#fail

In Africa, there is a birthrate trap: a higher standard of living will lead to smaller families but smaller families will not lead to a higher standard of living. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#birth-rate #family #socioeconomic-failure #socioeconomics #standard-of-living

I hate to be wrong. It makes me feel like a failure. Being wrong has the same affect on me as a lack of food or sleep. It lowers my entire mood. But, I need to be proved wrong sometimes, as it restores humility, and doesn't allow my ego to swell to stupidly big sizes. ↗

— Paul Kelly

#wrong #food

To err is human, to forgive, divine. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#forgiveness #humanity #mistakes #forgiveness

The freedom to choose...means the freedom to make mistakes, to falter and fail, to come face-to-face with your own flaws and limitations and fears and secrets, to live with the terrible uncertainty that necessarily attends the construction of a self. ↗

— Caroline Knapp

#fear #freedom #freedom

The cracks in old friendships are measured in awkward pauses. ↗

— Darin Strauss

#failings #friendship #friendship

I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed. ↗

— Ned Vizzini

#living #moving-on #regrets #funny

Why is abbreviation such a long word? ↗

— Teresa Monachino

#funny #teresa-monachino #wordplay #words-fail-me #funny

Quite a lot is a large amount but quite a few is also a large amount. ↗