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Failed Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton
- The great ideals of the past failed not by being outlived (which must mean over-lived), but by not being lived enough. Mankind has not passed…
- The trouble with Christianity is, not that its failed, but that it's never been tried . . . not that it can't remake the world,…
- It is because artists do not practise, patrons do not patronize, crowds do not assemble to reverently worship the great work of Doing Nothing, that…
- The old restriction meant that only the orthodox were allowed to discuss religion. Modern liberty means that nobody is allowed to discuss it. Good taste,…
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- So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the right to… — Antonin Artaud
- We never had planned to hijack a ship. We never thought of any war plans outside the Palestinian lands. We wished that… — Abu Abbas
- When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to… — Teresa of Avila
- Few expected very much of Franklin Roosevelt on Inauguration Day in 1933. Like Barack Obama seventy-six years later, he was succeeding a… — Russell Baker
- Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. — James A. Baldwin
- Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law. — James A. Baldwin
- Humanity is a failed experiment, but I think I'm God and I'd like to start over. I don't want to die, I… — Roseanne Barr
- Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a… — Scott Adams
- Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. — Samuel Beckett
- You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in… — Max Beerbohm
- Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be… — Arnold Bennett
- Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the… — Ambrose Bierce