Fails Quotes

821 quotes by 701 authors

Belief fails when it works not well indeed but is idle as a sleeping man... Each virtuous deed is strong when it is grounded upon… — John Wycliffe
Television is ultimately a business of failure. You try a lot of things, and most of it fails. — Greg Berlanti
At 86, I can easily look back to the last eight decades. Though memory often fails me now, so many images of the past are… — F. Sionil Jose
Torture fails to make us safe, but it certainly makes us less free. — Jerrold Nadler
The place where I think social media fails is in showing the knowledge, the tradition of stitching the clothing, of cutting the fabric, of the… — Giuseppe Zanotti
It would seem that the ant works its way tentatively, and, observing where it fails, tries another place and succeeds. — Richard Jefferies
We will fail God, we will fail our family, and our family might fail us at times, but God never fails us. — Nick Vujicic
Sometimes even on an hourly basis we need to keep praying and keep our peace in God and remind ourselves on the promises of God… — Nick Vujicic
There are times in life when language fails us, when everything that needs to be said can be expressed only by saying nothing at all. — Simon Van Booy
I have not seen much dignity in the process by which we die. The quest to achieve true dignity fails when our bodies fail. — Sherwin B. Nuland
In foreign policy, the only thing worse than not doing something is doing something that fails or makes the situation worse. — Kathleen Troia McFarland
It never fails to astonish me how cheaply a politician can be bought. — Timothy Noah
In Washington, the accepted method for passing along information about how the government fails to meet real-world needs is to leak it. — Timothy Noah
Most inspiration still comes from bicycling around San Francisco. This city never fails to inspire me. It is one of the most vibrant cities -… — Barry McGee
I looked long and carefully at the picture of a stag painted by Landseer - the style was good, and the brush was handled with… — John James Audubon
It is at Easter that Jesus is most human, and like all humans, he fails and is failed. His is not an all-powerful God, it… — Michael Leunig
Not even a superpower can hold onto its economic sovereignty if it fails to get its fiscal house in order, and no one needs a… — Michael Ignatieff
In the founders, I look for a person I feel is trustworthy, driven and smart. I invest in the person first, because in the event… — Daymond John
Disability simulation fails to capture the nuance and complexity of living in a disabled body. And it certainly fails to give a deep understanding of… — Stella Young
When something succeeds, we learn little more from it than that it did succeed. When something fails, however, we are driven to try to understand… — Henry Petroski

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