America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least, we used to. Larry Elder on failure
We're born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure. Whoopi Goldberg on failure
There's something to be said for failing. It's not the failure you feel, it's the failure that people project when something disappoints. You're back to ground zero, where there's no expectations, and that's where I like to be. Kevin Smith on failure
The biggest problem in my life is trying to be the kind of man that I want to be, the father that I want to be, and how to process the failure of my marriage. Ethan Hawke on failure
I assume everything I do in life is gonna be a failure, and then if it turns up roses, then I'm psyched. Jonah Hill on failure
I was convicted of three misdemeanors of willful failure to file a form. Wesley Snipes on failure
He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure. James Lane Allen on failure
People in the business will stay with you through drugs and alcohol and divorces and insanity and everything else, but you have a failure, pal, and they don't want to know nothing about you! Don Johnson on failure
Success is 99 percent failure. Soichiro Honda on failure
If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being. Jerry Falwell on failure
War is something Arafat sends others to do for him. That is, the poor souls who believe in him. This pompous incompetent caused the failure of the Camp David negotiations, Clinton's mediation. Oriana Fallaci on failure
The failure of the Russian Socialist Republic will be the defeat of the proletariat of the whole world. Karl Liebknecht on failure
Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure. Edsger Dijkstra on failure
Attempt something so impossible that unless God is in it, it's doomed to failure. John Haggai on failure
In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach. Andy Murray on failure
I don't think there's any way it could have failed. We don't know failure in this band. We didn't know failure. We got to know it a little after awhile but at that time there was no such word. Roger Daltrey on failure
When you experience a failure as a leader, don't hide it - talk about it. Your missed opportunity will encourage others to take risks. Naveen Jain on failure
Unwillingness to risk failure is always there, but it gets harder when you feel you have more to lose. Demi Moore on failure
Admitting failure is quite cleansing, but never - pleasurable. Michael Morpurgo on failure
Los Angeles was an impression of failure, of disappointment, of despair, and of oddly makeshift lives. This is California? I thought. Joseph Barbera on failure