I Want to be a Failure?

Barbara Nixon — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:59:54 +0000

Over the past year, one of the most popular search terms that leads people to this blog is “fail.” And as a educator, I guess I do think and discuss failure in its many forms quite often.

But this morning, my Twitter friend Kneale Mann shared a link to a short video called Famous Failures. When I grow up, I hope that I have been a failure like one of the people in this video. As the narrator says at the end, “if you’ve never failed, you’ve never lived.”

What are some of the “failures” in your life that have inspired you to move forward?

Less-Than-Flattering Quotations on Public Relations

Barbara Nixon — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:25:28 +0000

“Public-relations specialists make flower arrangements of the facts, placing them so that the wilted and less attractive petals are hidden by sturdy blooms”
- Alan Harrington

“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.”
- Daniel J. Boorstin

“All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.”
- Harry S Truman

“For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.”
- Richard Feynman

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I Want to be a Failure?

Less-Than-Flattering Quotations on Public Relations