Now I'm a failed political consultant. But sometimes fiction has a way of capturing people's imagination in a way that non-fiction doesn't. Conservatives typically haven't written much fiction - specifically political thrillers - over the years to educate inspire and mobilize people on issues of great import but we ought to.

My imagination my ability to understand the way love and people grow over time how passion can surprise and renew utterly failed me.

I failed to fulfill what should have been an interesting role. I couldn't take their formula and bring what I had my humor my ideas and make it my own.

Everyone who feels stuck in the Obama economy is right to focus on the here and now. And I hope you understand this too if you're feeling left out or passed by: You have not failed your leaders have failed you.

The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history and he failed to build a true international coalition.

I've often thought if I didn't make my marriage work I would have failed at my one true shot at happiness.

It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness poverty and wealth have both failed.

Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life.

It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness poverty and wealth have both failed.

Working hard is great being lazy sometimes is great but failed potential is the worst.