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"There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see."

"I have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure."

"Is the proposed operation likely to succeed? What might the consequences of failure? Is it in the realm of practicability in terms of material and supplies?"

"I never see failure as failure, but only as the game I must play and win."

"Admire the efforts of a failure like you admire the beauty of a sunset."

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

"Don't you see? You and he might never cross paths again. Of course, a chance meeting could occur, and I hope it happens. I really do, for your sake. But realistically speaking, you have to see there's a huge possibility you'll never be able to meet him again. And even if you do meet, he might already be married to somebody else. He might have two kids. Isn't that so? And in that case, you may have to live the rest of your life alone, never being joined with the one person you love in all the world. Don't you find that scary?"

"If there exists no possibility of failure, then victory is meaningless."

"There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house."
Explore more quotes by Fred Allen

"We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion."

"A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary."

"Television is a device that permits people who haven't anything to do to watch people who can't do anything."

"I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back."

"I always have trouble remembering three things: faces, names, and - I can't remember what the third thing is."

"I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars."
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