“I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.” MenWantUseCausesSuccessfulFailingMinesFailureAssociatesSuccessful Man Author:John D. Rockefeller
“We only do what we think is good and what we're happy with. I do that in stand-up, I even do it with my children's books. I don't do market research, I don't have focus groups, I don't care. I don't care if it fails, honestly. I'd rather have something that's completely mine fail than something succeed that I'm not proud of.” IfsThinkingChildrenBookCareFocusFailingGroupsMinesProudSucceedResearchDon't CareHonestlyI Don't CareMy ChildrenChildren's BooksMarket ResearchFocus Groups Author:Ricky Gervais
“Be mine that silent calm repast, A conscience cheerful to the last: That tree which bears immortal fruit, Without a canker at the root; That friend which never fails the just, When other friends desert their trust.” LastsFailingTreeMinesBearsConscienceRootsSilentFruitCalmDesertImmortalCheerful Book:The Poems of Cooper, and Cotton Source: The Poems of Cooper, and Cotton
“It is a little theory of mine that has much exercised my mind lately, that most of the problems of this silly and delightful world derive from our apologising for those things which we ought not to apologise for, and failing to apologise for those things for which apology is necessary.” WorldMindLittlesProblemFailingMinesTheoryOughtSillyApologyDelightfulApologising Book:Moab is My Washpot Source: Moab is My Washpot
“I'd always thought that heavy metal - what I knew of it, anyway - was for tragic losers with acne and inch-thick glasses who fantasised about slaying dragons and riding Harleys, failing to realise at the time that the only loser was me. Fortunately, a good friend of mine played me 'Battery' from Metallica's Master Of Puppets album and the scales fell instantly from my eyes. It was a total revelation.” EyeFailingMinesMastersGlassesAlbumsHeavyScalesRevelationsTragicDragonsRealisingLoserMetalsThickInchesRidingGood FriendPuppetsBatteriesHeavy MetalMetallicaHarleyAcneSlaying Author:Joel McIver