What had I expected of the first child? Everything. Rocket scientist. Neurosurgeon. Designated hitter. We talked wisely at cocktail parties about the… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Sometimes mistakes are the best thing that can happen, because they might lift you...out of your complacency, and open your mind up… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
Honesty is largely a matter of information, of knowing that dishonesty is a mistake. Principle is not as powerful in keeping people… — E. W. Howe Copy Share Image
Now make no mistake, I think we need a strong dose of fiscal conservatism in Washington, D.C. — Kristi Noem Copy Share Image
There is something to be said for every error; but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Everybody told me I was making a mistake by going into this business, but I know how to grow hair as well… — Madam C. J. Walker Copy Share Image
But clever people all make one mistake. They all think everyone else is stupid. And everyone isn't stupid. They just take a… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
It is almost always a mistake to mention Abraham Lincoln. He always steals the show. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Forgiving ourselves for all the woulda-shoulda-couldas in life, and sometimes forgiving others for actions that we feel undercut or undermine our good,… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Our first album was a stupid mistake by the record company. They tried to sell us as an alternative act. A big… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
Is a diamond less valuable because it is covered with mud? God sees the changeless beauty of our souls. He knows we… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Mistakes are the necessary steps in the learning process; once they have served their purpose, they should be forgotten and not repeated. — Vince Lombardi Copy Share Image
As a rule, anyone who can tell a good story can write one, so there really need be no mistake about his… — James Payn Copy Share Image
My cousin Roger once told me, on the eve of his third wedding, that he felt marriage was addictive. Then he corrected… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
The number of 'unneccessary' errors that have been committed on move 41 are legion. — Edmar Mednis Copy Share Image
Like Nietzsche, I believe that without music, life would be a mistake. Nothing but silence says it better. — Linda Ellerbee Copy Share Image
When you campaign and have to participate in so many debates just to the win the nomination of your party, you've had… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
The really important thing in life is not the avoidance of mistakes, but the obedience of faith. By obedience, the man is… — Paul Tournier Copy Share Image
I favor a form of cosmopolitanism that takes nations very seriously, particularly because of the role of national law in sustaining or,… — Kwame Anthony Appiah Copy Share Image
There was a patient look on the old man's face, as if the world were a great mistake and he had nobody… — Sarah Orne Jewett Copy Share Image
The world is bigger than all the parts. That's the important thing, and one thing can throw everything off kilter. And you… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Native speakers of a language know intuitively whether a sentence is grammatical or not. They usually cannot specify exactly what is wrong,… — Peter Farb Copy Share Image
A big mistake a lot of filmmakers do is they like, "We cut our whole ending to a Rolling Stones song." You… — Rob Zombie Copy Share Image
I think the first thing is to recognize a mistake that Obama made. And others have made in thinking that you can… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
And so on, until you arrive at the other side, among the purely abstract self-harming: the grinding over your failures, the refusal… — Alexander Masters Copy Share Image
The easiest way to avoid wrong notes is to never open your mouth and sing. What a mistake that would be. — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
Failure is an opportunity. If you blame someone else, there is no end to the blame. Therefore the Master fulfills her own… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I would prefer that, rather than sitting down and giving someone advice, I would way rather write a song about what I… — Anthony Green Copy Share Image
I've got an accountant who's been with me forty years. If he makes a mistake, he dies. — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
If a girl understands your BS, sticks with you through your mistakes, smiles even when you've done nothing for her, it's obvious… — Lil Wayne Copy Share Image
If I ran a school, I'd give the average grade to the ones who gave me all the right answers, for being… — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
There cannot be a greater mistake than that of looking superciliously upon practical applications of science. The life and soul of science… — Lord Kelvin Copy Share Image
“February 13, 1936 I ask of people more than they can give me. It is useless to maintain the contrary. But what… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The great mistake these people make is that they go to looking after the spiritual welfare of the Indians before securing their… — George Crook Copy Share Image
Go make your mistakes in the first team. You'll learn more in a month in the first team than you will in… — Alex Ferguson Copy Share Image
We're all entitled to make mistakes. I'm not one of these guys where if you make a mistake, I'm gonna try to… — Dana White Copy Share Image
Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
