Quotes by Mistake The scariest thought in the world is that someday I'll wake up and realize I've been sleepwalking through my life: underappreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear, and the habitual. George Saunders fearmistakepeople It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides. George Sand wisdommistakefunny Do not mistake your objection to defeat for an objection to fighting, your objection to being a slave for an objection to slavery, your objection to not being as rich as your neighbor for an objection to poverty. The cowardly, the insubordinate, and the envious share your objections. George Bernard Shaw slaveryfightingmistake Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes. George Soros failureunderstandingmistake I'm not better than the next trader, just quicker at admitting my mistakes and moving on to the next opportunity. George Soros mistakeopportunitymoving To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride. George Soros shamepridemistake I'm only rich because I know when I'm wrong...I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes. George Soros wealthmoneymistake I don't panic. The same thing applies to me as to everybody else, so I'm given to euphoria and despair. And I would say that I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes. George Soros panicdespairmistake The big mistake that men make is that when they turn thirteen or fourteen and all of a sudden they've reached puberty, they believe that they like women. Actually, you're just horny. It doesn't mean you like women any more at twenty-one than you did at ten. George William Curtis teenagemistakebelieve The thought that we're in competition with Russians or with Chinese is all a mistake, and trivial. We are one species, with a world to win. George Wald competitionwinningmistake Our enemies have made the mistake that America's enemies always make. They saw liberty and thought they saw weakness. And now, they see defeat. George W. Bush september-11mistakeamerica Life is very interesting if you make mistakes. Georges Carpentier mistakelifeinteresting The whole Renaissance tradition is antipethic to me. The hard-and-fast rules of perspective which it succeeded in imposing on art were a ghastly mistake which it has taken four centuries to redress; Cezanne and after him Picasso and myself can take a lot of credit for this. Scientific perspective forces the objects in a picture to disappear away from the beholder instead of bringing them within his reach as painting should. Georges Braque takenmistakeart The working of great institutions is mainly the result of a vast mass of routine, petty malice, self interest, carelessness and sheer mistake. Only a residual fraction is thought. George Santayana cynicalselfmistake My conceptual framework, which basically emphasizes the importance of misconceptions, makes me extremely critical of my own decisions. I know that I am bound to be wrong, and therefore am more likely to correct my own mistakes. George Soros frameworkdecisionmistake Just because you made a mistake doesn't mean you are a mistake. Georgette Mosbacher mistakesuccessmotivational It is much easier at all times to prevent an evil than to rectify mistakes. George Washington easierevilmistake Cash is cold comfort under these circumstances. But make no mistake about it; It is some comfort. Georgette Mosbacher moneycomfortmistake Realism gives me the impression of a mistake. Violence alone escapes the feeling of poverty of those realistic experiences. Only death and desire have the force that oppresses, that takes one's breath away. Only the extremism of desire and death enable one to attain the truth. Georges Bataille mistakefeelingsgiving Perspective is a ghastly mistake which it has taken four centuries to redress. Georges Braque perspectivetakenmistake«101102103104105106107108109110111»
