Quotes About Misstep

Rincewind's feet made their own decision and, from the point of view of his head, got it entirely wrong.

wrong, Miss Drew

He fell ass over tea Kettle

My mouth is sore from continually extracting my foot from it.

'Karzzz' was a mistake.

And then I did the stupidest thing I've ever done. "They're not here," I said. I knew, as the words left my mouth, that I had just made a deep mistake.

Most men would rather be charged with malice than with making a blunder.

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.

Right. Of course. Well, then that makes sense, I guess." Open mouth, insert sand-covered foot.

New York's a pretty big town. You might take a wrong turn and get lost." "You know," she'd said sweetly, "you might take a hint and do the same.

Whatever the blessing, the talent, or technology, we can still find some way to fuck it up.

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

To err is human. To arr is pirate … What a difference a single misplaced letter can make.

The key to any relationship is communication. And I've always thought that communication is like a dance. One person takes a step forward, the other takes a step back. Even a single misstep can land both people on the floor in a tangle of confusion.

The "sage of love" within me (acquired from who knew what egregious experience) was crowing about Füsun's misstep: By speaking too sincerely, she had lost. From this reaction I deduced that my jealous worries and obsessions would soon subside.

He'd crossed the line, man. He'd crossed it big-time.

It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. Your foot falls down, through the air, and there is a sickly moment of dark surprise as you try to readjust the way you thought of things.

There are many expressions to describe someone who is going about something in the wrong way. "Making a mistake" is one way to describe this situation. "Screwing up" is another, although it is a bit rude, and "Attempting to rescue Lemony Snicket by writing letters to a congressman, instead of digging an escape tunnel" is a third way, although it is a bit too specific.

It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. Your foot falls down, through the air, and there is a sickly moment of dark surprise as you try and readjust the way you thought of things.

Everybody does something wrong at one time or another.

is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. Your foot falls down, through the air, and there is a sickly moment of dark surprise as you try and readjust the way you thought of things.

you ever have that feeling when you step down onto a footstep that isn't there?

I felt as if I had stepped on the place where the last stair ought to have been, but wasn't.

what is the opposite of a mistake? And I realised there wasn't a word, in fact, precisely because a mistake always arises from best intentions that go awry. You can't set out to make a mistake. Mistakes happen – there's nothing we can do about them.