Fail Quotes

I love marriage. I failed at marriage, but I'd rather go into anything with gusto and fail than go into it half-assed.

The sad thing is, when it comes to diet, is that even when well-intentioned Feds try to do right by us, they fail. Either they're outvoted by puppets of agribusiness, or they are puppets of agribusiness.

You may not be aware of a recent survey that showed that if the First Amendment were put to a popular vote today, it would fail by a 60% to 40% vote.

No child wants to fail. Everyone wants to succeed.

We often say that the biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee to fail intelligently... to experiment over and over again and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work.

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

Folks, this government isn't too big to fail, it's too big to succeed.

I want to be perfect. I don't want to fail. And you always fail.

Why do Greeks always open restaurants that fail?

I've always wanted to call the shots because I would rather fail than not have a chance to figure it out on my own.

We make the oldest stories new when we succeed, and we are trapped by the old stories when we fail.

Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature.

The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes.

Every day I fail at something.

General Lee, this is no place for you. These men behind you are Georgians and Virginians. They have never failed you and will not fail you here. Will you boys?

Now it is evident that a little insight into the customs of every people is necessary to insure a kindly communication; this, joined with patience and kindness, will seldom fail with the natives of the interior.

If you fail the first time that's just a chance to start over again.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

There are millions of ways for people to die, if you number each vital organ, each ways it can fail, all the poisons from the earth and the sea which can cause these failures.

Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it.

Wisconsin's kids shouldn't be allowed to fail just because Washington is failing them.

I can't tell you what will happen over the next four years. But I can only stand here tonight, as a wife, a mother, a grandmother, an American, and make you this solemn commitment: This man will not fail. This man will not let us down. This man will lift up America!

If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.

To guarantee success, act as if it were impossible to fail.

If the people should elect, they will never fail to prefer some man of distinguished character, or services; some man, if he might so speak of continental reputation.

I think IT projects are about supporting social systems-about communications between people and machines. They tend to fail due to cultural issues.

If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although I must abandon my life to its success, and undergo many sad perplexities and perhaps never see again my own beloved America.

I'm a perfectionist. I can't help it, I get really upset with myself if I fail in the least.

I should be very willing to redress men wrongs, and rather check than punish crimes, had not Cervantes, in that all too true tale of Quixote, shown how all such efforts fail.

I had to watch government fail for 25 years doing consumer reporting before I really saw it because intuitively, the reaction is problem, bring government and government will make it better.