The most identifiable trait of Anglo-Saxons is that we always mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.

It would be an egregious mistake to ever refer to me in the same breath as most of the people I write about.

Generally, I have to be able to get the lines out of my mouth without making a mistake before I go to sleep.

If wisdom in government eludes us, perhaps courage could substitute-the moral courage to terminate mistakes.

For you are abstract, making no mistake, slurring no word in the rhythm you make, the poem, writ in the air.

Anonymity is an abused privilege, abused most by people who mistake vitriol for wisdom and cynicism for wit.

Sometimes actors' mistakes give me ideas I can use, because mistakes are always sincere, absolutely sincere.

Photographers mistake the emotion they feel while taking the photo as a judgment that the photograph is good

Everyone thinks you make mistakes when you're young. But I don't think we make any fewer when we're grown up

Many good people mistake their reputation for their character. It is a mistake I have made many, many times.

Everything that happened to me happened by mistake. I don't believe in fate. It's luck, timing and accident.

When other Generals make mistakes their armies are beaten; when I get into a hole, my men pull me out of it.

If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You can start over any moment you choose.

True justice is paying only once for each mistake. True injustice is paying more than once for each mistake.

Making mistakes is the privilege of the active - of those who can correct their mistakes and put them right.

So, I understand when they make a mistake and everyone at home is throwing their shoe at the television set.

To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or at least only the cleverest of them do so.

We can actually learn from our mistakes and we can actually learn to conditionally structure our activities.

I'm not much of a matchmaker. I think people have to make their own choices and mistakes and all that stuff.

The best single question for testing an organization's character is: What happens when people make mistakes?

The biggest thing is getting our guys to understand, you can't let one mistake compound into another mistake

Coaches need to have the ability of tact - to teach the team to rub out mistakes rather than to rub them in.

Thongs don't show. With jeans, you're always going to get panty lines and I think that's just a big mistake.

I think when someone who's known for doing drama does a comedy but just tries to be funny, that's a mistake.

Never was there a more injurous mistake than to say it was thebusiness only of the clergy to care for souls.

If string theory is a mistake, it's not a trivial mistake. It's a deep mistake and therefore kind of worthy.

No one's going to see my mistakes; I just need the safety of these mistakes to lead me to the right answers.

I think it's a mistake to say that to be a healthy, well-adjusted person you need a monogamous relationship.

With morality we correct the mistakes of our instincts, and with love we correct the mistakes of our morals.

I had come in time to learn that it was a mistake to smile a friendly smile when somebody made a fool of me.

If you look back at life, I bet you will regret about 80% of your actions. But life consists of all mistakes.

Everything has to be perfect in my business. Because when there is a mistake I am the one who is responsible.

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

We need modern ideas, but we also need ancient wisdom. If we deny ancient wisdom we are making a big mistake.

Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.

Make no mistake. Canada is not a bilingual country. In fact it is less bilingual today than it has ever been.

The fuel light's on, Frank! We're all going to die! Wait, wait... Oh, my mistake - that's the intercom light.

you never make the same mistake twice. the second time you make it, it is no longer a mistake. it is a choice

Have your adventures, make your mistakes, and choose your friends poorly -- all these make for great stories.

Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.

You want to cry aloud for your mistakes. But to tell the truth the world doesn't need any more of that sound.

I think it's a mistake to treat different realms of knowledge as if they are some how fundamentally the same.

I don't think it's an incredibly radical premise to try and have sympathy for someone who has made a mistake.

Go out into the world, find work that you love, learn from your mistakes, and work hard to make a difference.

I never studied anything, really. I didn't study the drums. I joined bands and made all the mistakes onstage.

They've finally comes up with the perfect office computer. If it makes a mistake, it blames another computer.

The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you.

True goodness is not without that germ of greatness that can bear with patience the mistakes of the ignorant.

Stay in school, stay off drugs, don't make the same mistakes I did, respect yourself, and others will follow.

The secret of making a mistake is not to regret it, or regret it until a certain point, but to learn from it.

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