Quotes About Failure

There's a long history of people who spent that $300,000 on their first film and weren't quite ready, and then they never did it again 'cause they were out of synch with where they were, and they would never raise that money again.

L.A. is a long shot city, and those who make that shot - you can tell. You can see very clearly who's made it and who hasn't.

The U.K. military role in Iraq ended a very long way from success.

You're the favorite when you've won, you're the loser when you lost.

I seem to play a lot of losers.

It is only losers that are prosecuted.

Losers are more like the rest of us. They make mistakes they can't take back.

Losers don't get to talk, man.

When the best team loses it is a failure.

Losers are people who are afraid of losing.

Losing other people's money was terrible.

You don't know how to take losses. It's tough.

You always learn a lot more when you lose.

If you make your own luck then I don't seem to be very good at it.

It's all luck in this business, and it's not a kind business at times.

I never had a business plan. I did, actually - I'm lying. My business plan was to get lucky, and I did; that was great. And then my second business plan was to get lucky again, and there, I faltered.

I would be lying if I'd say success and failure doesn't matter because they do. For now, my biggest joy is that I am able to bring you so much work, which I think is also a success.

Making movies, even though it's a business, is also an art, and sometimes you don't hit the bull's-eye.

I didn't make it at Manchester United because I had no choice, I wasn't good enough, but I was lucky enough to go elsewhere and have a career.

I've two failed marriages in the past.

I was relying on Suliman being alive.THen when all that seemed to be left of him was Percival, I was so scared I had to go out and get drunk. And then you go and play into the Witch's hand! I'm the eldest! Sophie shrieked. I'm a failure! Garbage! Howl shouted. You just never stop to think!

I'm a failure! Garbage! You just never stop to think.

Nobody played poker with Mike Walsh--at least, not twice--but people fought to get aboard Constellation. Her command record since Mike took her was almost the equal of Enterprise's for danger, daring, and success not only snatched from the jaws of failure, but afterward used to beat failure over the head.

Politeness. Being nice is what's left when you've failed at everything else.