#fail

A good idea plus capable men cannot fail; it is better than money in the bank. ↗

— John Berry

#better #cannot #capable #fail #good

Well, I think first of all there was a failure to have real, clear information at our disposal. There was a real lack of situational awareness. We didn't have the capabilities on the ground to give us real-time, accurate assessments of the physical condition of the city. ↗

— Michael Chertoff

#assessments #awareness #capabilities #city #clear

I was aware that there is an expectation that writers inevitably falter at this stage, that they fail to live up to the promise of their first successful book, that the next book never pleases the way the prior one did. It simply increased my sense of being challenged. ↗

— David Guterson

#being #book #challenged #did #expectation

We've talked to the Europeans about it. It's clear if those negotiations fail, then we are agreed with the Europeans that the next step is to take the matter to the U.N. Security Council. ↗

— Stephen Hadley

#agreed #clear #council #europeans #fail

The reason this resolution was delayed had nothing to do with anything Karl did or failed to do. ↗

— Robert Luskin

#delayed #did #failed #had #karl

I was taught that to create anything you had to believe in failure, simply because you had to be prepared to go through an idea without any fear. Failure, you learned, as I did in art school, to be a wonderful thing. It allowed you to get up in the morning and take the pillow off your head. ↗

— Malcolm Mclaren

#any #anything #art #art school #be prepared

Is anarchism possible? The failure of attempts to attain freedom does not mean the cause is lost. ↗

— Johann Most

#attain #attempts #cause #does #failure

Fear of failure prevents you from realising your dreams of success. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#failure #fear-of-failure #hope #inspirational #motivation

Failure is unfortunately as common as success. ↗

— Sanjay Kumar

#failure #success #unfortunately

Your name?"The movements of the man's mouth didn't quite match what he was saying, so seeing him speak was a bit like watching a badly dubbed film. "Alex Gardiner," Alex said. "Your real name?" "I just told you." "You lied. Your real name is Alex Rider." "Why ask if you think you know? ↗

— Anthony Horowitz

#conrad #fail #name #sarcasm #film