I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River' launched, because I thought that would help build a buffer between my writing and any impact that came from either the success or the failure of that first book. Michael Koryta bookbufferbuild share on social
Among all the tests President Obama faced in his first term, his biggest failure was climate change. Jeff Goodell bigchangeclimate Change image and share on social
I've had many failures in terms of technological... business... and even research failures. I really believe that entrepreneurship is about being able to face failure, manage failure and succeed after failing. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw businessentrepreneurshipface share on social
Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result? Could the underlying cause be our failure to correctly understand the true nature of happiness? Daisaku Ikeda activitycorrectlyend share on social
Low standards are a tactic that takes pressure off teachers' unions by accepting mediocrity and failure for kids. Jeb Bush acceptfailurekid Change image and share on social
But if you have a solid walk with the Lord, then you won't fear that failure. Cliff Richard failurefearlord Change image and share on social
There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period. Brene Brown creativityfailureinnovation Change image and share on social
America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least, we used to. Larry Elder acceptamericacall share on social
I had more or less abandoned the idea of an electroweak gauge theory during the period 1961-1970. Of the several reasons for this, one was the failure of my naive foray into renormalizability. Sheldon Lee Glashow abandonelectroweakfailure Change image and share on social
I buy a lot of cookbooks. Some of them you just kind of read, and you try one recipe, and it doesn't really work. So then you don't go back to it. The new Ina Garten cookbook, which is called 'Back to Basics,' I have not had a failure with. It is the most fantastic cookbook. I think I bought 20 copies of it for friends. Nora Ephron backbasicbuy share on social