Big Mistake Quotes - Page 2

• I think a lot of people try to edit themselves out and I think that's a big mistake, because the person being interviewed is responding to a person, and if you don't know who that person is then you don't really know what's going on with the person being interviewed.

  Sheila Heti

  Mistake, Thinking, People

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Cheating is bad. That's a big mistake I've made, and I've really hurt people. I've never lied about it, though. I've always been honest.

  Bonnie McKee

  Cheating, Hurt, Mistake

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• I think it's a big mistake to decide too soon what you're going to do with your life.

  Freeman Dyson

  Mistake, Thinking, Bigs

  "Legendary physicist Freeman Dyson talks about math, nuclear rockets, and astounding things about the universe". Interview with Elena Holodny, uk.businessinsider.com. September 9, 2016.

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• Newt Gingrich was campaigning at a zoo this week and he was bitten by a penguin. Newt Gingrich is always campaigning at zoos. Mitt Romney once did a photo op at a zoo. That was a big mistake, because he stood next to the chameleon, and HE changed colors.

  Bill Maher

  Zoos, Mistake, Color

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• I don’t keep a travel diary. I did keep a travel diary once and it was a big mistake. All I remember of that trip is what I bothered to write down. Everything else slipped away, as though my mind felt jilted by my reliance on pen and paper. For exactly the same reason I don’t travel with a camera. My holiday becomes the snapshots and anything I forget to record is lost.

  Alex Garland

  Mistake, Writing, Holiday

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• It's the little mistakes that lead to big mistakes.

  Pittacus Lore

  Mistake, Littles, Bigs

  Pittacus Lore (2010). “I Am Number Four”, p.43, Harper Collins

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• I got ready for bed and crawled in. The covers were comfortable and warm, but the pillow was just too weird. It gave me neck cramps, so I put it on the floor and went to sleep without it. My first big mistake.

  Rick Riordan

  Mistake, Sleep, Bed

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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• I don’t intimidate you at all, do I? (Acheron) Well, when you chased me through Kyrian’s house, I did wet my pants a bit. Guess I’m not housebroken after all. My mom will be so disappointed after all she went through to potty train me. But once you let me live…your big mistake…now I know you think I’m too cute and fluffy to kill. (Nick)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Cute, Mom, Mistake

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• She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.

  Henry James

  Mistake, Opportunity, Hands

  "The Real Thing and Other Tales".

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• It drains the bars and cafes after hours, concentrates the wicked and the guilty along its chipped Formica counter, and thrums with the gossip of criminals, policemen, shtarkers,and schlemiels, whores and night owls ... three or four floaters, solitaries, and drunks between benders lean against the sparkly resin counter, sucking the tea from their shtekelehs and working the calulations of their next big mistake.

  Michael Chabon

  Mistake, Night, Gossip

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• I try not to dwell on big mistakes but to move on when I make a mistake. I make mistakes most of the times and that's part of the risk profile being an entrepreneur. I guess one big mistake I did was not to start my own company earlier. I spent nine years working for others before starting Kazaa in 2000.

  Niklas Zennstrom

  Mistake, Moving, Years

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• My whole career, I've had an issue with always kind of being an underdog and making a big mistake when it counts and falling and having to climb back up. One moment everything will be peachy and everyone will be saying the nicest things about me and loving me, and the next minute I'm the worst, I'm evil, all these things. It's like a fallen angel.

  Johnny Weir

  Mistake, Fall, Angel

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• I know I should just leave. Just go. Because there's a point where a mistake turns into a big mistake, and I should probably come to my senses before I get there.

  David Levithan

  Mistake, Should, Bigs

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List”, p.46, Egmont UK

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• Lilith: Oh, but your heart grows cold. A north wind blows and carries down the distant... Rose? The Doctor: Oooh, big mistake! Because that name keeps me fighting!

  Gareth Roberts

  Mistake, Heart, Fighting

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• The problems come when it's time to put our faith in things other than the Lord. There's no doubt that other people can be tricky. But once again, it's all about listening to your heart. That don't mean you should ignore what your head's telling you. But your heart will do a much better job of helping you figure out who's good and who ain't. Who deserves your faith, and who doesn't. If you judge solely by evidence, you could wind up making some big mistakes.

  Kirsten Miller

  Jobs, Mistake, Mean

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• Start early – the sooner you start, the more you will have in your account when you retire. I actually waited until 30 before contributing…that was a big mistake.

  Greg Meyer

  Mistake, Bigs, Retiring

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• After about 30 minutes I puked all over my airplane. I said to my self, "Man, you made a big mistake."

  Chuck Yeager

  Mistake, Airplane, Men

  "50 years later, Yeager proves he still has 'the right stuff'" by Charles Feldman, www.cnn.com. October 14, 1997.

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• To make marijuana against the law is like saying God made a big mistake.

  Bill Hicks

  Weed, Mistake, Marijuana

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• At this stage in my career, I don't have to take any big risks. You want to take a calculated risk, not one that leads to people saying 'yes, but there was that one time when she made that big mistake.' It's always a shame when that happens, especially if you've gotten by for decades without anything hugely tragic.

  Renee Fleming

  Mistake, Careers, People

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• If you want to be successful in the art world you've got to look to the art world; you don't make it for the bloke next door and then hope the art world is going to look at it. That's one of the big mistakes people make.

  Grayson Perry

  Art, Mistake, Successful

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• We have to keep trying things we're not sure we can pull off. If we just do the things we know we can do ... you don't grow as much. You gotta take those chances on making those big mistakes.

  Cybill Shepherd

  Inspirational, Life, Mistake

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• To think of your creations in terms of better or worse- big mistake. They are your children.

  Jay Sankey

  Children, Mistake, Thinking

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• Solomon made a big mistake when he asked for wisdom.

  Anton Chekhov

  Wisdom, Mistake, Made

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• My first big mistake was made when, in a moment of weakness, I consented to learn the game; for a man who can frankly say "I do not play bridge" is allowed to go over in the corner and run the pianola by himself, while the poor neophyte, no matter how much he may protest that he isn't "at all a good player, in fact I'm perfectly rotten," is never believed, but dragged into a game where it is discovered, too late, that he spoke the truth.

  Robert Benchley

  Running, Mistake, Player

  Robert Benchley (1925). “Of All Things”

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• We love Formula One and think Formula One's great. But we think Formula E is different. We would be making a big mistake if we tried to compete with Formula One and be similar to Formula One, we have to be radically different to Formula One to have a chance of survival. I don't mean survival by beating Formula One but co-existing complimentary to Formula One.

  Richard Branson

  Love, Mistake, Mean

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