Quotes about mistake
mistake opportunity cost
After nearly making a terrible mistake not buying See's, we've made this mistake many times. We are apparently slow learners. These opportunity costs don't show up on financial statements, but have cost us many billions. Charlie Munger
mistake reality errors
Chris Davis [of the Davisfunds] has a temple of shame. He celebrates the things they did that lost them a lot of money. What is also needed is a temple of shame squared for things you didn't do that would have made you rich. Forgetting your mistakes is a terrible error if you are trying to improve your cognition. Reality doesn't remind you. Why not celebrate stupidities in both categories?
mistake errors trying
Forgetting your mistakes is a terrible error if you are trying to improve your cognition.
mistake brave-new-world omission
In a brave new world, a post-September 11 world, anyone is going to make certain mistakes. The mistakes that have been made on homeland security, on protecting our Nation from another terrorist attack, are mistakes of omission. We are simply not doing enough. Charles Schumer
mistake inaction
Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.
mistake moving men
It has often been argued that absolute scepticism is self-contradictory; but this is a mistake: and even if it were not so, it would be no argument against the absolute sceptic, inasmuch as he does not admit that no contradictory propositions are true. Indeed, it would be impossible to move such a man, for his scepticism consists in considering every argument and never deciding upon its validity; he would, therefore, act in this way in reference to the arguments brought against him. Charles Sanders Peirce
mistake college anchors
When I was a freshman in college, I went to a broadcast class by mistake. The first day, the instructor said, "Television anchors sound like they could be from everywhere and nowhere." From that point on, every time I was near an anchor, when no one was around, they would say something and I would say it right after them. It was this effort to get rid of my accent. Charles M. Blow
mistake things-in-life trying
It's a mistake to try to avoid the unpleasant things in life... But I'm beginning to consider it... Charles M. Schulz
mistake independent reality
There exists, if I am not mistaken, an entire world which is the totality of mathematical truths, to which we have access only with our mind, just as a world of physical reality exists, the one like the other independent of ourselves, both of divine creation. Charles Hermite
mistake science thinking
Science is like society and trade, in resting at bottom upon a basis of faith. There are some things here, too, that we can not prove, otherwise there would be nothing we can prove. Science is busy with the hither-end of things, not the thither-end. It is a mistake to contrast religion and science in this respect, and to think of religion as taking everything for granted, and science as doing only clean work, and having all the loose ends gathered up and tucked in. We never reach the roots of things in science more than in religion. Charles Henry Parkhurst
mistake too-much virtue
It is all a mistake that we cannot be good and manly without being scrupulously and studiously good. There is too much mechanism about our virtue.
mistake bird singing
Marrying a woman for her beauty makes no more sense than eating a bird for its singing. But it's a common mistake nonetheless. Charles Frazier
mistake making-mistakes happy-accidents
We dont make mistakes. We have happy accidents. Bob Ross
mistake happy-accidents accidents
There are no mistakes, just happy accidents.
mistake happy-accidents accidents
There are no mistakes, only happy accidents.
mistake bird yeah
Ever make mistakes in life? Let's make them birds. Yeah, they're birds now.
mistake nice forever
We've built a new Earth. It's not as nice as the old one; it's the greatest mistake humans have ever made, one that we will pay for literally forever. Bill McKibben
mistake names lasts
During the debate, Bush was asked by a lady to name three mistakes he's made. And Bush responded, this debate, the last debate and the next debate. Bill Maher
mistake life-is horrible
Life is full of horrible mistakes. Louis C. K.
mistake bye bokonon
It is never a mistake to say good-bye. Kurt Vonnegut
mistake writing moon
Sometimes I think it is a great mistake to have matter that can think and feel. It complains so. By the same token, though, I suppose that boulders and mountains and moons could be accused of being a little too phlegmatic.
mistake fiction serious
I have been a soreheaded occupant of a file drawer labeled "science fiction" ... and I would like out, particularly since so many serious critics regularly mistake the drawer for a urinal.
mistake evil making-mistakes
When we make mistakes they call it evil
mistake past order
Our mistakes from the past are just that: mistakes. And they were necessary to make in order to become the wiser person we became.
mistake making-mistakes mistakes-and-learning
Experience is making mistakes and learning from them. Bill Ackman
mistake stupid fighting
Make no mistake: Satan’s specialty is psychological warfare. If he can turn us on God (“It’s not fair!”), or turn us on others (“It’s their fault!”), or turn us on ourselves (“I’m so stupid!”), we won’t turn on him. If we keep fighting within ourselves and losing our own inner battles, we’ll never have the strength to stand up and fight our true enemy. Beth Moore
mistake feelings looks
The problem is you tend to look back and identify mistakes, and as a consequence of feeling terrible about mistakes you say you bungled this so bad, let's get out of here. Bob Kerrey
mistake thinking play
Case (Keenum) is going to be the quarterback. We’re going to give him a chance to see how he can perform. I think the jury is still out. He’s got a lot of ability. He’s shown some flashes of brilliance and then he’s shown some rookie mistakes. We’ve got to see if we can improve, eliminate those mistakes, minimize those mistakes and continue some of the outstanding play that (we’ve) seen and see whether we think that he can be a starting quarterback in the NFL. At this point, we really don’t know. Bob McNair
mistake i-love-him thinking
He's not perfect. You aren't either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can. Bob Marley
mistake gun usa
The medical device tags that are being used [in the USA] are a terrible mistake. Why are we taxing people for trying to save lives and trying to make lives better, make peoples lives healthier? Those taxes should be placed on alcohol, tobacco, junk food, guns. Those are all the things that destroy health. Bill Walton
mistake golf waiting
We're on our way to the Persian Gulf. Wait! It's a mistake! I thought they said Persian Golf. Bob Hope
mistake want ifs
If you want to make something happen that hasn't happened before , you've got to allow yourself to make a lot of mistakes. Bjork
mistake making-mistakes
Doing startups is all about making mistakes. Biz Stone