154 Movie Quotes about Failure (+ Sound Clips) - page 14

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.

131 Each abysmal failure makes a point.

Dick Van Dyke as Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

132 Alexander Graham knew failure well. He took a lot of knocks to ring that bell.

Dick Van Dyke as Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

133 But we failed three times now. And all good men.

Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan as Tse Pei-Pei in 18 Jade Arhats (1978)

134 There's no room for failure.

Ying Bai as Po Ho Nin in The 72 Desperate Rebels (1978)

135 You are worthress, Arec Barrwin. You are worthress, Arec Barrwin. You failed in every way and now my stock in you has farren

Kim Jong Il From Team America in Team America: World Police

136 Now I must return home a failure.

Trey Parker as Gary Johnston in Team America: World Police

137 Failure on your part to live up to these very reasonable expectations will result in swift resumption of a non-sex situation. Right?

Ewan McGregor as Mark Renton in Trainspotting (1996)

138 They won't fail. I've seen what they can do. They won't.

George Peppard as Col. John Hannibal Smith in The A-Team

139 Inspector, your methods are unconventional, to say the least. Oh, you get results. But often your successes are more costly to the city and this department in terms of publicity and physical destruction than most other mens' failures.

Clint Eastwood as Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan in Sudden Impact (1983)

140 That cannot be your only reason for going. Or you will fail.

Christopher Lambert as Raiden in Mortal Kombat (1995)