Failed Quotes

1604 Failed quotes by 1228 unique authors

It is at Easter that Jesus is most human, and like all humans, he fails and is failed. His is not an all-powerful God, it… — Michael Leunig
At last, after completing year 12, I failed the great final examination, repeated the following year and failed again even more dismally than before. This… — Michael Leunig
Clean water and power is our right as humans on this earth, and for too long, our governments in Africa have failed to provide these… — William Kamkwamba
In every business I had ever started, even ones that had totally failed, I had kept good relations with the investors. — James Altucher
All American males are failed athletes, and it was big time even if it was Little League. It meant a lot to you. — Nick Nolte
I do play the guitar, but I do it for fun. And I am terrible at writing music as well. I have tried and failed,… — Jamie Blackley
I went to an audition for a Harry Belafonte Roaring Twenties special for choreographer Donald McKayle, but I failed. — Judith Jamison
My best friend in medical school was a magician. And we were shown an X-ray of a sword-swallower, and I tried it and failed. Then… — Hans Rosling
When the music business failed to embrace the Internet, I thought it was game, set and match for the industry, and I quit. — Tony Fernandes
I failed music when I was a teenager. — Buzz Aldrin
The bottom line is that the euro is a failed experiment. — Paul Singer
It was not that socialism failed, it was the lack of socialism. — Wojciech Jaruzelski
As long as humans have existed, we have always desired to live longer. Every society, every religion, every culture. Of course, they all failed at… — S. Jay Olshansky
I just did not get on at my school. It completely failed to inspire me. — Chris Toumazou
The Department of Energy made an investment that failed, and it got raked over the coals for that failed investment. This is ridiculous. The fact… — Peter Diamandis
All the teaching I had ever received had failed to make me apply such intelligence as I was possessed of, directly and vividly: there had… — Edward Frederic Benson
I think many of the companies that have tried to create social worlds have failed because they approached it strictly from an opportunistic perspective. — Craig Sherman
When something succeeds, we learn little more from it than that it did succeed. When something fails, however, we are driven to try to understand… — Henry Petroski
I was never particularly academic, so it was no great surprise when I failed my 11-plus and consequently went to Wibsey Secondary Modern. I did… — Kiki Dee
I have to try and uplift the standard of living for the people in Zambia. If I cannot do that, I will have failed. — Michael Sata

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