154 Movie Quotes about Failure (+ Sound Clips) - page 13

Updated: Feb 20, 2026

Memorable quotes about failure, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

121 A confession of failure for every one of you who ends up in the stripy hole.

Malcolm McDowell as Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange

122 Oh, my God, power failure. It's getting very scary in here.

Adam Sandler as Happy Gilmore in Happy Gilmore

123 Three hundred and forty-seven days, gentlemen. Three hundred and forty-seven failures!

Natalie Portman as Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta

124 And if that fails, where then will you go?

Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

125 Forgive me. I did not see it. I have failed you all.

Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

126 I know. And all because I failed.

Alan Oppenheimer as Falkor, Gmork, Rockbiter, Narrator in The NeverEnding Story (1984)

127 I have failed you, Empress.

Alan Oppenheimer as Falkor, Gmork, Rockbiter, Narrator in The NeverEnding Story (1984)

128 You failed to stop at a red signal.

John Belushi as Joliet Jake Blues in The Blues Brothers (1980)

129 You're failures! Failures!

Richard Jenkins as Robert Doback in Step Brothers (2008)

130 Failure is not permitted here.

Jack Palance as Charlie Castle in The Big Knife (1955)