Subject: Problems » Mistakes (Page 3)

When a doctor makes a mistake, it's best to bury the subject.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.

(1885 – 1962) Danish physicist

Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

Specialists are people who always repeat the same mistakes.

(1883 – 1969) German architect & founder of the Bauhaus School

One cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs – but it is amazing how many eggs one can break without making a decent omelette.

The German mind has a talent for making no mistakes but the very greatest.

(1904 – 1999) author, editor, radio host

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

(1769 – 1821) French general & politician

A computer makes as many mistakes in two seconds as 20 men working 20 years.

Asking dumb questions is easier than correcting dumb mistakes.

Experience is what makes you pause briefly before going ahead and making the same mistake.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author

Well, I screwed it up real good, didn't I?

(1913 – 1994) 37th U.S. president

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

(1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician

All great discoveries are made by mistake

Corollary: The greater the funding, the longer it takes to make the mistake.

Experience : The name men give to their mistakes.

Ninety percent of all mental errors are in your head.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Don't ever make the same mistake twice, unless it pays.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention, with the possible exceptions of handguns and Tequila.

journalist, media executive & entrepreneur

I made a wrong mistake.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner.

(1903 – 1968) movie actress