Quotes with fails

  • I think the names of colors are at the edge, between where language fails and where it's at its most powerful.
  • In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.
  • Every man whom chance alone has, by some accident, made a public character, hardly ever fails of becoming, in a short time, a ridiculous private one.
  • If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.
  • An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.
  • The man who fails because he aims astray or because he does not aim at all is to be found everywhere.
  • Of course it can be said of jails, too, that they try - by punishing the troublesome - to deter others. No doubt, in certain instances this deterrence actually works. But generally speaking it fails conspicuously.
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  • William Shenstone A poet that fails in writing becomes often a morose critic. The weak and insipid white wine makes at length excellent vinegar.
    William Shenstone
    English poet (1714 - 1763)
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  • William James Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half awake. We are making use of only a small part of our physical and mental resources. Stating the thing broadly, the human individual thus lives far within his limits. He possesses power of various sorts which he habitually fails to use.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Edward Dahlberg Everything ultimately fails, for we die, and that is either the penultimate failure or our most enigmatical achievement.
    Edward Dahlberg
    American novelist, essayist and autobiographer (1900 - 1977)
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  • Aaron Allston When all else fails, complicate matters.
    Aaron Allston
    American game designer and author (1960 - 2014)
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  • John Churton Collins A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy.
    John Churton Collins
    British literary critic (1848 - 1908)
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  • Winston Churchill A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Joaquin Miller All honor to him who shall win the prize. The world has cried for a thousand years. But to him who tries and fails and dies, I give great honor and glory and tears.
    Joaquin Miller
     
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  • Harold Loukes An act of love that fails is just as much a part of the divine life as an act of love that succeeds, for love is measured by fullness, not by reception.
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  • James A. Michener An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.
    James A. Michener
    American writer (1907 - 1997)
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  • Arleigh Burke Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.
    Arleigh Burke
    American admiral of the US Navy (1901 - 1996)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Austere perseverance, hash and continuous... rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistible greater with time.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Cardinal de Retz Every man whom chance alone has, by some accident, made a public character, hardly ever fails of becoming, in a short time, a ridiculous private one.
    Cardinal de Retz
    French churchman and writer of memoirs (1613 - 1679)
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  • Brooke Burke Forget all the bars and schmoozing and everybody checking out everybody else. My ideal date would be to park in a dark place, check out the stars, and have a great conversation. When all else fails, you can just make out.
    Brooke Burke
    American actress, dancer, model (1971 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • George Santayana Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experience.
    George Santayana
    Spanish - American philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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  • Samuel Johnson He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • A. S. Byatt I think the names of colors are at the edge, between where language fails and where it's at its most powerful.
    A. S. Byatt
    English novelist and poet (1936 - )
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  • John Kenneth Galbraith If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.
    John Kenneth Galbraith
    American economist (1908 - 2006)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which he takes badly.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • William James If any organism fails to fulfill its potentialities, it becomes sick.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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