Quotes by Failure The dream is real, my friends. The failure to realize it is the only unreality. Toni Cade Bambara realizefriendsfailuredream And obviously, with hindsight now, now knowing what went on in the company, it would have been absolutely appropriate back then for us to have the chief executive of the company, most senior person in the United Kingdom, come and answer for the policy they were pursuing. And we ducked that, and frankly that's a failure of Parliament. Tom A. Watson answerpersonbackfailure We judged that a sudden, disorderly failure of Bear would have brought with it unpredictable but severe consequences for the functioning of the broader financial system and the broader economy, with lower equity prices, further downward pressure on home values, and less access to credit for companies and households. Timothy Geithner consequencesfailurepressurehome Failure's inevitable. It happens all the time in a complex economy. And how did the economy produce all these amazing things that we have around us, computers and cell phones and so on? Well, the process was trial and error. There were a bunch of ideas, and the good ones grew and prospered, and the bad ones were pretty ruthlessly weeded out. Tim Harford computersgoodfailuretime It's difficult because we tend to overrate the pain of failure. We fear it too much. That's research that emerges from psychology. We think it's going to be worse than it really is. And, I think, as we get a bit older, really after we leave school or college, we quickly stop experimenting. Tim Harford failurepainfearschool We learned not to let the fear of failure stop us from attempting to fulfil our dreams - whether that dream involved a change in career, attempting to set world records, or helping young people. Holly Branson dreamsfailurechangefear We are human beings, at the end of the day. Success and failure are a part and parcel of our life. Hima Das dayfailuresuccesslife My biggest failure is 'Metal Gear.' It's my biggest failure and my biggest success. Hideo Kojima gearmetalfailuresuccess If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate. Thomas J. Watson youryoufailurewantsuccess Progress requires setbacks; the only sure way to avoid failure is not to try. Henry Spencer tryprogressfailureway Past experience, on the shuttle and the Titan rockets, suggests that large multi-segment solid rockets have a probability of failure of 0.5 to 1 per cent. Henry Spencer probabilityfailureexperiencepast I employ case studies of failure into my courses, emphasizing that they teach us much more than studies of success. It is not that success stories cannot serve as models of good design or as exemplars of creative engineering. They can do that, but they cannot teach us how close to failure they are. Henry Petroski goodfailuredesignsuccess Failure is central to engineering. Every single calculation that an engineer makes is a failure calculation. Successful engineering is all about understanding how things break or fail. Henry Petroski thingssinglefailureunderstanding Relying on nothing but scientific knowledge to produce an engineering solution is to invite frustration at best and failure at worst. Henry Petroski bestfrustrationfailureknowledge The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Ralph Waldo Emerson neverfailureglorytimefall Failure is inherent in the game. So if you don't respond well to adversity, you're probably not going to have a long career. Theo Epstein gameyoufailurelong There are certainly times when baseball is much more than bread and circus, times when baseball resonates deeply and meaningfully with many, many people, and times when a game that is built around overcoming failure can teach us all a few important lessons. Theo Epstein gamefailureimportantpeople The Democratic Party's success or failure - if they expect any opportunity to gain a political foothold in the foreseeable future - resides solely on the party's ability to reconcile with the American people, most especially with the Americans that they chose to ignore. Seph Lawless futurefailuresuccesspeople I met Ashley two weeks before I married him. It was a joke-the most ridiculous thing I've ever done. Once I was married, I didn't want to be a failure, so I stuck it out for six months, which was about six months too long. Shannen Doherty failuredonewantlong It's a terrifying thing to be perhaps 16 or 17 and feel like you are a failure and a has-been. Shelley Fabares feellikeyoufailure«4344454647484950515253»
