Quotes with mistake

Quotes 81 till 100 of 169.

  • Bruce Nordstrom Let there be no mistake: John W. Nordstrom was no retail expert. But throughout his life, he did what he had to do - hopefully we all have that in us.
    Bruce Nordstrom
    American businessman (1933 - )
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  • Bill Cosby Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Henry James Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that what have you had?
    Henry James
    American author (1843 - 1916)
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  • Cesare Pavese Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances.
    Cesare Pavese
    Italian writer and poet (1908 - 1950)
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  • William James Mayo Lord, deliver me from the person who never makes a mistake, and also from the person who makes the same mistake twice.
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  • Ben Harper Make no mistake about it, making a good record is pure, unadulterated pain. If you fall and break your leg--that's pain. But I'm telling you, the phase between pain and death? That's making a good record. It's extreme.
    Roots Radical, Guitar Player (December 1, 1999)
    Ben Harper
    American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1969 - )
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  • W.S. Gilbert Man is Nature's sole mistake.
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  • Eric Hoffer Man was nature's mistake - she neglected to finish him - and she has never ceased paying for her mistake.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Stephen Leacock Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.
    Stephen Leacock
    Canadian humorist and economist (1869 - 1944)
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  • Mother Teresa Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.
    Mother Teresa
    Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary (1910 - 1997)
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  • Sir George Jessel Marriage is a mistake every man should make.
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  • William Somerset Maugham Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Al Franken Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
    Al Franken
    American comedian, politician and author (1951 - )
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  • Richard Buckminster Fuller Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn't.
    Richard Buckminster Fuller
    American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor (1895 - 1983)
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  • Aldous Huxley Most vices demand considerable self-sacrifices. There is no greater mistake than to suppose that a vicious life is a life of uninterrupted pleasure. It is a life almost as wearisome and painful - if strenuously led - as Christian's in The Pilgrim's Progress.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Anna Held Most women are indulgent of themselves. This is a mistake. It should be only the reward of old age.
    Anna Held
    Polish-born stage performer and singer (1872 - 1918)
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  • Oscar Wilde Murder is always a mistake. One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Brad D. Smith My dad worked for Nestle for 26 years and ended up being the mayor of our hometown. One of the lessons I learned from him was to never mistake kindness for weakness.
    Brad D. Smith
    American businessman
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  • Oscar Wilde My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Ben Lloyd-Hughes My mum still says the biggest mistake I ever made was not being Benedict Lloyd-Hughes. She's very upset. But the only one who calls me Benedict in real life is my granny.
    Ben Lloyd-Hughes
    British actor (1988 - )
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