If you're 40 years old and you've never had a failure, you've been deprived. Gloria Swanson on failure
Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure. A centrally planned totalitarian state represents a complete defeat for the civilized world, while a totally voluntary society represents its ultimate success. Mark Skousen on failure
Once you can accept failure, you can have fun and success. Rickey Henderson on failure
One must never assume that a character is sympathetic because of either the actor playing them or the fact that they're a lead. I think that's a recipe for failure, actually, because if they become unsympathetic, you lose your audience. Melissa Rosenberg on failure
Failure? Scared to death of it. Ryan Seacrest on failure
I've always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure. T. Boone Pickens on failure
I have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure. T. Boone Pickens on failure
My films seem to be about men's struggle with failure. Tom Hooper on failure
I don't want to feel like a failure to my daughter. She's the best thing I've ever done. Buffy - pretty great and all, but Charlotte's way better. Sarah Michelle Gellar on failure
I'm not scared of anything in particular, but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed. Heston Blumenthal on failure
I failed first grade, which is my biggest problem. You always feel like a failure, like you're stupid. Amy Sedaris on failure
My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world. Wynonna Judd on failure
Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it. Desi Arnaz on failure
Outward failure may be a manifested variant of inward success. Kenneth L. Pike on failure
Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World sins, you absolve them of blame for their countries' failure to advance. John McCarthy on failure
I didn't fear failure. I expected failure. Amy Tan on failure
I think I've always been somebody, since the deaths of my father and brother, who was afraid to hope. So, I was more prepared for failure and for rejection than for success. Amy Tan on failure
In a sense it might even be said that our failure is to form habits: for, after all, habit is relative to a stereotyped world, and meantime it is only the roughness of the eye that makes two persons, things, situations, seem alike. Walter Pater on failure
The attributes for entrepreneurs cut both ways. You need the ability to ignore inconvenient facts and see the world as it should be and not as it is. This inspires people to take huge leaps of faith. But this blindness to facts can be a liability, too. The characteristics that help entrepreneurs succeed can also lead to their failure. Eric Ries on failure
I can't say I'm not grateful to have journalists writing about me as a genius. But I know it's not true. I'm not confused. I understand that success comes through a lot of failure and a lot of very embarrassing failure. People want to create the next Facebook, but they are too afraid to create the next Facemash. Eric Ries on failure