Top Failure Quotes
Failure Definition
(n.) Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.
(n.) Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise.
(n.) Want of success; the state of having failed.
(n.) Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight.
(n.) A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; as, failure in business.
(n.) A failing; a slight fault.
Houses built on bridges are scandals. A bridge wants to not be. If it could choose its shape, a bridge would be no shape, an unspace to link One-place-town to Another-place-town over a river or a road...
China Mieville
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arrogance, bridge, bridge dreams, bridges, bridging, continent, dream, failure, gaplessness, houses on bridges
And to think of this great country in danger of being dominated by people ignorant enough to take a few ancient Babylonian legends as the canons of modern culture. Our scientific men are paying for th...
Luther Burbank
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america, babylonian, bible, biblical literalism, close minded, country, creationism, culture, evolution, failure