Failed Quotes

1604 Failed quotes by 1228 unique authors

In a word, they failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions. — Aldous Huxley
What I mean is that those thoughts, they're human. And just because you turn out differently than everyone's imagined you would doesn't mean that you've… — Jodi Picoult
Even as she’d come to know the real Ralston—the Ralston who was not cut from heroic cloth—Callie had failed to see the truth. And, instead… — Sarah MacLean
She saw something awful in the very simplicity she failed to understand. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
For once, his vampire expression failed him. His response was right there on his face, in full view and easily read. He went from surprise… — Keri Arthur
If you haven't failed, you're not trying hard enough. — Jennifer Crusie
Jury - A group of 12 people, who, having lied to the judge about their health, hearing, and business engagements, have failed to fool him. — H. L. Mencken
Several times I asked myself, "Can it be that I have overlooked something, that there is something which I have failed to understand? Is it… — Leo Tolstoy
It never failed to amaze me how the most ordinary day could be catapulted into the extraordinary in the blink of an eye. — Jodi Picoult
The only way you would have failed," she said, "is if you had. — Cassandra Clare
A rule of thumb with humor; if you worry that you might be going too far, you have already not gone far enough. If everybody… — Christopher Hitchens
Under the law, even the best failed. Under grace, even the worst can be saved! — Joseph Prince
There are so many movies like this, where you thought you were smarter than the screen but the director was smarter than you, of course… — Daniel Handler
You are a side effect," Van Houten continued, "of an evolutionary process that cares little for individual lives. You are a failed experiment in mutation. — John Green
No, I don’t think you’re gonna be single forever, and also I don’t understand your obsession with romantic love. There are other ways to have… — John Green
Maxim 6: If violence wasn't your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries — Howard Tayler
But the culture has failed, almost entirely, in inculcating internal controls on actions that have their origin in authority. For this reason, the latter constitutes… — Stanley Milgram
I am brave," Will said... "Yes, you are," Magnus said, and kissed him. It wasn't the most dramatic kiss, but Will failed his free arm… — Cassandra Clare
Actually, [Wax] said, we came here because we needed someplace safe to think for a few hours." Ranette: "Your mansion isn't safe?" Wax: "My butler… — Brandon Sanderson
I invented nothing new. I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom were centuries of work. Had I worked fifty or ten or… — Henry Ford
Everything has happened before - not once, but over and over again. We may not be able to solve our problems through what are pompously… — Barbara Mertz
Nothing was easy, and sometimes she failed, and sometimes she thought that the fairy stories were right, that there must indeed be easier ways of… — Sonya Hartnett
He had had a severe shock some weeks earlier, when, having narrowly failed to capture a large grey-brown hare for his dinner, it had stopped… — Neil Gaiman
I’m not a romantic, I’m a half-wit. Only stupid people would think I’m smart. I’m not something anyone should know. I’m a lunatic wandering around… — Daniel Handler
I could never kill myself. What if it doesn't work. Then I'll have failed at the only thing that could save me from my failures.… — Tucker Max

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