Mistake Quotes

5262 quotes by 3371 authors

Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake it for a… — Hannah Arendt
Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything. — Billie Joe Armstrong
Banks are so protected from liability they would have to really do something that was their mistake in order for them to be liable for… — Frank Abagnale
The worst mistake a boss can make is not to say 'well done'. — John Ashcroft
A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov
The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be… — Fred Astaire
Please don't make the mistake of thinking that 'Oryx and Crake' is anti-science. Science is a way of knowing, and a tool. Like all ways… — Margaret Atwood
Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being… — Kevyn Aucoin
Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing. — Kevyn Aucoin
When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a drawing room full of… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society. — Alfred Austin
There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn;… — Richard Bach
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes. — Douglas Adams
If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner. — Tallulah Bankhead
Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships. — Ansel Adams
How I Love Lucy was born? We decided that instead of divorce lawyers profiting from our mistakes, we'd profit from them. — Lucille Ball
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. — Douglas Adams
The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious. — Lester Bangs
That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the… — Amelia Barr
Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. — Bernard Baruch

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