#flop

Nonviolence is a flop. The only bigger flop is violence. ↗

— Joan Baez

#flop #nonviolence #only #violence

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence. ↗

— Joan Baez

#flop #non-violence #only #organization #than

One of the biggest mistakes people make when they cook for other people is to think that it has to be fancy and elaborate. This results in enormous expense and nine days of labor, plus you end up trying to assemble a croquembouche in front of your guests and everyone's experiencing flop sweat. ↗

— Ted Allen

#biggest #biggest mistakes #cook #days #elaborate

After you do a joke a few times, you have material that you know works. Although sometimes I have a joke that has worked a bunch of times and then one night it'll flop. And that's when I really take a hard look at myself and say: 'Well, that crowd is obviously wrong. That crowd has absolutely no idea what it's talking about.' ↗

— Aziz Ansari

#absolutely #after #although #bunch #crowd

You learn more from the flops than from the hits. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#hits #learn #more #than #you

You learn more from the flops than you do from the hits. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#hits #learn #more #than #you

I'll mix a lot of things. I'll wear a Temperley dress with flip flops, or I might be in head-to-toe Gucci and have on a ring that I got from a gumball machine for 50 cents. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#dress #flip #flops #got #gucci

Of course, I'm not often the top dog, but sometimes it's better not to be top dog, because you last longer. If a movie or play flops, you always blame the lead. They say, 'He couldn't carry it.' They always blame him. But they rarely blame the second or third banana. ↗

— Charles Durning

#banana #because #better #blame #carry

If I tried to make a commercial album, it would be a complete flop. I have no idea what the world at large likes. ↗

— Brian Eno

#commercial #complete #flop #i #i tried

I could have easily been too afraid to say 'yes' to Chicago, because it requires so much I haven't done before. If I am a flop at singing and dancing, maybe my love for it will carry me through. ↗

— America Ferrera

#am #because #been #before #carry