Content tagged failure

Blog Entries

“2. No outside force can harm the coyote—only his own ineptitude or the running failure of the Acme products.” gulfstream/2411

Dr Ivo Pitanguy, one of the world’s best plastic surgeons, thinks plastic surgery is a democratic right: “Plastic surgery can be important … gulfstream/880

Extracts from jwz’s diary leading up to the Netscape 0.9 release. Kurt Andersen on why Netscape matters: “Paradox No. 2: Christopher Columbus … gulfstream/1578

Michael Ignatieff on his failure of judgement over Iraq, and what he’s learnt and the difference between being a political philosopher (as he was once) … gulfstream/2316

Quotes Collected

Paradox No. 2: Christopher Columbus Was a Failure. His business model did not pan out: no western route to Asia, hardly any gold, abandonment by his investors, … quotes/236

You show me a kid who's not sneaking into R-rated movies and I'll show you a failure in the making. The future C.E.O.'s of America are all sneaking into … quotes/186

Mercedes's obvious success at camp pointed to Coco's failure to care well for Mercedes herself. Mercedes seemed to intuit this and began to revise her … random-family/3