Mistake Quotes - Page 168

We all try to be alike in our youth, and individual in our middle age ... although we sometimes mistake eccentricity for individuality.

One of the mistakes I made was placing too much trust in Montesinos.

Most mistakes in philosophy and logic occur because the human mind is apt to take the symbol for the reality.

Don't second guess the mistakes you've made, others will do that for you. Make things as simple as possible, but not simpler.

You make the mistake of thinking you have to choose, that you have to do what you want, that there are conditions for happiness. What matters — all that matters, really is the will to happiness, a kind of enormous, ever present consciousness. The rest - women , art, success — is nothing but excuses. A canvas waiting for our embroideries.

When a really new product comes along, it's almost always a mistake to hang a well-known name on it. The reason is obvious. A well-known name got well-known because it stood for something. It occupies a position in the prospect's mind. A really well-known name sits on the top rung of a sharply defined ladder. The new product, if it's going to be successful, is going to require a new name. New ladder, new name. It's as simple as that.

The important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake.

I really like working by myself without any distractions, learning from my own mistakes.

It was a mistake of mine to tell the lads that this lot don't score too many goals - and statistically they don't - but then they go and score seven.

The best thing a man can do on a first date is be a friend. I think that's the biggest mistake men make on the first date. Just get to know me. Be my friend. Just kick it with me as if I was hanging with a homeboy. It shouldn't be this awkward situation. It should be that we're there, having a great time.

Great men have been characterized by the greatness of their mistakes as well as by the greatness of their achievements.

Have the courage to make a mistake.

Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

I don't know why people were so upset with me. Prince got his own symbol. I just wanted to adopt the handicap symbol as my own so I could park in handicap spots. Deformed people should be honored to park so close to me. Meeting a celebrity like me may give them hope in their mistake of a life.

The most important thing is to have the conversation, and let people who do make mistakes feel comfortable enough to continue the conversation.

Mistakes are . . . immensely useful. . . they show us . . . where we are right now and what we need to do next

Most people, including myself, keep repeating the same mistakes.

The vulgar mind always mistakes the exceptional for the important.

A man who does not make mistakes does not make anything

There’s a benefit to losing, you get to learn from your mistakes.

Galvani was mistaken about the amount of electricity in frogs, but he had some good ideas, too, for the galvanometer is named in his honor, and you don't have galvanometers named after you merely for making a mistake about a frog.

One of the worst mistakes is to do nothing.

I don't want to hold out false hopes that the - by some magic moment, that things will turn around in a couple months because they wouldn't, Charlie. I mean, and it's a big mistake to try and mislead people.

The team that makes the most mistakes usually wins.

To some people, I am a kind of Merlin who takes lots of crazy chances, but rarely makes mistakes.