If Nick Clegg hadn’t been sitting around the cabinet table, we wouldn’t have had the bedroom tax; we wouldn’t have had the rise in tuition fees. We wouldn’t have had the mistakes we’ve seen in economic policy. – Douglas Alexander
I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes. – Edna St. Vincent Millay
Everything was my fault. I was so dumb. But if I hadn’t made the mistakes I made, I wouldn’t have met the wonderful woman I’ve been married to for over 30 years, so I guess that makes the mistakes OK. – Donald Sutherland
We must make choices that are outside of the familial expectations of us, or we’ll just be repeating the mistakes. Our parents came here to give us better choices. – Nia Vardalos
The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few. – Phil Knight
Writing on a computer makes saving what’s been written too easy. Pretentious lead sentences are kept, not tossed. Instead of sitting surrounded by crumpled paper, the computerized writer has his mistakes neatly stored in digital memory. – P. J. O’Rourke
I’ve made so many mistakes. But it is my feeling that you learn from failures, so I welcome them as often as I can. – David Duchovny
These ‘mistakes’ occur in my books for a reason. I have an agenda: I’m secretly trying to inspire kids to create their own stories and comics, and I don’t want them to feel stifled by ‘perfectionism.’ – Dav Pilkey
We’re trained in school to equate mistakes with bad grades – something to be avoided at all costs. The alpha makers were somehow able to dodge that. They think that mistakes are just part of the creative process and maybe even the best way to learn. – Mark Frauenfelder
Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes. – George Soros
I have made some mistakes. No, a lot of mistakes. If you want to develop a new thing, a lot of mistakes will be inevitable. We should be allowed to make mistakes. – Masatoshi Koshiba
On the mountains mistakes are fatal. In politics, mistakes are wounding emotionally, but you recover. Personally, wilderness helps me get back in touch with natural rhythms, helps me reflect and, in the process, restore my creativity. – Mark Udall
You just went right in and just recorded songs and listened them, and if there were any mistakes, then we would correct them and just went on… one take or two take. – Dennis Brown
Intelligent or not, we all make mistakes and perhaps the intelligent mistakes are the worst, because so much careful thought has gone into them. – Peter Ustinov
I’ve been very clear publicly I’m not a perfect human being, and I’ve made mistakes in my life, and I’ve had to apologize to God and to seek reconciliation. – Newt Gingrich
What you really remember at the beginning was that you have to throw a budget together. We made some terrible mistakes at the beginning in my own budget that took us at least a year to catch up on. – Donna Shalala
I’ve made lots of mistakes. Probably the worst one – I would say they tie. It’s either when I didn’t move fast enough on something, or I didn’t take a big enough risk. – Ginni Rometty
I’m an incredibly lucky girl. For someone who has made some very foolish mistakes and had some tough lessons to learn very quickly, I am still incredibly lucky. – Monica Lewinsky
The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people’s opinions. – Paulo Coelho
I have had many occasions this year where I questioned and second-guessed my decision in a game, but it comes down to learning from mistakes and being accountable for what you did right or did wrong. – Don Mattingly
Certainly people make mistakes in their life. I’m no different, I’ve made mistakes. When people mess up, we forgive them. When I mess up, I ask for forgiveness. – Michele Bachmann
The most useful form of time travel would be to go back a year or two and rectify the mistakes we made. – Matt Lucas
The three biggest fashion mistakes are cheap suits, shoes, and shirts. Spend your money on something good. – Donatella Versace
A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines. – Frank Lloyd Wright
It makes sense to invest in new work. It’s almost like having a research department in a scientific laboratory. You have to try things out. You’ll make some bad mistakes. Some things will fail but at least you’ll energise the organisation. – Gavin Bryars
I tell my colleagues that it is actually all right to make mistakes, and I am worried when they do not make them, because it means that they either hide them from me or are not trying hard enough. – Maelle Gavet
All you need do is listen to very smart people and sift out the ideas that are unworthy or implausible, and I wouldn’t pretend for a moment that I hadn’t made lots of mistakes and there are companies, perhaps, that we had been investors in. – Michael Moritz
A great restaurant doesn’t distinguish itself by how few mistakes it makes but by how well they handle those mistakes. – Danny Meyer