Failure Mode

Famous quotes containing the words failure and/or mode:

    “The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower.”
    —Audre Lorde (1934–1992)

    “Yours of the 24th, asking “the best mode of obtaining a thorough knowledge of the law” is received. The mode is very simple, though laborious, and tedious. It is only to get the books, and read, and study them carefully.... Work, work, work, is the main thing.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)