Failed Quotes

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I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed - no, I didn't… — Nathan Fillion
I've had a long line of failed television programs, pilots that were never picked up, series that didn't go very long. I've learned that there's… — Nathan Fillion
Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in. — Gustave Flaubert
As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions. — Stephen Harper
After September 11, the European governments have completely failed. They are incapable of seeing beyond their own national scope of interests. — Jurgen Habermas
It's hard to believe President George Bush gave a speech in New Orleans about disaster recovery and failed to mention the word 'farm' or the… — Jim Hightower
Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times. — Napoleon Hill
It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed. — Kin Hubbard
It used to be that a fellow went on the police force when everything else failed, but today he goes in the advertising game. — Kin Hubbard
The savage repression of blacks, which can be estimated by reading the obituary columns of the nation's dailies, Fred Hampton, etc., has not failed to… — George Jackson
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
Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories. — Bianca Jagger
How important is failure - yes, failure - to the health of a thriving, innovative business? So important that Ratan Tata, chairman of India's largest… — Naveen Jain
I'm finding myself really angry over spending and the deficit. I'm finding myself really angry over what's happening in the Middle East, the decision to… — Gary Johnson
I have a great respect for incremental improvement, and I've done that sort of thing in my life, but I've always been attracted to the… — Steve Jobs
Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what… — Pope John XXIII
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot… — Michael Jordan
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. — Michael Jordan
Almost every other Western in the last ten years has failed, since Dances with Wolves. — Lawrence Kasdan
With the end of the cold war, all the 'isms' of the 20th century - Fascism, Nazism, Communism and the evil of apartheid-ism - have… — Jack Kemp

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