Fail

Famous quotes containing the word fail:

“People who are not in love fail to understand how an intelligent man can suffer because of a very ordinary woman. This is like being surprised that anyone should be stricken with cholera because of a creature so insignificant as the common bacillus.”
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)

“I fail to see what fun, what satisfaction
A God can find in laughing at how badly
Men fumble at the possibilities....”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)

“In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children in a highly shamed situation.”
—Michael Lewis (late–20th-century)