Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching, I've learned from making mistakes. Rick Pitino coachfailurefertilizer Change image and share on social
The failure to work out sensible budgets makes it impossible for government agencies to make long-term plans, and instead leaves them scrambling to spend money in the short term. Matt Taibbi agencybudgetfailure Change image and share on social
Your personal life, your professional life, and your creative life are all intertwined. I went through a few very difficult years where I felt like a failure. But it was actually really important for me to go through that. Struggle, for me, is the most inspirational thing in the world at the end of the day - as long as you treat it that way. Skylar Grey creativedaydifficult share on social
Civilization is a failure. We need to think what we can do together in love and peace. Serj Tankian civilizationfailurelove Change image and share on social
Over the next four years, we will be bold. We will be willing to experiment. We will not fear failure. Matt Blunt boldexperimentfailure Change image and share on social
Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them. Douglas Coupland bandbigbuild Change image and share on social
Primarily affecting low-information voters and members of the mainstream media, Obama Worship Syndrome attributes impossible capabilities to Obama's political opponents, finds excuses for every Obama failure in everyone around him and praises the president as the finest politician - nay, human being - of our time. Ben Shapiro affectattributecapability share on social
Yes - I am usually overweight. I have had to be interested in diet because of being diabetic for 30 years and having kidney failure. Sue Townsend diabeticdietfailure Change image and share on social
I've criticized President Bush for his failure to use his veto pen. There's plenty of blame to go around. The question is how to solve problems. It's not bailouts. What made America great? Free markets, free enterprise, manufacturing, job creation. That's how we're gonna do it, not by enlarging government. Scott Brown americabailoutsblame share on social
But thankfully, my first album, 'Wide Screen,' was sort of a critics' darling - everyone raved about it, but no one bought it. They only manufactured 10,000 copies; I wasn't even in the running for failure! Rupert Holmes 000albumbuy share on social