History Quotes / FailureIsTheOnlyOption

->''"Mulder gives Scully a gentle kiss when they are re-united....Duchovny plays these scenes really well because there is some kind of emotional truth to them. Compare to his reaction to being reunited with his sister ([[YankTheDogsChain again]]) and even the actor can't quite bring himself to invest in the idea because it has been proven false over and over. When he is asked to almost break down before her, it smacks of an actor trying to overcome [[DullSurprise his natural prejudice]] to the material."''

-->-- "Bound to Fail" by '''Music/{{Accept}}'''

-->-- "Wheels of Confusion" by '''Music/BlackSabbath'''

->''"Another failure, Shredder? You have an [[BackhandedCompliment almost perfect record!]]"''
-->-- '''Krang''', ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''

->''You can't stop it. You never do. You always fail. It's your lot.''
-->--'''Van Allen''', ''Series/TheXFiles'' ("Hellbound")

->''"In any race for hidden treasure, it’s always the protagonists who sweat and bleed and die to overcome the many challenges inherent in finding it--[[MacGuffinDeliveryService only for the antagonists to seize it from them at the last minute]]."''

-->-- '''Edd''', ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', "Don't Rain on My Ed"

->''"The whole ''universe'' is playing a little comic joke! "We'll give Brain an obsession with [[TakeOverTheWorld taking over the world]], and then ''never let him succeed!""''''

-->-- '''Homer Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Burns' Heir"

-->--'''Doctor Strange''', [[spoiler:justifying his decision to give Thanos the Time Stone just before succumbing to [[BadassFingersnap the Decimation]]]], ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''

-->-- '''{{Website/SFDebris}}''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS1E6EyeOfTheNeedle Eye of the Needle]]"

-->-- '''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/the-x-files-season-five.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/TheXFiles'', "Redux II"

-->--'''Vucodlak''', commenting on [[https://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2020/12/02/epistemic-nihilism/ "Epistemic Nihilism"]], Website/{{Patheos}}

->''"You can't have happy endings in sitcoms, not really, because, if everyone's happy, the show would be over, and above all else, the show... has to keep going. There's '''always''' more show."''
-->-- '''[[Characters/BojackHorsemanBojackHorseman [=BoJack=] Horseman]]''', "[[Recap/BojackHorsemanS5E06FreeChurro Free Churro]]"

->''"You can't have happy endings in sitcoms, not really, because, if everyone's happy, the show would be over, and above all else, the show... has to keep going. There's '''always''' more show."''
-->-- '''[[Characters/BojackHorsemanBojackHorseman [=BoJack=] Horseman]]''', "[[Recap/BojackHorsemanS5E06FreeChurro Free Churro]]"

->''"In any race for hidden treasure, it is always the protagonists who sweat and bleed and die to overcome the many challenges inherent in finding it--[[MacGuffinDeliveryService only for the antagonists to seize it from them at the last minute]]."''

-->-- '''Church''', describing Tex, ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''

-->--'''Chris Sims''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/funkywatch-septembers-most-depressing-funky-winkerbean-and/ on]] ''ComicStrip/FunkyWinkerbean''

-->-- '''{{Website/SFDebris}}''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Eye Of The Needle"

->''"Mulder gives Scully a gentle kiss when they are re-united....Duchovny plays these scenes really well because there is some kind of emotional truth to them. Compare to his reaction to being reunited with his sister ([[YankTheDogsChain again]]) and even the actor can’t quite bring himself to invest in the idea because it has been proven false over and over. When he is asked to almost break down before her, it smacks of an actor trying to overcome [[DullSurprise his natural prejudice]] to the material."''
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/the-x-files-season-five.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/TheXFiles'', "Redux II"

-->--'''Doctor Strange''', [[spoiler:justifying his decision to give Thanos the Time Stone just before succumbing to [[BadassFingersnap the Decimation]]]], ''Film /AvengersInfinityWar''

But you know, there's never been a winner.\\
Try your hardest, just to be a loser.\\

->''Failure is always an option'

-->-- '''Edd''', ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNWEddy'', "Don't Rain on My Ed"

->''"In any race for hidden treasure, it is always the protagonists who sweat and bleed and die to overcome the many challenges inherent in finding it--only for the antagonists to seize it from them at the last minute."''

->''"Mulder gives Scully a gentle kiss when they are re-united....Duchovny plays these scenes really well because there is some kind of emotional truth to them. Compare to his reaction to being reunited with his sister ([[YankTheDogsChain again]]) and even the actor can’t quite bring himself to invest in the idea because it has been proven false over and over. When he is asked to almost break down before her, it smacks of an actor trying to overcome [[CreatorBacklash his natural prejudice]] to the material."''