Failure Quote by Martin Amis

“and wasn’t rust growth, of a kind? the growth of decay? If you don’t grow, you die;”

— Kathe Koja

“The world is like a machine, there is no extra parts so your are meant to do something, even if you are a little…

— Brian Selznick

“The small meannesses bred by the law of competition corrode men's character as rust spoils steel.”

— Frances Willard

“If the little grey cells are not exercised, they grow the rust.”

— Agatha Christie

“It would be a greater pity to prostitute lessons of wisdom to rascals incapable of understanding and appreciating them; there is no file that…

— J.A. Rogers

“You cannot shine if you are unused, for then you will rust and deflate.”

— Phindiwe Nkosi

“The great problems we see in the world today will not be solved by people functioning at half capacity cranking out work they don't…

— Todd Henry

“They determined, for instance, that a rusting object doesn’t lose weight, as everyone had long assumed, but gains weight – an extraordinary discovery.”

— Bill Bryson

“Windows were broken. Where not broken they were boarded up, had been for years: the rust from nailheads had written long, sad farewells down…

— Joseph Hansen

“Science and industry have in less than fifty years developed man's power of destruction to an extent which makes comparison with the past futile.”

— Frederick Maurice

“Delve far enough into Metal, and you’ll find environmentalists.”

— Erik Davis

“...that thing that's taken refuge there in that zinc bucket, without a wife, a career, a conapt, or money or the possibility of encountering…

— Philip K. Dick