#fail

But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#fact #failing #him #his #implicit

I think it's better to attempt something and fail than it is to not even attempt it, so I'm glad that I've been prepared to put myself on the line there. ↗

— Ian Thorpe

#been #better #even #fail #glad

I'm more comfortable knowing that, chances are, I'm going to fail at this. I've become comfortable with that. ↗

— Ian Thorpe

#chances #comfortable #fail #going #i

Nor, in our own country, must we fail to take notice of the establishment of School Boards. ↗

— James Payn

#country #establishment #fail #must #nor

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are. ↗

— Norman Vincent Peale

#any #anything #attitude #because #before

Washington, D.C. is what is broken, not the immigration policies. We have good laws. We have people suffer every day because of government's failure to enforce the law and be respectful to the process we have. We have a pathway to citizenship already in place. ↗

— Russell Pearce

#because #broken #citizenship #day #enforce

It's interesting - in 'Fail Safe,' as well, they didn't back off. We were raised with kind of this spectrum of that Armageddon and lived under it, so those were probably the films. 'Fail Safe' sort of haunted me. ↗

— Gary Ross

#back #fail #films #haunted #interesting

The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence; he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history; and he failed to build a true international coalition. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#basis #build #coalition #doctrine #embraced

We are not going back to the failed policies of the past. We are fighting for the middle class! ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#class #failed #failed policies #fighting #going

While that amendment failed, human cloning continues to advance and the breakthrough in this unethical and morally questionable science is around the corner. ↗

— Mike Pence

#amendment #around #breakthrough #cloning #continues