Failed Quotes

1604 Failed quotes by 1228 unique authors

It was clear to me that the vulnerable point of the American Grandmaster (Bobby Fischer) was in double-edged, hanging, irrational positions, where he often failed… — Efim Geller
White lost because he failed to remember the right continuation and had to think up the moves himself — Siegbert Tarrasch
I didn't quit football because I failed a drug test, I failed a test because I was ready to quite football. — Tom Arnold
How can one be compelled to accept slavery? I simply refuse to do the master's bidding. He may torture me, break my bones to atoms… — Mahatma Gandhi
My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was… — Rahul Dravid
From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. ... I fell morally and intellectually obligated simply to concede that… — Harry A. Blackmun
To condemn someone to death is to surrender; it proves that you failed. You are not able to change him, to change her; you have… — Nhat Hanh
The socialism of centralised state control of industry and production, is dead. It misunderstood the nature and development of a modern market economy. It failed… — Tony Blair
If we assume that the purpose of the economy is to serve and improve the welfare of the entire body of citizens, the U.S. model… — Edward S. Herman
The lack of monetary discipline has become a hallmark of unfettered globalization. Central banks have failed to provide a stable underpinning to world financial markets… — Stephen S. Roach
In truth, the only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of their habits. Good habits are… — Og Mandino
Most important, [research on affirmative action] has completely failed to show that affirmative action ever closes the academic gap between minorities and whites. And failing… — Shelby Steele
My excellent colleagues have forgotten these bitter lessons of history. The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid stories of gun… — Alex Kozinski
We tried our best to buy Dhoni during IPL 1 but unfortunately failed to do so. — Vijay Mallya
There is no Latter day Saint who dies after having lived a faithful life who will lose anything because of having failed to do certain… — Lorenzo Snow
Do not fear the enemy, for your enemy can only take your life. It is far better that you fear the media, for they will… — Mark Twain
I was once young and now I am old, but not once have I been witness to God's failure to supply my need when first… — William Carey
In all of my years of service to my Lord, I have discovered a truth that has never failed and has never been compromised. That… — Charles Spurgeon
The institutions founded 'to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war' have failed. Since the end of WW2, some thirty million people have been… — George Monbiot
If it were possible to transfer the methods of physical or of biological science directly to the study of man, the transfer would long ago… — Unknown Author
The visual is sorely undervalued in modern scholarship. Art history has attained only a fraction of the conceptual sophistication of literary criticism. Drunk with self-love,… — Camille Paglia
Loneliness is failed solitude. — Sherry Turkle
"The ultimate recession": a recession caused not by failed regulation and bankers' greed, but by very high oil prices, food and water shortages, disappearing forests,… — Jonathon Porritt
I waited far too long, being optimistic rather than realistic. I also failed to do my homework — Gordon Clark
Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don't change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped… — John C. Maxwell

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