Failed Quotes

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So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the right to try to eliminate… — Antonin Artaud
We never had planned to hijack a ship. We never thought of any war plans outside the Palestinian lands. We wished that the program had… — Abu Abbas
When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No… — Teresa of Avila
Few expected very much of Franklin Roosevelt on Inauguration Day in 1933. Like Barack Obama seventy-six years later, he was succeeding a failed Republican president,… — Russell Baker
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. — James A. Baldwin
Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law. — James A. Baldwin
Humanity is a failed experiment, but I think I'm God and I'd like to start over. I don't want to die, I just want everyone… — Roseanne Barr
Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive. — Scott Adams
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. — Samuel Beckett
You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men. — Max Beerbohm
Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels… — Arnold Bennett
Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition… — Ambrose Bierce
My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another. — Buffalo Bill
My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something, he would… — Sara Blakely
The first thing that I really understood politically and was old enough to get was the failed assassination attempt on Reagan. — Ben Affleck
It's not natural disasters that are to blame for the deprivation of the North Korean people, but the failed policies of Kim Jong Il. — John Bolton
I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have failed IQ tests. And it was one of the reasons I… — Richard Branson
Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell… — Jacob Bronowski
Better have failed in the high aim, as I, Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed As, God be thanked! I do not. — Robert Browning
For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and fine art. — Avery Brundage

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