#failed

And so, at the age of thirty, I had successively disgraced myself with three fine institutions, each of which had made me free of its full and rich resources, had trained me with skill and patience, and had shown me nothing but forbearance and charity when I failed in trust. ↗

— Simon Raven

#charity #disgraced #each #failed #fine

Our poems will have failed if our readers are not brought by them beyond the poems. ↗

— Muriel Rukeyser

#brought #failed #our #poems #readers

The constant need for special waivers is symptomatic of poorly written public policy. It's a signal that the cost of compliance is unreasonably high; the benefits are hard to measure; and either legislators or regulators have failed to do their homework. ↗

— John Sununu

#compliance #constant #constant need #cost #either

The reality is that we have missed a lot of opportunities in Iraq because of a failed policy. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#failed #iraq #lot #missed #opportunities

Almost every other Western in the last ten years has failed, since Dances with Wolves. ↗

— Lawrence Kasdan

#dances #every #failed #last #other

I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#expected #failed #i #live #myself

I went to Jersey City State College to please a family member. I wasn't prepared for school. To say I failed out is putting it nicely. ↗

— Derek Luke

#college #failed #family #family member #i

I wanted to be a huge star and I have failed. ↗

— John Otway

#huge #huge star #i #star #wanted

President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and their team have failed the American people, and that is why their majority will soon be out the door. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#american people #door #failed #harry #harry reid

When I was the captain of a ship I never failed to bring my ship to port and I won't fail to bring Romania to safe harbor. The belief that the president no longer represents the people is false. ↗

— Traian Basescu

#bring #captain #fail #failed #false