Quotes About Misstep

miscalculation of tragic proportions,

Oop—I is tripped.

embarrassment as quickly

It just came out, a new number one on the list of the dumbest things he'd ever said.

In the original Greek, one of the meanings of sin [hamartia] is simply "to miss the mark.

What do you call the unforgivable error?" "Overlooking the obvious.

Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.

Ironically, he'd yet to leave a good impression. First he'd spilled soda on her, next she'd seen him almost involved in a riot, and then this morning she'd believed him to be either lazy or an idiot.

I think human consciousness is a misstep in evolution. We became too self-aware, nature created an aspect of nature separate from itself. We are creatures that should not exist by natural law.

All of which does not alter the fact that Pnin was on the wrong train.

Annabeth hit a slippery patch of moss and her foot slipped. Fortunately, she found something else to put it against. Unfortunately, that something was my face.

She had taken the wrong path, opened the wrong door, and was unable to find her way back. Suddenly

done wrong." "No

Someone had blundered.

It takes a career, a lifetime, to build up a reputation, and only one misstep for it all to crumble away.

It seemed possible that we'd traveled across the world in error.

Shit! We're idiots.

The girl laughs. It's a harsh sound. "Lady, if you're looking for the suburbs, you already made like, four wrong turns.

It's been a long time since I've dated, but I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to do a face plant on your suitor's gurney on the first date.

Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.

The thing the ecologically illiterate don't realise about an ecosystem is that it's a system. A system! A system maintains a certain fluid stability that can be destroyed by a misstep in just one niche. A system has order, flowing from point to point. If something dams that flow, order collapses. The untrained might miss that collapse until it was too late. That's why the highest function of ecology is the understanding of consequences.

A system maintains a certain fluid stability that can be destroyed by a misstep in just one niche. A system has order, a flowing from point to point. If something dams that flow, order collapses. The untrained might miss that collapse until it was too late. That's why the highest function of ecology is the understanding of consequences.

The thing the ecologically illiterate don't realize about an ecosystem," Kynes said, "is that it's a system. A system! A system maintains a certain fluid stability that can be destroyed by a misstep in just one niche. A system has order, a flowing from point to point. If something dams that flow, order collapses.

I think we — well, I — messed up the story.