Common Mistake Quotes
27 quotes by 26 authors
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A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
— Douglas Adams
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A common mistake among those who work in sport is spending a disproportional amount of time on "x's and o's" as compared to time spent…
— Mike Krzyzewski
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It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the…
— Thucydides
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Most persons are so absorbed in the contemplation of the outside world that they are wholly oblivious to what is passing on within themselves. The…
— Nikola Tesla
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Most aspiring screenwriters simply don't spend enough time choosing their concept. It's by far the most common mistake I see in spec scripts. The writer…
— Terry Rossio
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The most common mistake students of literature make is to go straight for what the poem or novel says, setting aside the way that it…
— Terry Eagleton
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If you get invited to your first orgy, don't just show up nude. That's a common mistake. You have to let nudity 'happen.'
— Jack Handey
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When you first start wearing a turban, probably the most common mistake is wrapping it too tight. You have to allow the head to breathe.
— Jack Handey
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One common mistake is to think that one reality is the reality. You must always be prepared to leave one reality for a greater one.
— Mother Meera
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The most common mistake we make as teachers is attempting to tell our students too much.
— Robert H. Frank
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The most common mistake you'll make is forgetting to keep your own scorecard. Very little at work reinforces your ability to do this, so you…
— Charlotte Beers
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Many people I've met believe that plants are made up of soil-that the tree outside your house, for example, is mostly made from the soil…
— Thom Hartmann
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It is a common mistake these days to politicize anything and everything, including music.
— Tony Snow
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Much is missed if we have eyes only for the bright colors. Nature should be viewed without distinction... She makes no choice herself; everything that…
— Eliot Porter
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It is a common mistake to think of failure as the enemy of success. Failure is a teacher-a harsh one, but the best. Pull your…
— Thomas J. Watson
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A common mistake we make is that we look for God in places where we ourselves wish to find him, yet even in the physical…
— Criss Jami
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One of the things I discover a lot in marriage counseling is the husband or wife trying to get their spiritual thirst quenched by their…
— Max Lucado
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It's a common mistake for vacationing Americans to assume that everyone around them is French and therefore speaks no English whatsoever. [...] An experienced traveler…
— David Sedaris
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Misperceiving that there is one correct choice is a common mistake. Coming to understand that there are usually a few good choices--and then there's the…
— Katie Couric
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The two commonest mistakes in judgement ... are, the confounding of shyness with arrogance - a very common mistake indeed - and the not understanding…
— Charles Dickens
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