Mistake Quotes

5262 quotes by 3176 authors

It would be an egregious mistake to ever refer to me in the same breath as most of the people I write about. — Anthony Bourdain
A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it. — Christian Nestell Bovee
I have a memory, and I can just eliminate mistakes when they come up because I've already made them. — Tom Brady
Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good. — Bertolt Brecht
Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably. — Bertolt Brecht
The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making… — David Brin
As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes. — Mel Brooks
Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on. — Les Brown
There's a way of playing safe, there's a way of using tricks and there's the way I like to play which is dangerously where you're… — Dave Brubeck
Very little of what America does is actually bad, and I don't think it ever does anything anywhere that is intentionally bad. I mean, sometimes… — Bill Bryson
Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied. — Pearl S. Buck
I've made mistakes, and I know why I made them, but I made that choice. Nobody's ever made a choice for me. — Sandra Bullock
I haven't always acted or reacted in a way that made me proud, but I didn't make that same mistake twice, and I think that's… — Sandra Bullock
Make no mistake, most women are well aware that they've never had it so good; when they enter a spa or salon, it is purely… — Julie Burchill
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. — Edmund Burke
The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test. — George W. Bush
Of course, everybody makes mistakes, and we've all been young and stupid. But people need to have a sense of respect, particularly in this business,… — Sophia Bush
In 1980, Atari was bringing in around two billion dollars in revenue and Chuck E. Cheese's some five hundred million. I still didn't feel too… — Nolan Bushnell
From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right. — Samuel Butler
No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction. — Samuel Butler

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