Mistake Quotes · Page 148

More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them

— Anonymous

The truth of the matter is, when you think about it, we all make mistakes.

— Judy Smith

It is almost always a mistake to mention Abraham Lincoln. He always steals the show.

— Kurt Vonnegut

With its record spending and deficits, the Obama administration has shown little interest in taking fiscal responsibility. That is a mistake.

— Cathy McMorris Rodgers

“Sometimes it’s the mistakes that turn out to be the best parts of life,”

— Carrie Ryan

I like Mr. Burns because he is pure evil. A lot of evil people make the mistake of diluting it. Never adulterate…

— Harry Shearer

In testing, you make a mistake, you just say 'OK we'll have another go' instead of it being the only chance you…

— Lando Norris

Take that money, watch it burn. Sing in the river, the lessons I've learned.

— Jade

Some have said that I can accept inadequacies in my players but not in umpires. That completely misses the point. I can't…

— Earl Weaver

“Conventional wisdom nor scientific, mathematical prove of randomness in life could do nothing to deter human's curiosity for the unknown, however small…

— Vann Chow

I respect and empathize with reporters and editors who must compete in today's environment. And I know full well that when I've…

— Dan Rather

The biggest mistake is an over-reliance on data. Managers will say if there are no data they can take no action. However,…

— Clayton Christensen

[My kids] were very young at the time and didn't realize what was going on. We told them that mom made a…

— Paula Broadwell

It is a very great mistake, common to counsel, and especially to young counsel, to consider that a decision of any court…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

I am a total coffee snob and bore. If anyone makes the mistake of offering me 'a coffee' they tend to regret…

— Rachel Johnson

And some of those people that voted Republican are now going to say, what a mistake I made because I didn't know…

— James P. Hoffa

Unfortunately, I made the mistake at one point of putting my address on the back of one of my albums, just to…

— Tom Waits

But at the same time, there must never be the least hesitation in giving up a position the moment it is shown…

— William Bayliss

These are the few ways we can practice humility: To speak as little as possible of one's self. To mind one's own…

— Mother Teresa

The very term ['mental disease'] is nonsensical, a semantic mistake. The two words cannot go together except metaphorically; you can no more…

— E. Fuller Torrey

“Healthy riskiness involves the realness of our humanity in design, nature and decision making liberties; may we extend grace to others and…

— Dr. Tracey Bond

We are really doing our very best. There are no doubt many mistakes and shortcomings. A lot of things are done none…

— Winston Churchill

So that's my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes.…

— Neil Gaiman

Do not make Mistakes about Character. That is the worst and yet easiest error. Better be cheated in the price than in…

— Baltasar Gracian

I've always had a problem with people who couldn't tell the truth or admit a mistake and say they're wrong.

— Burt Bacharach

Made a mistake when I let you go baby. I drive myself crazy. Wanting you the way that I do.

— Nsync

Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.

— Elbert Hubbard

A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it

— John Wooden

I run in Central Park as the sun comes up. Some may mistake it for walking, but I swear I am running.…

— Hoda Kotb

“If you ever mess with my daughter again, it will be the last mistake you make!”

— Paul Langan

The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it.

— Stephen Covey

Scars are but evidence of life and wounds we choose to allow the healing of. We may not make the same mistakes…

— Marcia Lynn McClure

My career was one mistake after another. I was working a lot, but nothing was building, it wan't going toward anything.

— Mariette Hartley

There are few people who will make mistakes with fire after having once been burned.

— Yamamoto Tsunetomo

I don't make the same mistake twice.I make it 5 or 6 times , just to make sure !!

— MLY AB

If the living are haunted by the dead, then the dead are haunted by their own mistakes.

— Chuck Palahniuk

It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but not for a serious-minded man to marry…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

This is a dangerous sport, and I cannot make one mistake, and one little thing can change everything.

— Merab Dvalishvili

“It was a dumb mistake, sleeping with her, and I learned from the experience. Still, I’d gladly make the same mistake tonight…

— Jarod Kintz

I left Gorbachev's office thinking that everything about him was outsized: his achievements, his mistakes, and, now, his vanity and bitterness.

— David Remnick