Failed Quotes

1604 Failed quotes by 1228 unique authors

The fault seems to me to have been that men have taken ancient country churches as their models and have failed to discover that between… — George Edmund Street
I remember in 2000, when President Clinton came to Cartagena just before Plan Colombia started, the country was on the verge of becoming a failed… — Juan Manuel Santos
Ten years ago, we were seen as a virtually failed state, but today we are a vibrant democracy. You can walk safely through the streets… — Juan Manuel Santos
Our country has suffered from an on-again, off-again energy policy that has failed to get us to energy independence. As President Obama has said, we… — Ken Salazar
This is the free enterprise system. The only place in the world that I can recall where companies never failed was the old Soviet Union.… — John McCain
.......the poor of the world cannot be made rich by redistribution of wealth. Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped poverty, taking their… — P.J. O'Rourke
My Dad hated his job. He sold overcoats, but he wanted to make movies. He had a failed career working with the Ritz Brothers -… — Steve Sabol
When you say a 'former child star,' you may as well say 'failed child star. — Wil Wheaton
Open your eyes and look around carefully at the moments when you think you have failed, because the lighthouse of the success mysteriously appears amongst… — Mehmet Murat Ildan
The lot of critics is to be remembered by what they failed to understand. — George Edward Moore
Hair matters. This is a life lesson Wellesley and Yale Law School failed to instil. Your hair will send significant messages to those around you. — Hillary Clinton
Christianity has not failed. It is simply that nations have failed to try it. There would be no war in a God-directed world. — Richard E. Byrd
All legislative experiments in the way of making forcible distribution of the wealth produced in any country have failed. — Leland Stanford
So a failed movie is not going to ruin my career. — Vincent D'Onofrio
I have lived large parts of my life in wonderful circumstances that I utterly failed to appreciate. Reasons to be happy were everywhere, but somehow… — Marianne Williamson
I would also argue that there is a good chance that an outline will help you stave off any onslaught of writer's block. Let me… — Terry Brooks
The AEC scientists were so narrowly focused on arming the United States for nuclear war that they failed to perceive facts - even widely known… — Barry Commoner
Often I have heard the taunt that suffragists are women who have failed to find any normal outlet for their emotions, and are therefore soured… — Emmeline Pankhurst
You've got to have a sense of different audiences. I'm a kind of performer manque - I come from a long line of failed actors! — Terry Eagleton
For twenty-five centuries, Western knowledge has tried to look upon the world. It has failed to understand that the world is not for the beholding.… — Jacques Attali
In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda. — Kofi Annan
You cannot underestimate people's ability to spot a soulless, bureaucratic tactic a million miles away. It's a big reason why so many companies that have… — Gary Vaynerchuk
As economic globalization gathers momentum, China and the United States have become highly interdependent economically. Such economic relations would not enjoy sustained, rapid growth if… — Xi Jinping
There's nothing worse than walking around and talking about your failed relationship, all day, every day, for months on end. — Max Greenfield
I have these guilty pleasures, these failed films that don't work at all, but I'll watch them if they're on. Like 'The Game. — Shane Black

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