail under the crushing weight of its own flawed design.
— Glenn Thompson
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High school students ought to seek out campus communities where they feel not only empowered to engage their talents, but also challenged to leave their…
— Drew Gilpin Faust
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When we set our hearts upon the things of this world and fail to be strictly honest with the Lord, we do not grow in…
— Heber J. Grant
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Eagles rarely fail to catch their prey. They usually kill it quickly by breaking its neck with their powerful claws.
— Stephen Kinzer
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Fact: From quitting smoking to skiing, we succeed to the degree we try, fail, and learn. Studies show that people who worry about mistakes shut…
— Martha Beck
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I am super proud of being an American, but we fail our veterans every day.
— Laurie Halse Anderson
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Every day, without fail, I eat some dark chocolate.
— Phoebe Tonkin
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Forget about banks that are too big to fail; the focus should be on cities, municipalities and countries that are too big to fail.
— Andrew Ross Sorkin
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We talk about institutions that are too big to fail - I think the story is as much about people who think they are too…
— Andrew Ross Sorkin
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The fact of being an underdog changes people in ways that we often fail to appreciate. It opens doors and creates opportunities and enlightens and…
— Malcolm Gladwell
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The Internet is not nearly as fail-safe as the phone system.
— David Filo
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Comedy is incredibly hard. You have to be loose. You have to be not afraid to fail.
— Bill Hader
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