Failed Quotes

1604 quotes by 1228 authors

The journalists have obviously failed to capture my innate magnetism, humour and charisma, and they all need to be fired from their newspapers right away. — Alexei Sayle
I have failed to continue to set an example for a secure, loving family unit as an example for our children. That is the reality… — Unknown Author
When I turned 15, I left school having failed to make the minimum grade. With little direction I enlisted at the local culinary school. Here… — Rene Redzepi
I actually failed my first license test. I got an automatic fail. I guess I had been doing well but she had to pull the… — Jane Levy
Once in a while, when I first started to write pieces, I would try to write to a reader other than myself. I always failed.… — Joan Didion
I see a bright future for the biotechnology industry when it follows the path of the computer industry, the path that von Neumann failed to… — Freeman Dyson
Madly, futilely, I wrote novel after novel, eight in all, that failed to find a publisher. I persisted because for me the novel was the… — William Nicholson
When I started out I was a failed actor. — David Mamet
The first two movies I directed failed, when I was 21 and 23, and that was the greatest thing that could have happened. — M. Night Shyamalan
In the modern era, our nation experienced constant hardship and difficulties. The Chinese nation reached the most dangerous period. Since then, countless people with lofty… — Xi Jinping
So I really began as a failed poet - although when I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading… — Nicholson Baker
Though President Obama promised during the 2008 campaign to pass the DREAM Act, he never made it a priority and failed to bring Republicans and… — Juan Williams
Millions of Americans were duped by the federal government and the Federal Reserve into buying homes they could not afford and failed to count the… — Mark Skousen
From the takeover of Detroit and the failed stimulus packages to the enactment of Obamacare, the president and congressional Democrats chose to use Americas economic… — Jeb Hensarling
The revolutions of my century, the 20th century - the Soviet revolution, or the Chinese, or the revolutions that were fomented in Latin America, such… — Stephane Hessel
The deficit only became a big problem in the Reagan-Bush years. For 12 years, Republican presidents talked about balancing the budget, but failed to propose… — Dick Gephardt
With others, I feel betrayed that those who had the authority in the Church to stop Brendan Smyth failed to act on the evidence I… — Sean Brady
I deeply regret that those with the authority and responsibility to deal appropriately with Brendan Smyth failed to do so, with tragic and painful consequences… — Sean Brady
May God forgive us for the times when we as individuals and as a Church failed to seek out and care for those little ones… — Sean Brady
On the rare occasions when U.N. blue helmets have made the news in the past, it has unfortunately too often been in the context of… — Samantha Power

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