The eyes of all future generations are upon you. And if you choose to fail us, I say – we will never forgive you. – Greta Thunberg At UN climate action summit, New York, 23 September 2019.
Obamacare is terminal. It is going to fail under the crushing weight of its own flawed design. – Glenn Thompson
We often operate effectively on the physical battleground but not on the psychological battleground. We fail to communicate our resolve. – H. R. McMaster
I still feel like I gotta prove something. There are a lot of people hoping I fail. But I like that. I need to be hated. – Howard Stern
I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it’s up to me to pass or fail. – Henry Rollins
We make the oldest stories new when we succeed, and we are trapped by the old stories when we fail. – Greil Marcus
Whether solid rockets are more or less likely to fail than liquid-fuel rockets is debatable. More serious, though, is that when they do fail, it’s usually violent and spectacular. – Henry Spencer
I’d hate to see any film I’m involved in fail, especially artistically but also business-wise. – John Malkovich
No one who has understood even a fraction of what science has told us about the universe can fail to be in awe of both the cosmos and of science. – Julian Baggini
I’m a perfectionist. I can’t help it, I get really upset with myself if I fail in the least. – Justin Timberlake
Nor, in our own country, must we fail to take notice of the establishment of School Boards. – James Payn
As an artist, I feel that we must try many things – but above all we must dare to fail. – John Cassavetes
I’m more comfortable knowing that, chances are, I’m going to fail at this. I’ve become comfortable with that. – Ian Thorpe
I have always tried to make profitable films because people’s offices shut down if films fail, and I will do everything to avoid that. – Imtiaz Ali
Campaigns fail if they waste resources courting voters who are unpersuadable or already persuaded. Their most urgent task is to find and persuade the few voters who are genuinely undecided and the larger number who are favorably disposed but need a push to actually vote. – James Surowiecki
