“We all make mistakes and sometimes you say things and you really don't realize what you're saying at that moment.” SometimesMomentsRealizingMistakeMaking MistakesThat MomentWe All Make Mistakes Author:Jim Thome
“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.” PeopleNeedsMadeIdeasMomentsMistakeCompanySmartInvestorsUnworthySmart PeopleVery Smart Author:Michael Moritz
“To suffer because of anything you see, feel or experience here in the world of moment to moment is a mistake. It is like becoming upset over a frightening dream.” WorldFeelsMomentsDreamSufferingMistakeIgnoranceBecomingUpsetFrightening Author:Frederick Lenz
“Since I move about with you, eat like you, and talk with you, you are deluded in the belief that this is but an instance of common humanity. Be warned against this mistake. I am also deluding you by My singing with you, talking with you, and engaging Myself in activities with you. But, any movement, My Divinity may be revealed to you; you have to be ready, prepared for that moment.” MayMomentsMovingHumanityBeliefCommonMistakeTalkingMovementReadyLike YouActivitySingingPreparedInstanceDivinityThat MomentEngagingDeludedCommon Humanity Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“In playwriting, you've got to be able to write dialogue. And if you write enough of it and let it flow enough, you'll probably come across something that will give you a key as to structure. I think the process of writing a play is working back and forth between the moment and the whole. The moment and the whole, the fluidity of the dialogue and the necessity of a strict construction. Letting one predominate for a while and coming back and fixing it so that eventually what you do, like a pastry chef, is frost your mistakes, if you can.” IfsThinkingGivingWritingEnoughPlayWholeMomentsAbleProcessMistakeKeysFlowStructureDialogueConstructionChefStrictComing BackBack And ForthFixingFrostPastriesFluidityPlaywritingPastry Chef Author:David Mamet
“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
“Failure is enriching. It's also important to accept that you'll make mistakes - it's how you build your expertise. The trick is to learn a positive lesson from all of life's negative moments.” ImportantMomentsMistakeAcceptingFailureLessonsNegativeTricksMaking MistakesExpertiseEnriching Author:Alain Ducasse
“My father is a marvelous mentor, and if you're going to have a mentor, the ones that work best let you make your own mistakes. You're ready to do your own thing and just at that moment of being unbridled, if somebody's trying to manage you too tightly, it's going to be tough - particularly if that person's got the same last name.” IfsTryingPersonsMomentsLastsFatherNamesMistakeReadyToughManageThat MomentMentorMarvelous Author:Brian Roberts
“The mistakes we make as investors is when the market's going up, we think it's going to go up forever. When the market goes down, we think it's going to go down forever. Neither of those things actually happen. Doesn't do anything forever. It's by the moment.” ThinkingMomentsHappensMistakeForeverInvestors Author:John C. Bogle
“Some of the best inventive moments are born out of 'wrong thinking'. Most people start with the right way so they all follow the same path. The wrong way will lead to mistakes from which you can learn and create new discoveries-the kind of original ideas that come to life when we dare to be different, keep an open mind, and have no fear of failure.” PeopleThinkingWayMindKindIdeasDifferentMomentsBornMistakePathDiscoveryOriginalsDareRight WayNo FearFear Of FailureOpen MindWrong WayHave No FearOriginal IdeasNew DiscoveriesKeep An Open MindDare To Be DifferentWrong Thinking Author:James Dyson
“The moment you begin to depend on audience reaction, you're doing the wrong thing. You're doin' it wrong, it's a mistake, it's not right. You can't allow yourself, no matter what, to depend on them.” MatterMomentsMistakeAudienceDependsNo Matter WhatReactionsWrong Things Author:Bruce Springsteen