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Failing Quotes - Page 17

Remember. Or, failing that, invent.

Remember. Or, failing that, invent.

Monique Wittig (2007). “Les Guerilleres”, p.75, University of Illinois Press

those who fail to plan, plan to fail!

Michael Baisden (2001). “Men Cry in the Dark: A Novel”, Touchstone

All attempts to coerce the living will of human beings into the service of something they do not want must fail

Ludwig von Mises (2016). “Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist”, p.263, VM eBooks

Impulse is, after all, the best linguist; its logic, if not conformable to Aristotle, cannot fail to be most convincing.

Henry David Thoreau (2017). “Early Spring in Massachusetts: From the Journal of Henry David Thoreau”, p.51, Library of Alexandria

Love wins when everything else will fail.

Fanny Jackson Coppin (1987). “Reminiscences of School Life, and Hints on Teaching”, Facsimiles-Garl

The experiments show quite clearly that, as you resist more and more temptation, you're actually more and more likely to fail.

"Why We Lie, Go To Prison And Eat Cake". Interview with Joanna Pearlstein, www.wired.com. June 22, 2012.

We have medicalized aging, and that experiment is failing us.

"Atul Gawande: 'We Have Medicalized Aging, and That Experiment Is Failing Us'". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. October 7, 2014.

Everyone should fail in a big way at least once before reaching forty.

"USA Today founder Al Neuharth dies in Florida at 89". www.foxnews.com. April 19, 2013.

Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap is the more calamitous in a drawn-out and detailed one

Walter Savage Landor (1824). “Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen”, p.311

It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.

Thomas Paine (2014). “Selected Writings of Thomas Paine”, p.19, Yale University Press