A Quote by Iris Murdoch

It is not enough that I succeed, everyone else must fail.

Iris Murdoch

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Else Enough Everyone Everyone Else Fail Must Succeed

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Iris Murdoch
Irish - Novelist
July 15, 1919 - February 8, 1999

In show business the saying seems too often true: it isn't enough to succeed; someone else must fail.

Gene Tierney

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

Gore Vidal

It's not that I succeed, it's that everyone else has to fail, horribly, preferably in front of their parents.

Attila the Hun

It is not enough that we should succeed, but our friends must fail as well.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

One nation banking recognises that banks must not be isolated from the rest of the economy. Because banks and small businesses must succeed or fail together, banks must lend to small businesses so we can get the growth and jobs we need for the future. As things stand, that is not happening enough. Lending was down £10.8billion last year.

Ed Miliband

In order to succeed, you have to fail, no? You ride a bicycle, you fail; you try a few times, you succeed.

Jacques Torres

But you're almost eighteen. You're old enough. Everyone else is doing it. And next year someone is going to say to someone else 'but you're only sixteen, everyone else is doing it' Or one day someone will tell your daughter that she's only thirteen and everyone else is doing it. I don't want to do it because everyone else is doing it.

Melina Marchetta

There must be free and open interdepartmental discussion and consideration of everyone's ideas and opinions. These internal discussions must not be considered an invasion of turf, and must remain private... When everyone is on the same page, trust develops, and teams can grow and succeed together.

Jerry Reinsdorf

What can it matter to me, that I succeed or fail ? The undertaking is none of mine, if they want me to succeed I'll fail, and vice versa, so as not to be rid of my tormentors.

Samuel Beckett

If you run a website that doesn't have something that's terrible on it, you are not trying hard enough. You have to fail, fail, fail. You have to fail and fail miserably many times.

Erik Wemple

You must be as joyful when you fail again and again as you are joyful when you succeed. It is often when you fail that you move toward the goal without being aware of it. You must feel joy even when you have not fully succeeded but only moved toward achievement of your goal.