Categories Elizabethtown A failure is simply the non-presence of success. Post author By quotegeek Post date May 16, 2012 No Comments on A failure is simply the non-presence of success. Drew Baylor: A failure is simply the non-presence of success. Tags failure → I’m a Sagittarius, which probably tells you way more than you need to know. Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment.