Subject: Problems » Mistakes (Page 4)

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

(1904 – 1999) author, editor, radio host

I learned in my car that I could not have children; it was the day that I locked my keys in my car with the engine running.

(1964 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

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

To err is human, to forgive is human.

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

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

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

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

(1841 – 1918) publisher of the New York Herald

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

Marriage is a mistake every man should make.

(1898 – 1981) actor, singer, songwriter & movie producer

To err is human to forgive, infrequent.

(1881 – 1960) American columnist

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

We made too many wrong mistakes.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

It's human to make mistakes and some of us are more human than others.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

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

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

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

Ninety percent of all mental errors are in your head.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

There is always one more bug.

To err is dysfunctional, to forgive co-dependent.

(1953 – ) American musician

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