Blunders Quotes

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Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders? — Friedrich Nietzsche
Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of… — Carl Sandburg
One of the best parts of Thanksgiving for me is re-watching some of the classic holiday blunders that have been depicted on television. I remember… — Marlo Thomas
The capacity to blunder slightly is the real marvel of DNA. Without this special attribute, we would still be anaerobic bacteria and there would be… — Lewis Thomas
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Laughter isn't even the other side of tears. It is tears turned inside out. Truly the suffering is great, here on earth. We blunder along,… — Alice Walker
A good piece of fiction, in my view, does not offer solutions. Good stories deal with our moral struggles, our uncertainties, our dreams, our blunders,… — Tim O'Brien
Destroying Iraq was the greatest strategic blunder this country has made in its history. Unless we change course, there's every reason to believe the Iraq… — Robert Baer
No destiny attacks us from outside. But, within him, man bears his fate and there comes a moment when he knows himself vulnerable; and then,… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in being incapable of concealing it. All men make mistakes, but the wise conceal the blunders they have… — Baltasar Gracian
It was like making a blunder at a party; there was nothing to do about it, it was dreadfully mortifying, but it showed a lack… — W. Somerset Maugham
Christ, how did you ever get this screwed up! his mind demanded of him. He knew the answer, but even that was not a full… — Tom Clancy
Whenever you make a mistake or get knocked down by life, don't look back at it too long. Mistakes are life's way of teaching you.… — Og Mandino
Fool!" cried the hunchback. "You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is 'Never get involved in a land war in… — William Goldman
O, wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish… — Robert Burns
Did the priest you mentioned tell you about them? Or did he send you out to blunder along on your own?They're an odd lot. Half… — Hilari Bell
If only,â€™ Shiroyama dreams, â€˜human beings were not masks behind masks behind masks. If only this world was a clean board of lines and intersections.… — David Mitchell
Some people appear to be happy, but they simply don't give the matter much thought. Others make plans: I'm going to have a husband, a… — Paulo Coelho
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. He is rich who owns the day, and no one… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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