“My dear Lascelles,” cried Drawlight, “what nonsense you talk! Upon my word, there is nothing in the world so easy to expain as failure — it is, after all, what every body does all the time.”
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke, Pg. 77Failure
There’s always a reason why something doesn’t work Finding that reason is the hard part.
Richard Wilmott, IBM TivoliFailure
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure — try to please everybody.
Herbert Bayard Swope