Failure Quote by Alan Greenspan

That was probably the mistake of my generation, that we thought that having sex with anyone would be intimate and it wasn't.

— Erica Jong

It was probably a mistake to allow gold to rise so high.

— Paul Volcker

I probably made a mistake at Florida trying to change schematically from what they had done before. As a result, we ended up not…

— Will Muschamp

You will remember some of what you hear; much of what you read; more of what you see, and almost all of what you…

— Keith L. Moore

When we can say no not only to things that are wrong and sinful, but also to things pleasant, profitable, and good which would…

— Charles Warren Stoddard

“Out of this sorrowful experience I understand more fully all human strivings, thwarted ambitions, and the infinite capacity of hope.”

— Helen Keller

We live life looking forward and only understand it fully looking backward.

— Anonymous

“But now I understand something more fully that I once only understood abstractly. I see how utterly ridiculous it is to think that the…

— Jeffrey Tucker

Believers are right when they say that to understand a religion properly you need to get under its skin. But to understand it fully,…

— Julian Baggini

I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interests of organisations, specifically banks and others, were such that they were best capable of protecting…

— Alan Greenspan

My impression is that the people who say most understand least.

— Sylvia Thompson

“They say it is hard to raise children. They say I would understand it when I have children of my own. They say I…

— Marcella Purnama