Quotes About Mistakes

You need to make mistakes in rehearsal because that's how you find out what works and what doesn't.

Almost every comedy you see is about people making all wrong choices and making all the errors of judgement possible. Good comedy is when it works on this scale. Because it is psychologically very real.

The World Cup is a tournament that practically does not allow errors, especially in the final.

On TV, if you fluff your lines, nobody gives a toss. But if you fluff a penalty in the World Cup, well - we all know how much that matters.

I guess I set a world record for errors. I had a pretty good arm, see, but I didn't have much control.

Through the history of rock n' roll, you see lots of bands making the mistake of putting on the tights when they get to arenas. Don't do that.

It's counterintuitive to take a long time to hire someone, but it will save you enormous amounts of time and money later. Our biggest mistakes in hiring stem from speed.

The world is littered with the tales of small businesses in the dire straits of hiring that spent time and money they couldn't afford to hire people who couldn't perform.

Back in the day, when I started, you were still allowed to make mistakes. You got to make your mistakes in public, in a way. I think the world was a more forgiving place when I started my career, in the sense that we got time and space to develop as a writer.

With a certain amount of time, people can't be crucified for what they've done wrong. It's what I always tell people.

It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to the next.

Often my friends point out that I haven't contributed to a particular film at all, or my comic timing wasn't bang on. I tell them I'm human and bound to make mistakes... I hope I don't repeat those mistakes.

I have a tip that will take five strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser.

I have a tip that can take 5 strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser.

But if the young are never tired of erring in conduct, neither are the older in erring of judgment.

While all Republicans acknowledge that there were mistakes made during the Bush Administration, again the continuous pointing a finger at President Bush has gotten tiresome.

If I'm going to be honest with you, I made a lot of mistakes. I made a lot of mistakes in a very short period of time.

To be honest, I've made a lot mistakes and I quite like making them because you learn from them.

To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.

To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or at least only the cleverest of them do so.

I happen to love creating handmade ornaments even when I mess up I still have fun.

It's difficult to love a goalkeeper. He is invisible, and is only in the limelight when he makes a blunder.

Sports teaches you there is always a second innings in life. If you fail today, there's a second innings maybe two days later. Maybe there's another opportunity coming up three or six months later. If you look at mistake as learnings and commit never to make a same mistake again, then you actually get better with every mistake that you make.

The thing about being a university teacher is that you're fairly tolerant about young people saying things they shouldn't have said.