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mistake power order
It is a mistake, that a lust for power is the mark of a great mind; for even the weakest have been captivated by it; and for minds of the highest order, it has no charms. Charles Caleb Colton
mistake greatness ignorant
True goodness is not without that germ of greatness that can bear with patience the mistakes of the ignorant.
mistake flirting errors
Total freedom from error is what none of us will allow to our neighbors; however we may be inclined to flirt a little with such spotless perfection ourselves.
mistake ignorance writing
Ignorance is a blank sheet, on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one, on which we must first erase.
mistake creativity science
A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition.
mistake block sweat
Writers block: when I get it, it's because my subconscious spotted that I'd make a huge structural mistake in constructing a novel before my conscious mind became aware of it, and threw on the brakes. So I've learned not to sweat it: take two days off, then back up a chapter, read through, and try to work out why I'm suddenly uneasy about continuing. Charles Stross
mistake ends chains
Fatal accidents never happen because of just one mistake. It takes a whole chain of stupids lining up just so to put a full stop at the end of an epitaph.
mistake men thank-god
Men talk of "the mistakes of Scripture." I thank God that I have never met with any. Mistakes of translation there may be, for translators are men. But mistakes of the original word there never can be, for the God who spoke it is infallible, and so is every word he speaks, and in that confidence we find delightful rest. Charles Spurgeon
mistake beginning-middle-and-end execution
A sermon without Christ as its beginning, middle, and end is a mistake in conception, a crime in execution.
good-man energy attention
Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful. Charles Simmons
good-man very-good good-manager
I never thought I was a very good manager. Barry Diller
good-man screw-you compass
Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners. Colley Cibber
good-man manners good-manners
Good manners are a sign of strength. Dick Francis
good-man use isms
I always use my clients' products. This is not toady-ism, but elementary good manners. David Ogilvy
good-man contradiction not-interested
I'm not interested in a good man's life. I'm interested in contradiction. Cillian Murphy
good-man emotion manners
Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them. Amy Vanderbilt
good-man hell preacher
If there is not Hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses. Billy Sunday
good-man action manners
Good manners come, as we say, from good breeding or rather are good breeding; and breeding is acquired by habitual action, in response to habitual stimuli, not by conveying information. John Dewey
sometimes failing should
Do what is beyond your strength even should you fail sometimes. Charles Stewart Parnell
sometimes enjoy my-own
I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes. Dave Chappelle
sometimes humans persons
You're not a bad person. But you sometimes do bad things. You know what that makes you? Human. David D. Burns
sometimes wonder sometimes-i-wonder
Sometimes, I wonder what I'm doing here. Cesar Romero
sometimes said shows
I didn’t just show up for work, as has sometimes been said. I also showed up to work. Cal Ripken, Jr.
sometimes coastal
I live a bi-coastal and sometimes tri-coastal life. Bryan Batt
sometimes readership seems
I'm sometimes sort of in touch with the readership, and they seem to have perceptive questions, for the most part. Bryan Lee O'Malley
sometimes splendid wells
Well, very splendid and very frightening. But splendid things are often frightening. Sometimes, it's the fright that makes them splendid at all. Catherynne M. Valente
sometimes figures easier
Sometimes it's easier to understand things than it is to figure them out Casey Stengel