It was a mistake. I was wrong, but I discovered this many years later. I was acting on the basis of this… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali Copy Share Image
I think the biggest misconception is that everybody has to learn mathematics. That seems to be a complete mistake. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
“Her biggest secret was standing right there before her. She just hoped he wasn’t also her biggest mistake.” — Katharine McGee Copy Share Image
Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I'll show you somebody who has never achieved much. — Joan Collins Copy Share Image
Make no mistake about the intention of these secularists: It is to discredit the voice of Christians so that America will tolerate… — Erwin W. Lutzer Copy Share Image
The idea of right and wrong, being righteous, acknowledging when you make a mistake, repentance - all these important things I got… — Jon Voight Copy Share Image
I really cannot know whether I am or am not the Genius you are pleased to call me, but I am very… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
A sadder but wiser man is a thousand times more agreeable to meet than the feller that never makes a mistake. — Kin Hubbard Copy Share Image
I am somebody who... - I'm not saying I'm perfect, but I need that freedom, that ability to make mistakes out there.… — Tiffeny Milbrett Copy Share Image
Facts do not convey truth. That's a mistake. Facts create norms, but truth creates illumination. — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
A mistake in drawing becomes difficult to detect when the eye is familiar with it. — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
I would prefer a thousand mistakes in extravagance of love to any paralysis in wariness of fear. — Gerald May Copy Share Image
Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans. — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
Enormous problems arise when human mistakes are made on the grand scale available to a superhero... Heroes are painful, superheroes are a… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
How many people are completely successful in every department of life? Not one. The most successful people are the ones who learn… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
We cannot blame the schools alone for the dismal decline in SAT verbal scores. When our kids come home from school do… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
We can only learn from mistakes, by identifying them, determining their source, and correcting them... people learn more from their own mistakes… — Russell L. Ackoff Copy Share Image
Love is a matter of give and take -- marriage, a matter of misgive and mistake. — Helen Rowland Copy Share Image
We should not lay all past mistakes on Chairman Mao. So we must be very objective in assessing him. His contributions were… — Deng Xiaoping Copy Share Image
I don't think they should trust anything that happens in 'Fargo' at all, and I'm sure 'Fargo' fans know not to make… — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
The problem is that we are living now with the consequences of the others people mistake. It would be nice to make… — Raj Patel Copy Share Image
I learned that everyone makes mistakes and has weaknesses and that one of the most important things that differentiates people is their… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
The turnpike road to people's hearts, I find, Lies through their mouths or I mistake mankind. — John Wolcot Copy Share Image
“I believe in recovery, and as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make… — Ann Richards Copy Share Image
You look at a Pete Rose to be the terrific athlete he is and then he falls on hard times, but when… — Walter Payton Copy Share Image
I think the best war photos I have taken have always been made when a battle was actually taking place - when… — Horst Faas Copy Share Image
Bernie Sanders is making a big and potentially dangerous mistake with his continuing insistence on changes to the Democratic Party's rules and… — William M. Daley Copy Share Image
I went camping and borrowed a circus tent by mistake. I didn't notice until I got it set up. People complained because… — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
Recognize that there will be failures, and acknowledge that there will be obstacles. But you will learn from your mistakes and the… — Michael Dell Copy Share Image
The person who is incapable of making a mistake, is incapable of anything. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I cannot speak so confidently about the fighting qualities of the Eastern men, or what are called Yankees - not knowing myself… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I don't want to make the same mistake twice. I don't want to tell myself it's over when it's not. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Don't let the company get distracted or excited about other things. A common mistake is that companies get excited by their own… — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
What looks like multitasking is really switching back and forth between multiple tasks, which reduces productivity and increases mistakes by up to… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
I have said the invasion of Iraq was a mistake. But I think if we're ever going to really tackle the problems… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I have a confession to make. Yesterday, I was responsible for the deaths of millions of Britons. What happened is that MI5… — Mark Lawson Copy Share Image
