Mistake Quotes

People mistake their limitations for high standards.

But I made one mistake which I would never repeat as a member of Congress when I was in Washington, and that was when I was elected I didn't go on trips because I was so afraid of having someone accuse me of taking junkets.

It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.

It is not that you do wrong by design, but that you should never do right by mistake.

I think it's a mistake if people just fall in love and think that that's the only thing you need to keep you happy. There's a lot more to being with someone than just love.

One makes mistakes; that is life. But it is never a mistake to have loved.

I mean, the general rule is if you're not prepared to make a mistake, you're not going to make much progress.

Make no mistake; child predation on the Internet is a growing problem.

If a person is not willing to make a mistake, you're never going to do anything right.

I've always had a problem with people who couldn't tell the truth or admit a mistake and say they're wrong.

Make no mistake, a 'yes' vote on the Democrats' health care bill is a vote for taxpayer-funded abortions.

Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only senior executives' decisions matter. This is a dangerous mistake.

You take an educated gamble. If you don't occasionally make a mistake, you're not doing your job.

I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistake. And unfortunately, there was a price paid in terms of suffering and pain for people in New Orleans.

An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

Third issue, and again I think it is important to note, anyone can make a mistake and any administration can make a mistake once in a while, but this is just a long train of abuses, an unbroken chain of following special interests rather than the health of the American people.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.

The fellow who never makes a mistake takes his orders from one who does.

I am somebody who... - I'm not saying I'm perfect, but I need that freedom, that ability to make mistakes out there. Because there's a fine line between making a mistake or being brilliant.

We always make the mistake in the United States of America in Democratic or Republican administrations alike is we tend to embrace the despot that's least troublesome to us. That should not be the way we view things.

The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with friends and people the directors know. Actually you can cover a lot of bad direction with good acting.

It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all.

They all went into the bar business. Which was a mistake, because they began to sip at the merchandise and it set them back, set us all back. Well, them more than I.

The American people have decided that it was a mistake to choose to go to war in Iraq.

I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.

As I visited the various neighborhoods in the campaign, I learned fast that it's a mistake to think that all of the wisdom and possible solutions to our problems are available only in this building.

Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.

Every single director-actor I talked to, from Warren Beatty to Clint Eastwood to George Clooney, said the biggest mistake they made is not shooting enough footage of themselves.

The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.