Fails Quotes

821 quotes by 701 authors

If a bank fails in China, they behead the men at the top of it that was responsible... If we beheaded all of ours that… — Will Rogers
He who hopes to avoid all failure and misfortune is trying to live in a fairyland; the wise man realistically accepts failures as a part… — Wilferd Peterson
Temporary deviations from fundamental principles are always more or less dangerous. When the first pretext fails, those who become interested in prolonging the evil will… — James Madison
I can't sleep,I can't but when all else fails I just breath... — Pamela Moore
Every choice you make has a consequence, every one. It's mathematic. It cannot fail; it never fails. — John Bytheway
All architecture, which does not express serenity, fails in its spiritual mission. Thus, it has been a mistake to abandon the shelter of walls for… — Luis Barragan
When all else fails, read the instructions. — Agnes Allen
To better understand God we must first shatter our own idea of God - maybe even day after day. Maybe he's too great to stay… — Criss Jami
He who knows how to wait for what he desires does not feel very desperate if he fails in obtaining it; and he, on the… — Jean de la Bruyere
Axiom : Novel must have either one living character or a perfect pattern: fails otherwise. — E. M. Forster
If devils exist, their first aim is to give you an anesthetic -- to put you off your guard. Only if that fails, do you… — C.S. Lewis
The person... in the grip of an old distress says things that are not pertinent, does things that don't work, fails to cope with the… — Harvey Jackins
The wise man realistically accepts as part of life and builds a philosophy to meet them and make the most of them. He lives on… — Bill Vaughan
We only do what we think is good and what we're happy with. I do that in stand-up, I even do it with my children's… — Ricky Gervais
There is hardly any activity, any enterprise, which is started out with such tremendous hopes and expectations, and yet which fails so regularly, as love. — Erich Fromm
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. — John Kenneth Galbraith
If love does not know how to give and take without restrictions, it is not love, but a transaction that never fails to lay stress… — Emma Goldman
The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit. — Samuel Gompers
The Declaration of Independence says when government fails, the people have the right to replace it. Well, New York State government has failed and the… — Andrew Cuomo
If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory. — Jefferson Davis

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