Fail Quotes

3161 quotes by 2208 authors

I was aware that there is an expectation that writers inevitably falter at this stage, that they fail to live up to the promise of… — David Guterson
I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that. — Anita Hill
The danger that keeps me just a little frightened with every book I write, however, is that I'll overreach myself once too often and try… — Orson Scott Card
Today more than ever we need creative minds to address the issues of the age. And one of the most urgent is this: How can… — Abdallah II
This is what those who havenâ€™t crossed the tropic of grief often fail to understand: the fact that someone is dead may mean that they… — Julian Barnes
The English landscape at its finest - such as I saw this morning - possesses a quality that the landscapes of other nations, however more… — Kazuo Ishiguro
It is ever so with the things that Men begin: there is a frost in Spring, or a blight in Summer, and they fail of… — J.R.R. Tolkien
As an artist, you are always striving toward an ultimate achievement but never seem to reach it.Â You shoot a film, and the result could… — Woody Allen
Playing things too safe is the most popular way to fail, — Elliott Smith
Things are rarely just crazy enough to work, but they're frequently just crazy enough to fail hilariously. — Randall Munroe
People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of… — Chinua Achebe
When it aims to express a love of the world it refuses to conceal the many reasons why the world is hard to love, though… — Mark Van Doren
As a tennis player you have to get used to losing every week. Unless you win the tournament, you always go home as a loser.… — Stan Wawrinka
The task that has fallen to us as Americans is to move the conscience of the world, to keep alive the hope and dream of… — Ronald Reagan
Fail miserably, achieve greatly! — John F. Kennedy
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it… — Charles Babbage
To be an artist is to fail, as no other dare fail, that failure is his world and the shrink from desertion, art and craft,… — Samuel Beckett
It's been suggested that most women fail to write significantly because the female mind is viscerotonic, and occupied almost exclusively with the moment-to-moment reality of… — Alfred Bester
There comes a time in the life of every human when he or she must decide to risk â€˜his life, his fortune and his sacred… — Robert A. Heinlein
If you're having trouble succeeding, fail. — Kent Beck

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