Quotes by Mistake You believe that reality is something objective, external, existing in its own right. You also believe that the nature of reality is self-evident. When you delude yourself into thinking that you see something, you assume that everyone else sees the same thing as you. But I tell you, Winston, that reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else. Not in the individual mind, which can make mistakes, and in any case soon perishes: only in the mind of the Paty, which is collective and immortal. George Orwell mistakebelievereality The secret of rulership is to combine a belief in one’s own infallibility with a power to learn from past mistakes. George Orwell secretmistakepast You gotta grow, you gotta learn by your mistakes; You gotta die a little everyday just to try to stay awake; When you believe there's no mountain you can climb; And if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time, next time. Gerry Rafferty everydaymistakebelieve It would hurt. But we'll dust ourselves off and we'll come back. Gerry Schwartz dusthurtmistake Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous. George Eliot atheismformmistake America felt victorious and generous after World War II. They had also learned from the mistakes after World War I when they imposed punishment on Germany. What became of Germany? A Nazi dictatorship which threatened the world. Today's Germany doesn't feel as prosperous and generous as America then. But actually, Germany still is very prosperous. George Soros punishmentmistakewar I fight with emotion, but I don't fight with anger. I could be angry, but I'm not going to fight with anger because when you fight with anger you can make mistakes. Georges St-Pierre mmafightingmistake It is a fearful mistake to believe that because our wishes are not accomplished they can do no harm. Gertrude the Great wishmistakebelieve Life and death, energy and peace. If I stop today it was still worth it. Even the terrible mistakes that I made and would have unmade if I could. The pains that have burned me and scarred my soul, it was worth it, for having been allowed to walk where I've walked, which was to hell on earth, heaven on earth, back again, into, under, far in between, through it, in it, and above. Gia Carangi life-and-deathpainmistake Never was there a more injurous mistake than to say it was thebusiness only of the clergy to care for souls. George MacDonald caresoulmistake Liberty may make mistakes but tyranny is the death of a nation. Giacomo Matteotti libertygovernmentmistake one who makes no mistakes makes nothing Giacomo Casanova make-it-countmaking-mistakesmistake Power of generalizing gives men so much the superiority in mistake over the dumb animals. George Eliot mistakeanimalmen I once told you that I am not a saint, and I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a mistake. So I will close with another confession. Frequently, along the tortuous road of recent months from this chamber to the Presidents House, I protested that I was my own man. Now I realize that I was wrong. I am your man, for it was your carefully weighed confirmation that changed my occupation. The truth is I am the peoples man, for you acted in their name, and I accepted and began my new and solemn trust with a promise to serve all the people and do the best that I can for America. Gerald R. Ford namesmistakemen [In mathematics] There are two kinds of mistakes. There are fatal mistakes that destroy a theory, but there are also contingent ones, which are useful in testing the stability of a theory. Gian-Carlo Rota mistaketwoscience Authors are far closer to the truths enfolded in mystery than ordinary people, because of that very audacity of imagination which irritates their plodding critics. As only those who dare to make mistakes succeed greatly, only those who shake free the wings of their imagination brush, once in a way, the secrets of the great pale world. If such writers go wrong, it is not for the mere brains to tell them so Gertrude Atherton mistakewingspeople We need modern ideas, but we also need ancient wisdom. If we deny ancient wisdom we are making a big mistake. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso mistakeideasneeds Man made one grave mistake: in answer to vaguely reformist and humanitarian agitation he admitted women to politics and the professions. The conservatives who saw this as the undermining of our civilisation and the end of the state and marriage were right after all; it is time for the demolition to begin. Germaine Greer agitationwomenmistake Tarly, when I was a lad half your age, my lady mother told me that if I stood about with my mouth open, a weasel was like to mistake it for his lair and run down my throat. If you have something to say, say it. Otherwise, beware of weasels. George R. R. Martin mothermistakerunning By exposing yourself to risk, you're exposing yourself to heavy-duty learning, which gets you on all levels. It becomes a very emotional experience as well as an intellectual experience. Each time you make a mistake, you're learning from the school of hard knocks, which is the best education available. Gifford Pinchot emotionalmistakeschool«103104105106107108109110111112113»
