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Mistake Quotes

"Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior."

"Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior."

William Collins, English Poet

Mistake, Fault, Mistrust

41

"Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything."

"Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything."

Billie Joe Armstrong, American Musician

Mistake, Mistakes

40

"I really don't think anything I do is a mistake. It could be if I didn't learn from it."

"I really don't think anything I do is a mistake. It could be if I didn't learn from it."

Fiona Apple, American Musician

40

"A mistake is to commit a misunderstanding."

"A mistake is to commit a misunderstanding."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

40

"There's no sort o' mistake in little Bullet. He can pick up miles on his feet, and fling 'em behind him as fast as the next man's hoss, I don't care where he comes from. And he can keep at it as long as the sun can shine without resting."

"There's no sort o' mistake in little Bullet. He can pick up miles on his feet, and fling 'em behind him as fast as the next man's hoss, I don't care where he comes from. And he can keep at it as long as the sun can shine without resting."

Augustus Longstreet, American Lawyer

Mistake, Care, Feet, Man

40

"We don't suggest that because San Francisco lies on top of an earthquake fault that it should be moved."

"We don't suggest that because San Francisco lies on top of an earthquake fault that it should be moved."

John Breaux, American Politician

Mistake, Fault, Lies

40

"I've learned you can make a mistake and the whole world doesn't end. I had to learn to allow myself to make a mistake without becoming defensive and unforgiving."

"I've learned you can make a mistake and the whole world doesn't end. I had to learn to allow myself to make a mistake without becoming defensive and unforgiving."

Lisa Kudrow, American Actress

Mistake, End, World

40

"If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it. If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim."

"If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it. If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim."

Richard Bach, American Novelist

Mistake, Fault, Responsibility

40

"Also, I plan to screw something up on every movie I do so that I can learn from my mistakes and become a better director with each project."

"Also, I plan to screw something up on every movie I do so that I can learn from my mistakes and become a better director with each project."

Richard King, American Director

Mistake, Mistakes, Project

40

"Sasha gets a raw deal from the press. She makes one mistake in her program and people rip her for not pulling it off when it counts. But she never falls apart. She never just completely folds and misses everything. Usually it's just one mistake."

"Sasha gets a raw deal from the press. She makes one mistake in her program and people rip her for not pulling it off when it counts. But she never falls apart. She never just completely folds and misses everything. Usually it's just one mistake."

Brian Boitano, American Athlete

Mistake, People, Press

40

"I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess."

"I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess."

Angelina Jolie, American Actress

40

"They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again."

"They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again."

Casey Stengel, American Athlete

Mistake, Being, Youth

40

"It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task."

"It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task."

Donald Rumsfeld, American Politician

Mistake, Mistakes

40

"Faultless to a fault."

"Faultless to a fault."

Robert Browning, English Poet

40

"I hope it will be set in California. In a way, I made a mistake, because a New Jersey policeman can't operate that way in New York. But in California, he can move between different counties."

"I hope it will be set in California. In a way, I made a mistake, because a New Jersey policeman can't operate that way in New York. But in California, he can move between different counties."

Patricia Highsmith, American Novelist

Mistake, Hope, Will

40

"I was shaped by my mistakes."

"I was shaped by my mistakes."

Janice Dickinson, American Model

Mistake, Mistakes

40

"If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others."

"If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Mistake, Faults, Pleasure

40

"I made a big mistake, and I didn't use it to make my life better. I used it to be okay with a life less lived. I used it to be okay with mediocrity and the mundane. And I didn't make myself any better because of it.And that's not okay with me."

"I made a big mistake, and I didn't use it to make my life better. I used it to be okay with a life less lived. I used it to be okay with mediocrity and the mundane. And I didn't make myself any better because of it.And that's not okay with me."

Dan Pearce, American Author

Mistake, Regret, Responsibility, Awakening, Growth

40

"The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office."

"The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office."

Dean Acheson, American Statesman

Mistake, Office

39

"There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake."

"There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake."

Robert Fripp, English Musician

Mistake, Failure, Mistakes

39

"You sit there waiting for the RED LIGHT to go on. You could be sitting there for five minutes, waiting, while the producer talks to the engineer. Then the light goes on you know that you mustn't make a mistake for at least 4 minutes."

"You sit there waiting for the RED LIGHT to go on. You could be sitting there for five minutes, waiting, while the producer talks to the engineer. Then the light goes on you know that you mustn't make a mistake for at least 4 minutes."

Jim Sullivan, English Musician

Mistake, Light, Waiting

39

"When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played."

"When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played."

Willie Stargell, American Athlete

39

"Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing."

"Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing."

Kevyn Aucoin, American Artist

Mistake, Mistakes, Nothing, Perfection

39

"A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying."

"A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying."

B. F. Skinner, American Psychologist

Mistake, Failure, Circumstances, May

39

"Not admitting a mistake is a bigger mistake."

"Not admitting a mistake is a bigger mistake."

Robert Half, American Businessman

39

"And that's the mistake that was made with Steel Pier. Roger was caught between a rock and hard place. It would have cost a couple of million dollars more to take it to Boston or someplace first. So we opened about a month too early."

"And that's the mistake that was made with Steel Pier. Roger was caught between a rock and hard place. It would have cost a couple of million dollars more to take it to Boston or someplace first. So we opened about a month too early."

Gregory Harrison, American Actor

Mistake, Boston, First

39

"Sometimes I think I'm real predictable to myself and other times... you always wonder, Is this really what I wanted to do? Did I make a mistake? Should I be doing something else?"

"Sometimes I think I'm real predictable to myself and other times... you always wonder, Is this really what I wanted to do? Did I make a mistake? Should I be doing something else?"

Tom Berenger, American Actor

Mistake, Wonder

39

"I never, ever want to apologize for a film. If it's bad I'll say it's my fault. And that's what I can say so far in all the films that I've done, that if you don't like it, it's entirely my fault."

"I never, ever want to apologize for a film. If it's bad I'll say it's my fault. And that's what I can say so far in all the films that I've done, that if you don't like it, it's entirely my fault."

Ken Burns, American Director

Mistake, Fault, Film, Want

39

"And as a true athlete, mistakes haunt you forever."

"And as a true athlete, mistakes haunt you forever."

Jim Otto, American Athlete

Mistake, Mistakes

39

"It is a mistake to think that we can control the breeding of mankind in the long run by an appeal to conscience."

"It is a mistake to think that we can control the breeding of mankind in the long run by an appeal to conscience."

Garrett Hardin, American Environmentalist

Mistake, Control, Breeding, Conscience

39

"It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something."

"It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something."

Ornette Coleman, American Musician

Mistake, Mistakes

39

"I had come to regard the U.S. Senate's rejection of the League of Nations as a tragic mistake."

"I had come to regard the U.S. Senate's rejection of the League of Nations as a tragic mistake."

Elliot Richardson, American Lawyer

Mistake, Nations, Rejection, Senate

39

"The choice is between which mistake is easier to correct: underdoing it or overdoing it."

"The choice is between which mistake is easier to correct: underdoing it or overdoing it."

Timothy Geithner, American Public Servant

Mistake, Choice

38

"Learn from your mistakes and build on your successes."

"Learn from your mistakes and build on your successes."

John C. Calhoun, American Statesman

Mistake, Mistakes

38

"I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no faults. To me, the most important thing is to be truthful."

"I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no faults. To me, the most important thing is to be truthful."

Spike Lee, American Director

Mistake, Faults, Film

38

"But I made one mistake which I would never repeat as a member of Congress when I was in Washington, and that was when I was elected I didn't go on trips because I was so afraid of having someone accuse me of taking junkets."

"But I made one mistake which I would never repeat as a member of Congress when I was in Washington, and that was when I was elected I didn't go on trips because I was so afraid of having someone accuse me of taking junkets."

Geraldine Ferraro, American Politician

Mistake, Congress, Washington

38

"You just went right in and just recorded songs and listened them, and if there were any mistakes, then we would correct them and just went on... one take or two take."

"You just went right in and just recorded songs and listened them, and if there were any mistakes, then we would correct them and just went on... one take or two take."

Dennis Brown, American Musician

Mistake, Mistakes, Right, Songs

38

"Every decision you make is a mistake."

"Every decision you make is a mistake."

Edward Dahlberg, American Novelist

Mistake, Decision

38

"People mistake their limitations for high standards."

"People mistake their limitations for high standards."

Jean Toomer, American Author

Mistake, People, Limitations

38

"The only thing that really matters in the initial part of my career, the worst mistake I've ever made was try to do things to please the audience thinking how the audience is going to respond if I do this."

"The only thing that really matters in the initial part of my career, the worst mistake I've ever made was try to do things to please the audience thinking how the audience is going to respond if I do this."

Terrence Howard, American Actor

Mistake, Career, Thinking

38

"Make no mistake about it: once a band has signed a letter of intent, they will either eventually sign a contract that suits the label or they will be destroyed."

"Make no mistake about it: once a band has signed a letter of intent, they will either eventually sign a contract that suits the label or they will be destroyed."

Steve Albini, American Musician

38

"You find out your mistakes from an audience that pays admission."

"You find out your mistakes from an audience that pays admission."

Edgar Bergen, American Actor

Mistake, Mistakes

38

"I think Democrats made a mistake running away from liberalism. Liberalism, uh, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John and Robert Kennedy - that's what the Democratic party ought to reach for."

"I think Democrats made a mistake running away from liberalism. Liberalism, uh, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John and Robert Kennedy - that's what the Democratic party ought to reach for."

Theodore C. Sorensen, American Lawyer

Mistake, Democrats, Liberalism, Party

37

"One of the advantages of not having a record contract is that you can make your own mistakes, you don't need somebody else to organize them for you."

"One of the advantages of not having a record contract is that you can make your own mistakes, you don't need somebody else to organize them for you."

Herbie Mann, American Musician

Mistake, Mistakes

37

"Make no mistake; child predation on the Internet is a growing problem."

"Make no mistake; child predation on the Internet is a growing problem."

Mike Fitzpatrick, American Politician

Mistake, Internet

37

"When the penalty for a policeman's mistake is to put a criminal back out on the street, then we are hurting America; we are hurting our law-abiding citizens."

"When the penalty for a policeman's mistake is to put a criminal back out on the street, then we are hurting America; we are hurting our law-abiding citizens."

Gary Bauer, American Public Servant

Mistake, America, Law

37

"We'll do all right if we can capitalize on our mistakes."

"We'll do all right if we can capitalize on our mistakes."

Mickey Rivers, American Athlete

Mistake, Mistakes, Right

37

"You learn from your mistakes."

"You learn from your mistakes."

Thierry Henry, French Athlete

Mistake, Mistakes

37

"I think I made a mistake once... yeah... it was only once."

"I think I made a mistake once... yeah... it was only once."

Jay Mohr, American Actor

37

"Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults."

"Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults."

Lord Chesterfield, British Statesman

Mistake, Faults, Self

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