Subject: Problems » Mistakes (Page 4)

To err is human; to purr, feline.

(1930 – ) American author and billiard player, teacher & commentator

A man can sleep around, no questions asked, but if a woman makes nineteen or twenty mistakes she's a tramp.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

I have made mistakes, but have never made the mistake of claiming I never made one.

(1841 – 1918) publisher of the New York Herald

If you are going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist

Nothing is as inevitable as a mistake whose time has come.

Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.

(1957 – ) cartoonist (Dilbert)

Asking dumb questions is easier than correcting dumb mistakes.

Experience : The name men give to their mistakes.

Some mistakes are too fun to make only once.

All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner.

(1913 – 1997) American comedian & radio & television host

If we really learned from our past mistakes, most of us would never get out of bed in the morning.

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

God don't make no mistakes… that's how He got to be God.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it only makes it worse.

I made a wrong mistake.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

journalist, media executive & entrepreneur

All great discoveries are made by mistake

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

Nobody notices the big errors.

Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts.

(1943 – 1971) rock singer

To err is human; to really foul things up takes a computer.

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

Like most of those who study history, he [Napoleon III] learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

(1906 – 1990) British historian