Young entrepreneurs, in general, feel they're too busy running their companies, which I think is a mistake. But once they're older, you… — Jeffrey Skoll Copy Share Image
What's agitating about solitude is the inner voice telling you that you should be mated to somebody, that solitude is a mistake.… — Charles Baxter Copy Share Image
You have to separate what needs to be done to avoid the fiscal cliff and what needs to be done longer range.… — Sander Levin Copy Share Image
To not follow the dharma, either intentionally or through lack of awareness, creates a very low level of attention. In this low… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Certainly people make mistakes in their life. I'm no different, I've made mistakes. When people mess up, we forgive them. When I… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
I don't apologize for anything. When I make a mistake, I take the blame and go on from there. I just despise… — Woody Hayes Copy Share Image
“And I'd learned, the hard way, that sometimes, even with the purest intentions, we make things worse when we do our best… — Gregory David Roberts Copy Share Image
My friEnd, nEveR bE aFraid of cOmmitiNg miStaKe. MistaKe iS nOt jUst a pArt of liFe, it iS eSsEntiAl to a fuLl… — ArlEne Copy Share Image
I was brought up with the sense that I was absolutely no different from my brothers. I went to college thinking I… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Michael Marcus taught me one other thing that is absolutely critical: You have to be willing to make mistakes regularly; there is… — Bruce Kovner Copy Share Image
I believe you make your own luck. My motto is ‘It’s always a mistake not to go.’ So I jump on the… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
A good player who loses at chess is genuinely convinced hat he has lost because of a mistake, and he looks for… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Pretty much from 1979 through 1988, the backbone of my career was the theater. Working on Broadway a couple of times, working… — Delroy Lindo Copy Share Image
Like most writers, I look back on all of my finished works with utter regret, and the trouble with writing a series… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
Our culture is obsessed with youth because we have lost the ancient knowledge that growth never stops. We are not transient, momentary… — Eben Alexander Copy Share Image
In the fall, you don't grieve because the leaves are falling and dying. You say, "Isn't it beautiful!" Well, we're the same… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
One of the advantages of moving quickly is if you do something wrong you can change it. What technologies tend to do… — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
When a shepherd goes to kill a wolf, and takes his dog to see the sport, he should take care to avoid… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
One of the most common mistakes people make in any conversation is to think about what they want to say next instead… — Max Weiss Copy Share Image
Not a lot of people like to do that - make a mistake and go in front of people, and say, 'I… — Manny Ramirez Copy Share Image
Leaders must be tough enough to fight, tender enough to cry, human enough to make mistakes, humble enough to admit them, strong… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
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I'm sorry,' he says simply. 'People make mistakes, Gemma. We take the wrong action for the right reasons, and the right action… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
It's fun to play defense. It's fun to watch the opponent sweat on offense, start complaining to the officials, and eventually be… — Maury John Copy Share Image
The important thing is to learn from mistakes - something graduates are adept at. Our graduate engineers are working on new technology… — James Dyson Copy Share Image
I want to speak directly to the audience, to say, 'I'm like you - I'm frustrated, I'm not an expert, I don't… — Bernie Mac Copy Share Image
Only now I'm learning to enjoy not being in charge of what the next stroke will do to the whole painting. I'm… — Fernando Araujo Perdomo Copy Share Image
You understand sleep when you are awake, not while you are sleeping. You can see mistakes in arithmetic when your mind is… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
They're expecting us to make mistakes, and they've set up a process that allows us to correct for that and do it… — Pete Docter Copy Share Image
My own husband was divorced when we met, but without kids. I don't know what I would have done if he'd had… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
All chess masters have on occasion played a magnificent game and then lost it by a stupid mistake, perhaps in time pressure… — Bent Larsen Copy Share Image
The five big mistakes in football are the fumble, the interception, the penalty, the badly called play, the blocked punt—and most of… — Woody Hayes Copy Share Image
It takes more discipline than you might imagine to think, even for thirty seconds, in the noisy, confusing, high-pressure atmosphere of a… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
It's difficult to get your creative juices flowing if you're always being practical, following rules, afraid to make mistakes, not looking into… — Roger von Oech Copy Share Image
As in any war, there have been dreadful mistakes and civilian casualties. The difference is when Israelis kill innocents they apologize; when… — J. D. Hayworth Copy Share Image
Don't kill yourself for what you called a mistake because somebody out there did the same thing and is still living a… — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
Learn from every mistake because every experience, encounter, and particularly your mistakes are there to teach you and force you into being… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I think one of the biggest mistakes you can make as a writer is to follow your initial [writing] plan too stringently.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Specialists can never practice their specialties too much. The danger is in not practicing enough. Make that mistake, and soon you may… — Johnny Unitas Copy Share Image
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