Fails Quotes
821 quotes by 701 authors
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War is what happens when language fails.
— Margaret Atwood
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I am convinced in my heart and in my mind that if the United States fails to stand with Israel, that is the end of…
— Michele Bachmann
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High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make personal appearances.
— Joseph Barbera
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There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.
— Lord Acton
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'Winning' in Hollywood means not just power, money, and complimentary smoked-salmon pizza, but also that everyone around you fails just as you are peaking.
— Roseanne Barr
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It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.
— Tony Blair
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Misdirected focus on paperwork, on procedures, and on bureaucracy frustrates teachers and fails to give children the education they need.
— Christopher Bond
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If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all.
— Pearl S. Buck
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Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.
— Arleigh Burke
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When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed the point.
— Maria Callas
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A health system that lacks commodities for managing high-mortality infectious diseases and the main killers of mothers and young children will not have an adequate…
— Margaret Chan
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Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. Exercise is nothing short of a…
— Cher
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This country pays a price whenever our economy fails to deliver rising living standards to our citizens - which is exactly what has been the…
— Chris Christie
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A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.
— Winston Churchill
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The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If…
— Jean Cocteau
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A mother's love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking
— Helen Steiner Rice
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Without initiation into the scientific spirit one is not in possession of the best tools humanity has so far devised for effectively directed reflection. [Without…
— John Dewey
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It is commonly said that a teacher fails if he has not been surpassed by his students.
— Edmond H. Fischer
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When a private enterprise fails, it is closed down; when a government enterprise fails, it is expanded. Isn't that exactly what's been happening with drugs?
— Milton Friedman
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Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
— Thomas Jefferson
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