Any bailout of a private company is a bad decision by our federal government. Private companies have the right to succeed, but they also should have the right to fail.
In Washington, the accepted method for passing along information about how the government fails to meet real-world needs is to leak it.
Ultimately, health care fails the most basic test. It's not organized around the needs of the patient.
Although one may fail to find happiness in theatrical life, one never wishes to give it up after having once tasted its fruits.
Those who make happiness the chief objective of life are bound to fail, for happiness is a by-product rather than an end in itself.
Have we failed to slow global warming pollution in part because climate and environmental activists have been too polite and well behaved?
Many fail to realize this great recording industry was built by so-called jazz artists. And at the other end of the spectrum, a base in European classical music as well.
I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more.
People, for reasons of their own, often fail to do things that would be good for them or good for society.
Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. It's also about mutual help, not about exploitation.
I don't think of myself as funny - I don't fill up a room with my humor... I would fail miserably as a stand-up comedian.
I think that if my kids are completely convinced of God's unfailing love for them, whether they fail or not, they'll have confidence to persevere in life.
Many readers fail to realize this, but 'The Color Purple' is a theological text. It is about the reclamation of one's original God: the earth and nature.
I cannot fail to call the congregation to worship God, to listen to his Word, to offer themselves to God.
That's why I believe that we must never fail to affirm that we are indeed one nation under God.
You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a valuable person. You become valuable because of the knowledge that you have. And that doesn't mean you won't fail sometimes. The important thing is to keep trying.
Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do.
Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life.
Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
If love does not know how to give and take without restrictions, it is not love, but a transaction that never fails to lay stress on a plus and a minus.
Failure is sometimes inevitable, but failing to get back up is what turns a lot of people into failures.
