Quotes about mist
mistake fads noble
Puritanism was an honourable mood; it was a noble fad. In other words, it was a highly creditable mistake. Gilbert K. Chesterton
mistress events madness
It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence. John Dryden
mistake practice design
The three foundations of judgement: Bold Design, Constant Practice, and Frequent Mistakes. John Masefield
mistake self tears
I have these accidents, these mistakes, these self-inflicted wounds, and then I tear my head to shreds about it for days. John Mayer
mistake cost assuming
The biggest mistake I made and what cost me a lot of enjoyment in my life, was assuming that everybody cared. They don’t.
mistake thinking risk
It is a mistake to think that one limits one’s risk by spreading too much between enterprises about which one knows little and has no reason for special confidence. John Maynard Keynes
mistake book historical
The book, as it stands, seems to me to be one of the most frightful muddles I have ever read, with scarcely a sound proposition in it beginning with page 45 [Hayek provided historical background up to page 45; after that came his theoretical model], and yet it remains a book of some interest, which is likely to leave its mark on the mind of the reader. It is an extraordinary example of how, starting with a mistake, a remorseless logician can end up in bedlam.
mistake long good-things
It is a good thing to make mistakes so long as you're found out quickly.
mistake believe thinking
As time goes on, I get more and more convinced that the right method in investment is to put fairly large sums into enterprises which one thinks one knows something about and in the management of which one thoroughly believes. It is a mistake to think that one limits one's risk by spreading too much between enterprises about which one knows little and has no reason for special confidence. . . . One's knowledge and experience are definitely limited and there are seldom more than two or three enterprises at any given time in which I personally feel myself entitled to put full confidence.
mistake thinking sides
I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument. John Major
mistake failure discovery
The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision.
mistake men too-much
Be cautious, but not too cautious; do not be too much afraid of making a mistake; a man who never makes a mistake will make nothing. John Lubbock
mistake enemy wicked
Though it is a great mistake to make friends of the wicked and foolish, it is unwise to make enemies of them, for they are very numerous.
mistake errors giving
Knowledge being to be had only of visible and certain truth, error is not a fault of our knowledge, but a mistake of our judgment, giving assent to that which is not true. John Locke
mistake thinking common
Hence it is a mistake to think, that the supreme or legislative power of any common-wealth, can do what it will, and dispose of the estates of the subject arbitrarily, or take any part of them at pleasure.
mistake thinking government
Tis a Mistake to think this Fault [tyranny] is proper only to Monarchies; other Forms of Government are liable to it, as well as that. For where-ever the Power that is put in any hands for the Government of the People, and the Preservation of their Properties, is applied to other ends, and made use of to impoverish, harass, or subdue them to the Arbitrary and Irregular Commands of those that have it: There it presently becomes Tyranny, whether those that thus use it are one or many.
mistake years trying
I try to build the things so that they're fairly indestructible. I've learned from my mistakes and some of those units, even if human life disappears from the planet, will still be recognizable a thousand years from now abandoned somewhere in the woods. John Lindsay
mistake done made
Is there a God? Yeah, but there's not just one God. There's a whole lot of gods, because one God couldn't have possibly made so many mistakes all by Himself. This had to be done by committee. John Leguizamo
mistake revolution sound
I thought I was painting in sound a picture of revolution - but I made a mistake, you know. The mistake was that it was anti-revolution. John Lennon
mistake angel devil
There are who mistake the spirit of pugnacity for the spirit of piety, and thus harbor a devil instead of an angel. John Lancaster Spalding
mistake book writing
Thank heaven, though, one of the few mistakes I haven't made is to talk about the unwritten book. John le Carre
mistake men preacher
How good we are as preachers depends - not altogether, but (make no mistake!) primarily - on how good we are as men. John Knox
mistake editing saws
I learned directing by editing because I saw all the mistakes I had made. Julie Delpy
mistake grace wonderful
Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without comment is a wonderful social grace. Judith Martin
mistake overdoing-it humans
To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you're overdoing it. Josh Jenkins
mistake trying actors
I became popular very young. I viewed myself as just a young actor trying to figure out how to do well, and, you know, making mistakes and learning and growing. Josh Hartnett
mistake opportunity play
You learn so much from making mistakes, not even necessarily mistakes that I've made, a lot of the time the films just don't work out because it's a really difficult process. And sometimes there's a certain person underlining process. But I've had an opportunity to work on all different types of films and I have had a lot of opportunities to stretch myself in different ways and now is the time where I get to try and figure out out the roles that I can really play well and play them well.
mistake kind appearance
I keep kind of making certain mistakes in public appearances over and over again. Katherine Heigl
mistake believe mean
People make mistakes - they say things they shouldn't have or didn't necessarily mean. But I strongly believe in consequences. If there are none, someone might feel like they've gotten away with something, or that what they said couldn't have been that bad.
mistake heart eye
You are right, none of us live enough, and sometimes I think it is because we mistake hurrah and hullabaloo for experience, we get a sock in the eye and think it is a broken heart ... Katherine Anne Porter
mistake mean ifs
If you make a mistake, it doesn't mean you're a mistake. Joyce Meyer
mistake making-mistakes patient
Be patient with yourself even when you make mistakes.
mistake new-beginnings grieving
Don’t waste another day of your life grieving over something that you cannot do anything about. Let God give you a new beginning. Your mistakes are not enough to stop God if you don’t let them.