“No charges have been filed by the L.A. district attorney's office, and for that I am appreciative. I have said it before, but we all make mistakes, and the day will come soon enough where you no longer read of mine in the tabloids.” Has BeensSaidEnoughMistakeMinesOfficeMaking MistakesAttorneyTabloidsAppreciativeWe All Make MistakesSoon Enough Author:Scott Stapp
“And, to prevent mistakes, I must advertize you, that I now mean by elements, as those chymists that speak plainest do by their principles, certain primitive or simple, or perfectly unmingled bodies; which not being made of any other bodies, or of one another, are the ingredients of which all those called perfectly mixt bodies are immediately compounded, and into which they are ultimately resolved: now whether there be any such body to be constantly met with in all, and each, of those that are said to be elemented bodies, is the thing I now question.” MeanMadeSaidBodyScienceCertainSpeakSimpleMistakePrinciplesMetsElementsDefinitionsIngredientsPrimitive Book:The Sceptical Chymist Source: The Sceptical Chymist
“An eminent American is reported to have said to friends who wished to put him forward, 'Gentlemen, let there be no mistake. I should make a good president, but a very bad candidate.” ShouldSaidPresidentMistakeGentlemanCandidates Book:The American Commonwealth: Vol. 1: The National Government Source: The American Commonwealth: Vol. 1: The National Government
“A true apology is more than just aknowledgment of a mistake. It is recognition that something you have said or done has damaged a relationship and that you care enough about the relationship to want it repaired and restored.” WantSaidDoneEnoughCareMistakeRecognitionApology Author:Norman Vincent Peale
“Since 2005, a majority of Americans, according to the Gallup poll, have said it was wrong and a mistake to go into Iraq.” SaidMistakeMajorityIraqPolls Author:David Brooks
“An intelligent man said that the world felt Napoleon as a weight, and that when he died it would give a great oof of relief. This is just as true of Byron, or of such Byrons of their days as Kipling and Hemingway: after a generation or two the world is tired of being their pedestal, shakes them of with an oof, and then - hoisting onto its back a new world-figure - feels the penetrating satisfaction of having made a mistake all its own.” MenWorldGivingFeelsMadeSaidTwoFeltMistakeGenerationsFiguresWeightDiedIntelligentTiredSatisfactionShakesReliefNew WorldMade A MistakePedestalIntelligent ManByronKipling Author:Randall Jarrell
“The great Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen, wrote, "One of these days, the younger generation will come knocking at my door." The future is knocking at our door right now. Make no mistake, the next generation will ask us one of two questions. Either they will ask: "What were you thinking; why didn't you act?" Or they will ask instead: "How did you find the moral courage to rise and successfully resolve a crisis that so many said was impossible to solve?” ThinkingSaidTwoNextAsksMistakeMoralImpossibleGenerationsDoorsRight NowCrisisSolveThese DaysResolveNext GenerationPlaywrightKnockingYounger GenerationMoral CourageNorwegiansIbsen Author:Al Gore
“"We have heard stories about white men who make the powerful guns and the strong drinks and took slaves away across the seas, but no one thought the stories were true." [said Obierika]"There is no story that is not true," said Uchendu. "The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others. We have albinos among us. Do you not think that they came to our clan by mistake, that they have strayed from their way to a land where everybody is like them?"” PeopleThinkingMenWorldWaySaidEndsStoriesStrongWhitePowerfulMistakeHeardSeaLandDrinkGunSlaveWhite ManClansAbominationStrong Drink Author:Chinua Achebe
“There are so many kinds of awful men One can't avoid them all. She often said She'd never make the same mistake again: She always made a new mistake instead.” MenKindMadeSaidMistakeAwfulSame Mistakes Author:Wendy Cope
“Tell me," said the atheist , "Is there a God really?" Said the master, "If you want me to be perfectly honest with you, I will not answer." Later the disciples demanded to know why he had not answered. "Because the question is unanswerable," said the Master. "So you are an atheist?" "Certainly not. The atheist makes the mistake of denying that of which nothing may be said... and the theist makes the mistake of affirming it.” IfsKnowsWantMaySaidAnswersMistakeHonestMastersAtheistWant MeDiscipleYou Want MeAffirmingTheistIf You Want Me Author:Anthony de Mello
“But we make such mistakes all the time, all through our lives. Wisdom, I suppose, is seeing this and acting upon it before it is too late. But it is often too late, isn't it? - and those things that we should have said are unsaid, and remain unsaid for ever.” ShouldSaidActingMistakeOur LivesSeeingLateShould HaveToo LateLife WisdomUnsaid Book:Love Over Scotland Source: Love Over Scotland
“By accident Jeb Bush announced that he was running for president. And then he said, 'No, not yet. OK, I made a mistake.' And then later in the day, by accident, he called Hillary and congratulated her.” MadeSaidRunningPresidentMistakeAccidentsMade A MistakeI Made A Mistake Author:David Letterman
“It was the first time I used that bat. A Yankee fan in Chicago gave it to me the last time we were there and said it would bring me luck. There's no brand name on it or anything. Maybe the guy made it himself. It had been in the bat rack, and I picked it up by mistake because it looked like the bat I had been using the last few days.” FirstsMadeSaidLastsUsedGuyNamesMistakeFansFirst TimeLuckMade ItBrandsChicagoLast TimeBatsYankeesNew York YankeesRacksBrand NamesYankee Fans Author:Graig Nettles