“My own husband was divorced when we met, but without kids. I don't know what I would have done if he'd had them. I got the message very early on that the worst mistake a woman can make is marrying a man with children.” IfsKnowsMenChildrenDoneKidsMy OwnMistakeWorstMetsHusbandMessagesDivorcedMarrying Author:Ayelet Waldman
“Make no mistake, the point of cutting the personal income tax and the capital gains cut is to send an unmistakable message to business leaders.” MistakeCuttingTaxesMessagesGainsIncomeIncome TaxCapital Gains Author:Bill Richardson
“The biggest message I've given our team, and I think it's really important, is first of all, no one can take away what happened last year. It's obviously a fun year, a terrific year. But I think a big mistake would be to try to compare themselves or ourselves to last year's team. I think the key really is, and I told them this: for you as a group, you're a different team.” ThinkingTryingYearsFirstsImportantDifferentBigsWould BeLastsGivenFunMistakeHappenedGroupsTeamKeysMessagesCompareLast YearTerrificBig Mistake Author:Tony Bennett
“We're not in cultures which support learning; we're in cultures that give us the message consistently: "Don't mess up, don't make mistakes, don't make the boss look bad, don't give us any surprises." So we're asking for a kind of predictability, control, respect, and compliance that has nothing to do with learning.” GivingLooksKindCultureMistakeSupportMessagesAskingSurpriseMessMaking MistakesBossConsistentlyCompliancePredictability Author:Walter Wriston
“My message to the Pope would be, don't take sides on the science. Don't make the same mistake as seven out of 10 judges in the trial of Galileo, when they invited him to retract his views.” Would BeSidesViewsMistakeJudgingMessagesSevenTrialsPopeInvitedSame Mistakes Author:Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
“I would have I think made a bigger mistake if I had said, "Eh, chemical weapons. That doesn't really change my calculus." I think it was important for me as president of the United States to send a message that in fact there is something different about chemical weapons [in Syria].” IfsThinkingMadeSaidImportantDifferentStatesFactsPresidentUnitedMistakeUnited StatesMessagesWeaponsBiggerChemicalsSyriaCalculusChemical Weapons Author:Barack Obama