“Mistakes were made is something we heard back in '92, and that has sort of been the Clinton administration's mantra. I can't imagine that Al Gore is going to pick up that statement and carry it through the next election.” MadeI CanNextMistakeImagineHeardPicksElectionClintonStatementsAdministrationAlsImagine ThatGoreMantrasMistakes Were Made Author:Barbara Olson
“By poeticizing love, we imagine in those we love virtues that they often do not possess; this then becomes the source of constant mistakes and constant distress.” MistakeVirtueImagineSourceConstantDistressThose We Love Author:Anton Chekhov
“Let but a single flash of reality -- the glimpse of a woman from afar or from behind -- enable us to project the image of Beauty before our eyes, and we imagine that we have recognised it, our hearts beat, and we will always remain half-persuaded that it was She, provided that the woman has vanished: it is only if we manage to overtake her that we realise our mistake.” IfsHeartRealityEyeBehindsMistakeHalfImagineProjectsBeatsManageRealisingImagine ThatFlashGlimpseAfarHeart Beat Book:In Search of Lost Time: Within a budding grove Source: In Search of Lost Time: Within a budding grove
“For a decade Americans have been steeped in the rhetoric of "zero tolerance" and the faith that virtually all problems from drug addiction to lousy teaching can be solved by pouring on the punishment. Even without a Commander in Chief who pledges to rid the world of evildoers, smoke them out of their holes and the like, we would be vulnerable to the temptation to brush aside frustrating complexities and relieve intolerable fear (at least for the moment) by settling on one or more scapegoats to crush. To imagine that trauma casts out fantasy is a dangerous mistake.” WorldHas BeensMomentsProblemWould BeMistakeFantasyImagineTeachingDangerousDrugAddictionCastsTraumaDecadesTolerancePunishmentHolesTemptationVulnerableChiefsSmokeSettlingComplexityCrushZeroImagine ThatRhetoricBrushesFrustratingCommandersPledgePouringDrug AddictionDrug AddictCommander In ChiefScapegoatZero Tolerance Author:Ellen Willis
“Imagine you're copying a very long document, and occasionally you'll put an A where there should be a C. And that mistake has been translated down through the generations, and more mistakes have accumulated. So the longer the lineage has been in existence, the more mistakes the sequence is going to have.” ShouldLongHas BeensExistenceMistakeImagineGenerationsDocumentsSequenceCopyingLineage Author:Spencer Wells
“I couldn't imagine a more unreliable, more unprofitable way to make a living than writing. My advice? Show up, do the best you can. Keep your day job. If you get a lucky break, don't f*** up. It was helpful to be older because I had made all the really stupid mistakes already.” IfsWayWritingMadeShowsJobsMistakeBreakImagineAdviceStupidLuckyHelpfulDo The BestUnreliableDay JobsReally StupidLucky BreaksStupid Mistake Author:Anthony Bourdain
“No greater mistake can be made than to imagine that what has been written latest is always the more correct; that what is written later on is an improvement on what was written previously; and that every change means progress.” MeanHas BeensMadeMistakeGreaterImagineProgressWrittenInvestingImprovementImagine That Book:Essays of Schopenhauer: Top Essays Source: Essays of Schopenhauer: Top Essays
“Mistakes are very seldom permanent, most of them can be fixed with less difficulty and drama than one imagines, and there's nothing shameful about them. There is, however, something sad and limiting about the fear of making them.” MistakeImagineDramaDifficultyPermanentFixedShameful Author:Peter Buffett
“Never before has information been so important, to governments and businesses alike. And please don't imagine that some of you gathered here today may be less concerned than others. Globalization means that the "butterfly effect" is everywhere at work. The mistakes of a stockbroker in Singapore or the collapse of the Baht in Bangkok, the decisions of a Finnish industrial concern, or what the Governor of Minas Gerais in Brazil decides to do about his State's debt, have had consequences for the world as a whole.” WorldMayMeanImportantStatesWholeGovernmentTodayDecisionBusinessMistakeImagineEffectsInformationPleaseConsequenceConcernConcernedDebtButterflyCollapseImagine ThatGovernorsGlobalizationBrazilSingaporeFinnishStockbrokersBangkokButterfly EffectGovernment And Business Author:Jacques Chirac
“To every toiling, heavy-laden sinner, Jesus says, Come to me and rest. But there are many toiling, heavy-laden believers, too. For them this same invitation is meant. Note well the words of Jesus, if you are heavy-laden with your service, and do not mistake it. It is not, Go, labor on, as perhaps you imagine. On the contrary, it is stop, turn back, Come to me and rest. Never, never did Christ send a heavy laden one to work; never, never did He send a hungry one, a weary one, a sick or sorrowing one, away on any service. For such the Bible only says, Come, come, come.” IfsWellsTurnsJesusChristMistakeImagineLaborSickSalvationNotesHeavyContraryBelieverHungrySinnerWearyInvitationsToiling Author:Hudson Taylor
“Imagine a different world, one in which people do not spend an inordinate amount of energy fuming against their fate each time they make a mistake. ... though we all agree that to err is human, each of us individually believes that he or she is the exception. ... Make a mistake? Not on my watch!” PeopleWorldBelieveHumansDifferentEnergyMistakeWatchesFateImagineAmountAgreeExceptionDifferent WorldsErr Is Human Author:Veronique Vienne
“Imagine you have six loans, small to huge. People want to close loans and because of that, they try to pay off the small loans, but that's not the right strategy. The right strategy, of course, is to pay the loan with the highest interest rate. People make this mistake and it costs them lots and lots of money, it's a very expensive mistake because interest rates accumulate and become very, very expensive very quickly.” PeopleWantTryingCoursesInterestPayMistakeImagineHugeCostSixHighestStrategyRateExpensiveLots Of MoneyLoanInterest Rate Author:Dan Ariely
“You are not a burden, an accident, or a mistake. You are meant for amazing things that you can't even imagine for yourself.” MistakeImagineBurdenAccidentsAmazing Things Author:Lacey Mosley
“It is a mistake to imagine, that the violent passions only, such as ambition and love, can triumph over the rest. Idleness, languid as it is, often masters them all; she influences all our designs and actions, and insensibly consumes and destroys both passions and virtues.” ActionPassionMistakeVirtueImagineInfluenceDesignMastersAmbitionAnd LoveViolentTriumphImagine ThatIdleness Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“You can't imagine hip-hop without the Black Panthers. Today, hopefully, the movement can be an inspiration to people. These were people who made mistakes but they were trying to change things.” PeopleTryingMadeInspirationTodayBlackMistakeImagineMovementHip HopHopefullyHipsHopsMade A MistakeTrying To ChangePanthersBlack Panther Author:Stanley Nelson Jr.
“Imagine if the mistakes we made actually helped us to just become better versions of ourselves. I believe this is what life is about, and when we look at it this way, then there is nothing to be afraid of!” IfsWayBelieveLooksMadeLife IsI BelieveMistakeImagineVersions Author:Gretchen Bleiler