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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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Stross
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. Charles Spurgeon
gone certain rings
To boldly go where no uploaded metahuman colony has gone before' has a certain ring to it, doesn't it? Charles Stross
gone
Your spikes have gone floppy, Darren Shan
gone tweet pretending
I've never gone on Facebook and am not sure I understand it. The same goes for Twitter. I have someone sending tweets and pretending to be me, but I don't know why. David Sedaris
gone towns big-families
It's a new town. The old elegance is gone. It used to be one big family, this industry. Cesar Romero
gone path reputation
Why sully the country's reputation when they've gone down this path only to back off at the end? James Fenkner
gone philosophy poet poets saturday sleeping window
Where is Philosophy sleeping this saturday afternoon? Are the philosophers already dead? Are the poets gone from the planet? I look through the window and all I see are advertisments. Mariana Fulger
gone teammates ups
When you've been teammates that long, you're going to go through some ups and downs. They've gone through some down times. Tim Purpura
gone thank
Thank Heaven, the sun has gone in, and I don't have to go out and enjoy it. Logan Pearsall Smith
gone feels left
I feel it gone, yet know not when it left. William Shakespeare
reputation cursed
Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead. Chief Joseph
reputation loser lost
You have lost no reputation at all, unless you repute yourself such a loser. William Shakespeare
reputation repetition
Repetition makes reputation. Elizabeth Arden
reputation uncertain tenure
The tenure of a literary reputation is the most uncertain and fluctuating of all. Charles Dudley Warner
reputation worldly-wisdom paid
Work is the price which is paid for reputation. Baltasar Gracian
reputation evolve shows
I get to live down my reputation for being cantankerous if I slowly evolve towards being a really good live show. Ariel Pink
reputation talent concealed
Concealed talent brings no reputation. Desiderius Erasmus
reputation fame charm
The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death. Blaise Pascal
reputation shame glory
Avoid shame, but do not seek glory; nothing so expensive as glory. Sydney Smith