“All architecture, which does not express serenity, fails in its spiritual mission. Thus, it has been a mistake to abandon the shelter of walls for the inclemency of large areas of glass.” DoeHas BeensSpiritualMistakeFailingWallAreasGlassesMissionsArchitectureAbandonSerenityShelter Author:Luis Barragan
“Canada regards herself as responsible to all mankind for the peculiar ecological balance that now exists so precariously in the water, ice and land areas of the Arctic archipelago. We do not doubt for a moment that the rest of the world would find us at fault, and hold us liable, should we fail to ensure adequate protection of that environment from pollution or artificial deterioration.” WorldShouldMomentsWaterDoubtEnvironmentFailingLandMankindBalanceAreasResponsibleRegardFaultsProtectionIceCanadaPeculiarArtificialPollutionAdequateEcologicalLiableArcticDeteriorationEcological Balance Author:Pierre Trudeau
“Average is a failing plan! Average doesn't work in any area of life. Anything that you give only average amounts of attention to will start to subside and will eventually cease to exist.” GivingAttentionPlansFailingAmountAreasAverageCease Author:Grant Cardone
“So when you say who does Christ die for? He died for the church, okay. I don't think God's death on the cross through Christ was a failure, if you are saying that. I do not believe that anybody he intended to die for is failing in that area.” IfsThinkingBelieveDoeDiesChristChurchFailingAreasCrossesOkayDied Author:Rick Warren
“For all the advances in technology, science and communications, there are signs that we are failing in areas where it matters most: our personal relationships and society in general. The atomisation of society evidenced by the startling increase in recent decades of single person households and the identification of loneliness and isolation as one of our most pressing new social problems, should give us cause for concern.” GivingShouldPersonsMatterProblemSocialCausesTechnologyFailingLonelinessCommunicationAreasConcernIncreaseDecadesIsolationHouseholdIdentificationSingle PersonPersonal RelationshipsSocial Problems Author:Cory Bernardi
“I had two chances to fail [working for Disney]. The first one, they said was "too juvenile." The second one was,they give you general areas to work in. They said, "Set 'My Fair Lady' in ancient Egypt."I came up with this idea about an Egyptian princess, and I gave her, as a sidekick, a little scarab. I had a telephone meeting with the executive "handling" me, and he said, "I looked over the notes. Very cute. But lose the beetle.Beetles don't talk." Well, how do you answer that? I said, "Excuse me just a moment, I've got a teacup calling me on the other line."” GivingFirstsWellsLittlesSaidTwoIdeasMomentsLosesLinesChanceAnswersFailingCallingAreasFairsMeetingsNotesAncientExcuseCuteExecutivesPrincessThey SaidEgyptTelephonesEgyptianExcuse MeJuvenileAncient EgyptBeetlesSidekicksMy Fair LadyVery Cute Author:Charles Busch
“We should not assume that Russia is doomed to live according to its worst traditions. In fact, in Russian history, failed efforts at external aggression, when they fail, usually bring on areas of internal reform.” ShouldFactsEffortFailingWorstAreasTraditionAssumingRussiaReformInternalsAggressionDoomedRussian History Author:Daniel Fried
“He felt as though he were failing in practically every area of his life. Lately, happiness seemed as distant and unattainable to him as space travel. He hadn't always felt this way. There had been a long period of time during which he remembered being very happy. But things change. People change. Change was one of the inevitable laws of nature, exacting its toll on people's lives. Mistakes are made, regrets form, and all that was left were repercussions that made something as simple as rising from the bed seem almost laborious.” PeopleWayLongMadeSeemsFormLawLeftFeltSimpleSpaceMistakeFailingRegretPeriodsBedAreasInevitableRememberedRisingVery HappyThings ChangeLaws Of NatureSpace TravelTollsRepercussionsUnattainableLong Periods Of TimeLife Mistakes Author:Nicholas Sparks