Method Failure Rate

Famous quotes containing the words method, failure and/or rate:

    “The method of political science ... is the interpretation of life; its instrument is insight, a nice understanding of subtle, unformulated conditions.”
    —Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)

    “Every failure teaches a man something, to wit, that he will probably fail again next time.”
    —H.L. (Henry Lewis)

    “You are more than entitled not to know what the word ‘performative’ means. It is a new word and an ugly word, and perhaps it does not mean anything very much. But at any rate there is one thing in its favor, it is not a profound word.”
    —J.L. (John Langshaw)