#lure

And obviously, with hindsight now, now knowing what went on in the company, it would have been absolutely appropriate back then for us to have the chief executive of the company, most senior person in the United Kingdom, come and answer for the policy they were pursuing. And we ducked that, and frankly that's a failure of Parliament. ↗

— Tom A. Watson

#answer #appropriate #back #been #chief

Only one guy can be world champion, and so if everyone else thought they were failures you'd have no one left on the grid. ↗

— Mark Webber

#else #everyone #failures #grid #guy

Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital. ↗

— Daniel Webster

#energy #failure #frequently #more #than

Sometimes you're not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things I've written that I thought were complete catastrophes when I finished with them that have gone on to generate some of my most positive feedback. ↗

— Len Wein

#complete #even #failures #feedback #finished

Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem. ↗

— Orson Welles

#because #class #counted #criminals #distinction

You learn just as much from your failures. Sometimes you love your failures even more. ↗

— Tina Weymouth

#failures #just #learn #love #more

He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts. ↗

— Richard Whately

#exempt #failures #makes #only #who

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#failure #last #refuge

Failure's not a bad thing. It builds character. It makes you stronger. ↗

— Billy Dee Williams

#bad thing #builds #character #failure #makes

I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#am #apparent #apparent failure #back #been