Failed Quotes

1604 quotes by 1268 authors

Do the people of this landâ€¦desire to preserve those [liberties] protected by the First Amendmentâ€¦ If so, let them withstand all beginnings of encroachment. For… — George Sutherland
State solutions are imposed from above; they are often without corrective devices, and cannot easily be reversed on the proof of failure. Their inflexibility goes… — Roger Scruton
The problem with deterrence - apparently sometimes forgotten by our former presidents - is that it is not static, but a creature of the moment,… — Victor Davis Hanson
None of us need one more person bashing or pointing out where we have failed or fallen short. Most of us are already well aware… — Marvin J. Ashton
Compensatory education has been tried and it apparently has failed — Arthur Jensen
If we pass on an unsustainable environment to our children we have failed them. — Lewis Gordon
In a way players at the top should try to promote the game in their own countries as that is the legacy that makes you… — Viswanathan Anand
My father said it himself in an interview many years ago: 'Husband and wife failed, but mother and father didn't.' I've got a life that… — Jakob Dylan
Never beg for mercy. Accept that you have failed. Begging is for dogs and humans. — Paolo Bacigalupi
To create anything â€” whether a short story or a magazine profile or a film or a sitcom â€” is to believe, if only momentarily,… — Tom Bissell
So far as love or affection is concerned, psychologists have failed in their mission. The little we know about love does not transcend simple observation,… — Harry Harlow
There is no loneliness like that of a failed marriage. — Alexander Theroux
Bopha, Sandy, floods in Pakistan, droughts in Chinaâ€¦ How many reports from the likes of the World Bank, NASA and the International Energy Agency will… — Steven Guilbeault
If we achieve our sustainability targets and no one else follows, we will have failed. — Paul Polman
The Holy Spirit never convicts (Christians) of your sins. He never comes to point out your faultsâ€¦. It does not take a revelation from the… — Joseph Prince
Every time you make the user make a decision they donâ€™t care about, you have failed as a designer. — Aza Raskin
When terrorists attacked the symbols of our national unity and strength, they failed to realize that they were just symbols of our strength. The real… — Michael Enzi
The weird thing is that I hate to fly, and the quote that I give people is that every time I get off a plane,… — Barry Sonnenfeld
I had seen so many injustices done in the court by well-meaning people. I had lost fourteen clients to gang violence in only seven years.… — Richard Helms
Iraq failed for the same reasons that all conservative public policy efforts fail. Refusing to acknowledge the importance of government while relying on it to… — Alan Wolfe

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