#fail

I went back to graduate school with the clear intention that what I wanted to do with my life was to improve societies, and the way to do that was to find out what made economies work the way they did or fail to work. ↗

— Douglass North

#clear #did #economies #fail #find

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#early #failures #few #greatest #life

It was psychobabbler Abraham Maslow who wrote of the phenomena of self-actualization. What Maslow failed to grasp is that reaching true self-actualization can only be ultimately achieved when you have your own brand of ammunition. ↗

— Ted Nugent

#achieved #ammunition #brand #failed #grasp

When all else fails there's always delusion. ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#delusion #else #fails #when all else fails

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#everybody #failure #i #key #key to success

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

— Dan O'Brien

#fail #give #long #okay #pride

The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail, and to be seen to fail. ↗

— Conor Cruise O'Brien

#enables #endears #fail #governments #main

You have to be able to be a good loser. You have to be okay knowing you're going to fail every day in something without getting mad and upset. ↗

— Dan O'Brien

#day #every #every day #fail #getting

Whatever flaws or personal failings afflict them, it remains the case that the overwhelming majority of priests and politicians are honourable and honest - seeking to live out their beliefs and serve society. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#beliefs #case #failings #flaws #honest

Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#bands #big #big companies #built #companies