Fail Quotes

It is difficult for me to believe that quantum mechanics, working very well for currently practical set-ups, will nevertheless fail badly with improvements in counter efficiency.

I simply don't believe in failure. In itself, it doesn't exist. We create it. We make ourselves fail.

A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior decoration.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

I love shows about creating and cooking. Sometimes they're so extraordinary, you end up setting yourself to fail.

Everybody wants to take responsibility when you win, but when you fail, all these fingers are pointing.

Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.

If we put our trust in the common sense of common men and 'with malice toward none and charity for all' go forward on the great adventure of making political, economic and social democracy a practical reality, we shall not fail.

When you're filming, you work 19-hour days and you know more about what's going on with your crew and co-workers than you do with your husband. You're away, you miss things. It's taxing. Relationships fail because of it.

I actually failed my first license test. I got an automatic fail. I guess I had been doing well but she had to pull the emergency brake so obviously there was a problem. I remember them handing me my fail paper and me just bursting into tears.

Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.

Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it's okay to fail as long as you don't give up.

I'm at the depot, and I'm not going anywhere. That's better to deal with than having to deal with the unknown. And the unknown is they don't want to fail. They don't want to pay the price unless there's a guarantee they're going to get there.

The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change; until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

We must never lose sight of the fact that the law has a moral foundation, and we must never fail to ask ourselves not only what the law is, but what the law should be.

Based on what our country stands for. We can't fail to stand for democracy.

No matter how hard you try to teach your cat general relativity, you're going to fail.

The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests.

The increasing frequency of extreme weather events, droughts and floods is in line with what climate scientists have been predicting for decades - and evidence is mounting that what's happening is more severe than predicted, and will get far worse still if we fail to act.

Where words fail, music speaks.

Mitt Romney understands free enterprise, he has worked in it. He has seen companies succeed and he has seen them fail, too. He knows what people think about when they invest their money.

I will never be able to say what is in my heart because words fail us, because it is in our nature to protect, because there are times when what is public and what is private must be discerned.

Half the pictures directed by men of reputation fail.

We will not bend or fail until the blood of every last Jew from the youngest child to the oldest elder is spilt to redeem our land!

The marketplace judges technologies by their practical effectiveness, by whether they succeed or fail to do the job they are designed to do.

Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough.

To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again.

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be.