Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success.

Quote by Jim Backus

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Nothing fails like success.

Nothing fails like success.

A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn't even...

A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn't even...

Most people fail at whatever they attempt because of an undecided heart. Should I? Should...

Most people fail at whatever they attempt because of an undecided heart. Should I? Should...

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Many of us are afraid to follow our passions, to pursue what we want most...

Many of us are afraid to follow our passions, to pursue what we want most...

Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science...

Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science...

The only time you don't fail is the last time you try anything -- and...

The only time you don't fail is the last time you try anything -- and...

It is healthful and invigorating to fall many times through life, if you get up...

It is healthful and invigorating to fall many times through life, if you get up...

If a man has talent and can't use it, he's failed. If he uses only...

If a man has talent and can't use it, he's failed. If he uses only...

An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his...

An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his...

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss...

Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss...

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap is...

Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap is...

In my opinion, the greatest single failure of American education is that students come away...

In my opinion, the greatest single failure of American education is that students come away...

When success turns a man's head he faces failure

When success turns a man's head he faces failure

We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We...

We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We...

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness.

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness.

When you subsidise poverty and failure, you get more of both

When you subsidise poverty and failure, you get more of both

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.