I Failed Quotes

130 quotes by 122 authors

I was determined that if I failed it wouldn't be due to lack of effort — Heston Blumenthal
I failed to get into drama school, and my best friend told me I should do stand-up instead. I was always doing gags and voices,… — Marcus Brigstocke
I guess my biggest failure was not getting reelected. [The loss taught me] not to ever let American hostages be held for 444 days in… — Jimmy Carter
I think that I failed by not studying more, and praying more, and spending more time with my family. — Billy Graham
I think I failed miserably on NewsRadio. I was very nervous because of the caliber of the cast - especially Dave Foley - so I… — Janeane Garofalo
I think it's better to be overly ambitious and fail than to be underambitious and succeed in a mundane way. I have been very fortunate.… — Francis Ford Coppola
I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed - no, I didn't… — Nathan Fillion
I gambled and I lost. I failed in securing my options for this choice for myself, but I succeeded in verifying the Dark Age is… — Jack Kevorkian
Not for a moment, beautiful aged Walt Whitman, have I failed to see your beard full of butterflies. — Federico Garcia Lorca
What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things.… — John Mellencamp
I failed first grade, which is my biggest problem. You always feel like a failure, like you're stupid. — Amy Sedaris
Let's cut to the chase, the sharia controversy. I don't think I, or my colleagues, predicted just how enormous the reaction would be. I failed… — Rowan Williams
Brian was the oldest, I was in the middle and Carl was the baby. I was the troublemaker. Brian got great grades and Carl got… — Dennis Wilson
As a child, the family that I had and the love I had from my two parents allowed me to go ahead and be more… — Tiger Woods
He saw something that makes a man doubtful of the constancy of the realities outside himself. It was the shocking discovery that makes a man… — John Steinbeck
There is a time in every life when paths are chosen, character is forged. I could have chosen a different path. But I didnâ€™t. I… — Libba Bray
Noticing and remembering everything would trap bright scenes to light and fill the blank and darkening past which was already piling up behind me. The… — Annie Dillard
I died for beauty but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb, When one who died for truth was lain In an adjoining room. He questioned… — Emily Dickinson
Nearly every night before I go to bed I ask myself, "Have I vibrated in tune with the Infinite today, or have I failed? — Don Marquis
My past is everything I failed to be. — Fernando Pessoa

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