Logo
Quote by Greil Marcus
No failure in America, whether of love or money, is ever simple it

No failure in America, whether of love or money, is ever simple it is always a kind of betrayal, of a mass of shadowy, shared hopes. – Greil Marcus

Other quotes by Greil Marcus

Patriotism in America, as I understand it, is a matter of suffering, when the country fails to live up to its promises, or actively betrays them. – Greil Marcus

Category:
Patriotism
Author
Greil Marcus
Read Quote

It may be that the most interesting American struggle is the struggle to set oneself free from the limits one is born to, and then to learn something of the value of those limits. – Greil Marcus

Category:
Struggle
Author
Greil Marcus
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Failure
category

Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure. – Alvin Adams

Category:
Failure

Heaven knows that I have done all that a mortal could do, to save the people, and the failure was not my fault, but the fault of others. – Davy Crockett

Category:
Failure

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit. – Napoleon Hill

Category:
Failure

Our educational system is not preparing people for the 21st Century. Failure is an essential part of entrepreneurship. If you work hard, you can get an A pretty much guaranteed, but in entrepreneurship, thats not how it works. – Eric Ries

Category:
Failure

Random Quotes

In November, they transferred control of Abu Ghraib to the military intelligence command completely it was, after all, the center for interrogations for Iraq. – Janis Karpinski

Category:
Intelligence

I have grown up but that should be a positive thing. When you look at a photo album its lovely to remember being so young but its also good to know you grew up! – Jenny Agutter

Category:
positive

Macon has such a rich musical history – and the state of Georgia, as well. – Jason Aldean

Category:
History

And God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide hes no longer God… Theyll turn on him, and I hope he survives it. – John Lennon

Category:
God