Failure quotes

“- R.J. Fletcher: This is indeed a sad day for Channel 8. We've been number one in this town for the past ten years. And now, our sponsors are pulling their accounts. We're losing valuable advertising revenue. We're losing credibility in the market. And why? Because of some fly-by-night UHF station! A UHF station! This is an embarrassment! A...” (continue)(continue reading)
Kevin McCarthy - R.J. Fletcher
John Paragon - Richard Fletcher

“- Steve Wozniak: I'm standing by you because that perfect cube - that does nothing - is about to be the single biggest failure in the history of personal computing.
- Steve Jobs: Tell me something else I don't know.”
Seth Rogen - Steve Wozniak
Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs

“Some of us believe that we can make a difference, and then somethimes we wake up, and then realized we failed.”
Adrien Brody - Henry Barthes

“You learn from things that don't go well, and you try to capitalize when they do. You build on those strengths and try to make your weaknesses stronger.”
Gary Sinise

“- Lisa Simpson: Dad, just for once don't you want to try something new?
- Homer Simpson: Oh Lisa, trying is just the first step toward failure.”
Yeardley Smith - Lisa Simpson
Dan Castellaneta - Homer Simpson

“You've got a gift Roy... but it's not enough - you've got to develop yourself. If you rely too much on your own gift... then... you'll fail.”
Alan Fudge - Ed Hobbs

“Oh my God, Rayna. Thank God your hair broke your fall.”
Melissa McCarthy - Susan Cooper

“No joy, man. No joy. Fail.”
Jeff Bridges - Big Z

“Better a dead father than a lousy father.”
Brad Pitt - Heinrich Harrer

“- Mike : Saw the game, kid. Tough break.
- Young Larry Burrows: You said it, mister. I blew it good.
- Mike : Don't worry too much about it. Remember, you've got your whole life to look forward to. Things will work out just fine. Trust me.”
Sir Michael Caine - Mike
Rich Devaney - Young Larry Burrows

“- Henry 'Razor' Sharp: You know, I know it was a long time ago, but... what happened? Really.
- Sally: You were everything in my life. Then Kid beat you. And you were different. And I was lost. And everything started to fall apart...”
Sylvester Stallone - Henry 'Razor' Sharp
Kim Basinger - Sally

Jeff, look at your life. You have nothing. No job. No love. No peace of mind. You've been searching for three years, at what point do you finally say to yourself "I'm not going to wake up tomorrow and miraculously know what happened"?
Jeff Bridges - Barney Cousins

“Better for Oriental to lose life than lose face.”
Warner Oland - Charlie Chan

“- Sonny Weaver Jr.: There's me doing my job, you doing yours. Your job is to coach the team I give you. They do it different in Dallas?
- Coach Penn: Yeah, they do. They win.”
Kevin Costner - Sonny Weaver Jr.
Denis Colin Leary - Coach Penn

“I would rather fail than not have a chance to figure it out on my own.”
Jon Favreau

“I always chose movies that I thought would fail, so that I wouldn't have to deal with the fame thing. ”
Barbara Harris

“For everybody, the tide comes in, the tide goes out - if you're an actor, particularly.”
Alan Arkin

“The French suffered such catastrophic losses in the First World War. It really was the end of them as a great world power, although they, quote, 'won.'”
Edward Herrmann

“My worst work happens when I get obedient.”
Michael Wincott

“Every time I've taken a part for the wrong reason, money or prestige, it's been a disaster.”
Michael Murphy

“I think it's important that your first film be your worst film.”
Kevin Pollak

“Failure is not an option.”
Charlton Heston - The Mastiff

“Regret efforts have been unsuccessful. Admitting failure like drinking bitter tea.”
Warner Oland - Charlie Chan

“I never should have lent my name to this fiasco!”

Hermione Gingold - Elizabeth Rennick

“- The Operative: You know, in certain older civilized cultures, when men failed as entirely as you have, they would throw themselves on their swords.
- Dr. Mathias: Well, unfortunately, I forgot to bring a sword.”
Chiwetel Ejiofor - The Operative
Michael Hitchcock - Dr. Mathias