Failing Quotes
3535 Failing quotes by 2358 unique authors
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Readers usually ignore the typographic interface, gliding comfortably along literacy's habitual groove. Sometimes, however, the interface should be allowed to fail. By making itself evident,…
— Ellen Lupton
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The sight of the eye, the hearing of the ear, the touch of the hand may each and all be deceived, but the instructions of…
— Unknown Author
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In doing one's work primarily for God, the fear of undue restriction is put, sooner or later, out of the question. He pays me and…
— Basil King
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I will not fail, I will not disappoint you, I will not let you down.
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Experts step outside their comfort zone and study themselves failing.
— Joshua Foer
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[T]he people as ultimate sovereigns, retain the ultimate power - and even the duty - to overthrow any government that fails to respect their authority.
— Glenn Reynolds
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This world has seen a great many civilizations. And many of them have survived for longer periods than ours up to the present. They were…
— Thor Heyerdahl
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That which is useless dies. Animals that fail to serve some useful purpose in the scheme of things slowly but surely become extinct. Let any…
— B. C. Forbes
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Freedom is messy. In free societies, people will fall through the cracks - drink too much, eat too much, buy unaffordable homes, fail to make…
— Mark Steyn
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All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat…
— Mencius
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And if after all this you eventually fail; don't take it personal. Don't be ashamed to start all over again.
— Richard Branson
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The only thing that might have annoyed some mathematicians was the presumption of assuming that maybe the axiom of choice could fail, and that we…
— Alonzo Church
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They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
— Yuri Orlov
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The object of our being placed upon this earth is that we may work out an exaltation, that we may prepare ourselves to go back…
— Heber J. Grant
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We must eat three meals a day, even if we're not hungry, and when we fail to fit the current ideal of beauty we must…
— Paulo Coelho
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The solution of the problem of life is life itself. Life is not attained by reasoning and analysis, but first of all by living. For…
— Thomas Merton
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Until one looks back on one's own past one fails to realise what an extraordinary view of the world a child has.
— Agatha Christie
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That was one of the things that worried me – to be raised to the position of a semi-god – because then you are no…
— Nelson Mandela
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Working hard and doing doing great work is as imperative as breathing. Creating great work warms the heart and enriches the soul. Those of us…
— George Lois
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Many people keep deploring the low level of formal education in the United states (as defined by, say, math grades). Yet these fail to realize…
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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When we want to do something while unconsciously certain to fail, we seek advice so we can blame someone else for the failure.
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Love is patient. Love is kind. Love always forgives, trusts, supports, and endures. Love never fails. When every star in the heavens grows cold, and…
— Jim Butcher
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The enormity of the universe revealed by science cannot readily be grasped by the human brain, but the music of The Planets enables the mind…
— Gustav Holst
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Put simply, the Bush administration policy in the Middle East is continuing to fail.
— Jerome Corsi
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Anti-Americanism may indeed have grown fiercer than it was during the cold war. It is a common phenomenon that when the angels fail to deliver,…
— Unknown Author
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