People want to be loved; failing that admired; failing that feared; failing that hated and despised. They want to evoke some sort of sentiment. The soul shudders before oblivion and seeks connection at any price.
Hjalmar Söderberg
Related We want to be loved; failing that, admired; failing that, feared; failing that, hated and despised. ... ÅSNE SEIERSTAD I must have some sort of record in failing to get into the charts. ANNI-FRID LYNGSTAD Why would they do that? They know he's failing. GALE KAUFMAN There is a huge difference between failing and failure. Failing is trying something that you learn d... JAY SAMIT They were like two inviolable spheres touching at a fine point in their curves, touching but failing... JOSHUA FERRIS We'd love it if other oil companies would make similar generous donations. Washington is failing us ... BETH NAGUSKY The penalty for failing to pay is much smaller than the penalty for failing to file. JESSE WELLER All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD to see where it's failing. DONALD LOW You are going to fail, and failing, for me, is as joyful as succeeding. Failing means that there is ... SEBASTIAN THRUN Everything begins with failing. If you stop to fail, then your failing to stop, to try and try again... ANTHONY LICCIONE There is not any indication that this safety device is working one day and failing the next minute. JULIE VALLESE Add in dozens of suppliers tied to them that are failing, and it's pretty ugly. DENNIS DESROSIERS Evergreen and Smith were charged with failing to provide workers with safe transportation; failing t... CORLIS SELLERS The catch basin infrastructure appears to be failing, ANDREW GILMORE If we can actually decrease the failure rate from nine out of 10 drugs failing in clinical trials an... ANNE WOJCICKI Management theory says to improve a process you have to first improve its variability. Well, we've d... ALFRED GUIFFRIDA Anyone can fail at something they really don’t want. What really takes courage is going after some... SHANNON L. ALDER It is failing the American people miserably, PETER DEFAZIO Without intending to ... he offered a laundry list of the policy failures of his own administration:... KAREN HUGHES The most important failing is that they divorce the study of the Holocaust from the war, GERHARD WEINBERG Failing an exam doesn't mean a thing, but not failing one is everything MOHAMED SHIFAN The greatest moral failing is to condemn something as a moral failing: no vice is worse than being j... JULIAN BAGGINI Filmmaking, like any other art, is a very profound means of human communication; beyond the professi... KENNETH LONERGAN I'm just shocked and thankful that I've gotten away with everything - experimenting here, tr... MICHAEL KEATON Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else --and failing. RAYMOND RADIGUET We're failing our children with education, we're failing our environment. CAROL MOSELEY BRAUN I think many people have come to conclude that the Supreme Court did nobody any favors by failing to... EUGENE FIDELL Failing to be there when a man wants her is a woman's greatest sin, except to be there when he doesn... HELEN ROWLAND Failing to be there when a man wants her is a woman's greatest sin, except to be there when he doesn... POPE PAUL VI These good schools can be a major resource for schools that are failing. DON MOORE I don't think any drug that can cause brain damage, failing kidneys, hardening arteries, pain, a... LAYNE STALEY The Palestinian Authority seems to believe that failing to act against terrorism, and inducing turmo... KOFI ANNAN I seem to be failing my way to success. NEIL SUTTON If the government is going to mandate levels and punish schools for failing, they should send that m... ROBERT DUNCAN To cultivate bravery and courage, change your attitude toward failure. Many successful people will t... SUSAN C. YOUNG And so whether it's failing to move forward on the Dream Act, failing to move forward on putting... DAVID PLOUFFE failing to obey the order of bus driver. ROSA PARKS trying to do things they can't yet do, failing, and learning what they need to do differently is exa... ANGELA DUCKWORTH I have my strong views and opinions. I really want to transform Illinois government because this sta... BRUCE RAUNER If we reason that we want happiness for others, not for ourselves, then we ought justly to be suspec... WILHELM VON HUMBOLDT For you to be successful, sacrifices must be made. It's better that they are made by others but fail... RITA MAE BROWN failing to keep my marriage together. HAROLD NICHOLSON Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led. WARREN BENNIS One who fails has not failed absolutely, rather they have learned absolutely GGMAN If it all looks good on the surface, I'll know I've failed at life JULIA HOBAN It is sometimes a mistake to climb; it is always a mistake never even to make the attempt. If you do... NEIL GAIMAN you can't hold on and let go to (at the sametime) of you worthless, unhappy, failing relationship JOANNE WILLIAMS Organizations face the challenge of controlling the tendency of executives competing for resources t... DANIEL KAHNEMAN I don't get particularly friendly with new people at first go. Call that a strength or a failing... SANJAY DUTT I believe it's our loss of connection with our instinctual side that prevents us from being effectiv... CESAR MILLAN Little kids learn to walk by falling. They fall forward and eventually they start catching themselve... DEREK RYDALL Failing to plan is planning to fail. ALAN LAKEIN Failing to plan is planning to fail. ALLEN LAKEIN Failing to plan is planning to fail PROVERB The two biggest mistakes people make are failing to sign the income tax return or failing to indicat... LEN SCHOLL We are failing the poor. DUNCAN HINDLE The two men had a conversation. Brief, cryptic, to the point. As though they had exchanged numbers a... ARUNDHATI ROY Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing. L.M. MONTGOMERY Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing. L. M. MONTGOMERY Don't be afraid of being laughed at for failing. Fear being sixty-five years-old and never trying. TROY GATHERS The federal prescription drug plan was touted as a measure to help seniors and save the states money... ATTORNEY GENERAL GREG STUMBO All of us learned how to walk by failing. J.R. RIM The reason any conservative's failing is always major news is that it allows liberals to engage in t... ANN COULTER In our consumer culture, we always want the next best thing: the latest, the newest, the youngest. F... ESTHER PEREL Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or... J.K. ROWLING Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. JULIE ANDREWS Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. JULIE ANDREWS EDWARDS Our distributed support and security system was failing. CHUCK AUSTIN You have to enjoy that situation. You can't be afraid of failing. You have confidence if you've had ... DEREK JETER It is a youthful failing to be unable to control one's impulses. SENECA It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence. SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER) It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence. LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA If a severe pandemic materializes, all of society could pay a heavy price for decades of failing to ... IRWIN REDLENER The biggest blunder U.S. companies have made is failing to take into account the nature of local con... CHARLES SMULDERS The biggest blunder U.S. companies have made is failing to take into account the nature of local con... CHARLES SMULDERS It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ENGLISH PROVERB Failing to try is one of the greatest failure in life MASHUKUDU MALEFO I have found that a person is not a failure due to lack of opportunity, but because of failing to fo... THOMAS J. POWELL Failing in love is not sad, only failing to love is sad. Sad is the chance you miss when you don’t... STEPHANY-A. CROWLEY I'm cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me uncondition... DAVE CHAPPELLE I believe that Icarus was not failing as he fell, but just coming to the end of his triumph. JACK GILBERT This is the first time that we did not meet our Annual Yearly Progress for students across the board... CHARLES LYONS Why should rate deregulation be an exercise in self-defense for pay phone consumers and a futile one... JANEE BRIESEMEISTER By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Confidence comes from succeding once and failing many times! LULU MARES Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led. WARREN G. BENNIS Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to... FRANZ GRILLPARZER Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing. SALLY RIDE Our claim has always been that there was a policy of failing to discipline police officers that resu... ERIC SAFIRE Our party's committed to tackling failing schools and cutting crime. FRANCIS MAUDE Failing to indict a criminal sitting president sends the message that those in power are above the l... DASHANNE STOKES When trying to innovate, most people stop after 10-15 possibilities, failing to recognize that their... ADAM GRANT at least to wait until your failing health qualifies you for an enhanced annuity. DAVID CRAIG Failing my driving test first time; that was a disappointment on a geological scale. RICHARD HAMMOND I don't want to walk in the middle. I want people to read what I write and feel strongly about i... JAMES FREY If listeners aren't carried away to Heaven,I'm failing. LA MONTE YOUNG In failing circumstances no one can be relied on to keep their integrity. RALPH WALDO EMERSON Our overriding goal in restructuring our financial architecture should be that taxpayers never again... HENRY PAULSON
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