Failed Quotes

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As a kid who failed out of high school as a freshman, I know firsthand and personally that sense of hopelessness and just being -… — Tim Scott
And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear? It has… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mankind has failed miserably in its effort to devise a rational system of government. [...] The art of government is the exclusive possession of quacks… — H. L. Mencken
commenting on baseball players who test positive for steroids: It?s an announced test, so you not only failed the steroid test, you failed the IQ… — Bob Costas
Commitments present themselves in delineations of black and white. You either honor your commitments or you don't. Success is the result of making and keeping… — Gary Ryan
Having embraced Islam, I felt as if I were born again! I found in Islam the answers to those queries which I had failed to… — Jermaine Jackson
I failed to get into drama school, and my best friend told me I should do stand-up instead. I was always doing gags and voices,… — Marcus Brigstocke
President Roosevelt and President Truman and President Eisenhower had the same experience, they all made the effort to get along with the Russians. But every… — John F. Kennedy
Many of the Bible characters fell just in the things in which they were thought to be strongest. Moses failed in his humility, Abraham in… — Dwight L. Moody
Why are we seeing George Bush on TV every two hours for nine or ten days at a time, like some kind of mutated Mr.… — Hunter S. Thompson
Men are men and women are women. We've tried for tens of thousands of years to lay down hard and fast lines for the sexes… — William John Locke
In a community where public services have failed to keep abreast of private consumption things are very different. Here, in an atmosphere of private opulence… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Perhaps we have failed as human beings. Perhaps we have embarrassed ourselves to the natural world. We have been rigorous and willful in all the… — Sufjan Stevens
I imagine you already know that I am much more socialistic in my economic theory than capitalistic. And yet I am not so opposed to… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
If you're involved in an accident and you're at fault $500,000 may not be enough. Do you really want to lose your house because you… — Bill Vaughan
Sweeter than any sungMy songs that found no tongue;Nobler than any factMy wish that failed of act.Others shall sing the song,Others shall right the wrong,-Finish… — John Greenleaf Whittier
I guess my biggest failure was not getting reelected. [The loss taught me] not to ever let American hostages be held for 444 days in… — Jimmy Carter
I think that I failed by not studying more, and praying more, and spending more time with my family. — Billy Graham
I think the print media have failed to make the most of their opportunity. They may all disappear because they are approaching things in the… — David Gelernter
The new social question is: democracy or the rule of the financial markets. We are currently witnessing the end of an era. The neoliberal ideology… — Sigmar Gabriel

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