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Mistake Quotes

America is a mistake, a giant mistake.

– Sigmund Freud

Our present moment is a mystery that we are part of. Here and now is where all the wonder of life lies hidden. And make no mistake about it, to strive to live completely in the present is to strive for what already is the case.

– Wayne Dyer

Getting married in four days was the biggest… mistake I’ve ever made. I have two beautiful kids, but… how can you know somebody in four days? Bonehead.

– Tommy Lee

He makes a great mistake… who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when it is founded by force than that which is welded by affection.

– Terence

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has denounced negotiation with Iran as a ‘historic mistake’ that is making the world ‘a more dangerous place.’ His partners in Washington vigorously echo that view.

– Stephen Kinzer

It’s hard to not make a mistake at Darlington.

– Tony Stewart

It is a common mistake these days to politicize anything and everything, including music.

– Tony Snow

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.

– Umberto Eco

I would say that the U.S. has overlooked Latin America. Their priorities have always been somewhere else. And that is a problem and that is a mistake.

– Sebastian Pinera

When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a room full of dukes.

– W. H. Auden

Just because somebody makes a mistake doesn’t make them useless.

– Todd Akin

Well, a lot of successes come by mistake.

– Scott Weiland

I think more than comedy, probably more than straight drama, I like horror. And horror I think I’m particularly good at. It’s a mistake a lot of directors make, especially young directors. They always want to make the kind of movies that they most admire and aren’t necessarily sensitive to what they have the best skill set for.

– Scott Derrickson

Shorts are practically a uniform in every woman’s closet. Tailored shorts are okay for running around, and if you’re 18, you can get away with cut-offs. But it’s very easy to make a mistake with shorts.

– Trinny Woodall

You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn’t work.

– Wayne Huizenga

I think the whole policy of pre-emptive war is a serious, serious mistake.

– Walter Cronkite

Admitting weakness seems to be such a severe psychic threat for Bush that when he makes a mistake it’s safer just to reinforce it. The strategy creates a perverse system of rewards and punishments.

– Tina Brown

I think it’s a mistake where rap music is these days. It doesn’t seem to be able to look out of the ghetto and that’s ultimately unfortunate, because it defines our limitations.

– Saul Williams

Sarah Palin may have chosen to not answer the call for the presidency, but make no mistake, the principles that garnered her the unique support she enjoyed continue to inform and drive the base that lifted her.

– Tammy Bruce

Our failure to properly deal with Germany and Japan early cost the world dearly later on. We dare not make the same mistake with China.

– Steve Forbes

Make no mistake about it: Law school is not a bastion of intellectual discourse.

– Tucker Max

Singapore is an international city, and it would be a grave mistake to close our doors.

– Tony Tan

I’ve got to keep breathing. It’ll be my worst business mistake if I don’t.

– Steve Martin

A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal.

– William Allen White

If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake.

– Vladimir Horowitz

I’m never going to be fast, and nobody will ever mistake me for being fast.

– Tom Brady

I once made the mistake of going for a whole row of false eyelashes, which was just wrong as it gave me a sad, puppy-eyed look.

– Sienna Miller

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

– Stephen Harper

I think, as I’ve gotten older, I’ve been able to be more reckless with my choices, because practically speaking, you get less careful. Your choices become more instinctive, and you feel like if you make a mistake, it won’t destroy you.

– Willem Dafoe

Marriage was probably the worst mistake I ever made in my life.

– Tony Dorsett

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