Screw Ups Quotes - Page 6

• Whenever you come across a screw-up this big, you know the government is behind it.

  Ann Coulter

  Government, Political, Bigs

  Ann Coulter (2004). “How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must): The World According to Ann Coulter”, p.133, Crown Forum

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• Screw-ups are the mark of excellence.

  Tom Peters

  Excellence, Mark, Screws

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• I guess we all have a bad night now and then and really screw up. I listened to our earlier stuff and we screwed up a lot. But at least now that we are sober, when we screw up it's for real.

  Joe Perry

  Real, Night, Stuff

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• So long as your desire to explore is greater than your desire to not screw up, you're on the right track.

  Ed Helms

  Long, Track, Desire

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• I really don't mind dying because I figure I haven't wasted this life. Up until my first book was published I had all this potential, people would say, and I screwed up. After it, I could say: No, I didn't screw up.

  Robert M. Pirsig

  Book, People, Mind

  "Zen and the art of Robert Pirsig". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. November 18, 2006.

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• It's a movie depiction you don't want to screw up.

  Laszlo Nemes

  Want, Depiction, Screws

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• It would be easier to screw up American Express than Coke or Gillette, but it's an immensely strong business.

  Charlie Munger

  Strong, Would Be, Coke

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• A manager's job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smart stuff your organization did last December.

  Earl Weaver

  Jobs, Smart, Simple

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• When we got to the part where we had to improvise an argument in a poetic language, I got cold feet. "I can't do this," I said. "I don't know what to say." "Say anything," he said. "You can't make a mistake when you improvise." "What if I mess it up? What if I screw up the rhythm?" "You can't," he said. "It's like drumming. If you miss a beat, you create another." In this simple exchange, Sam taught me the secret of improvisation, one that I have accessed my whole life.

  Patti Smith

  Mistake, Simple, Feet

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• The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.

  Patrick Swayze

  Success, Failure, Giving

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• You need to screw up to learn. You need to experience to create greatness.

  Laurie Faria Stolarz

  Greatness, Experience, Needs

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• I can charm my way out of a situation when I screw up.

  Cory Arcangel

  Way, Charm, Situation

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• But what's a writer for? The whole point is to put yourself into other lives, other heads-writers have always done that. If you screw up, so someone will tell you, that's all.

  Grace Paley

  Done, Screws, Whole

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• Cable was a blessing for me. Thank god, I've done a show that's going to be iconic. So, if I screw up, it's all right because I already have something that's going to be iconic.

  Giancarlo Esposito

  Blessing, Thank God, Done

  "Giancarlo Esposito Talks REVOLUTION, Ensuring that He’s Not Repeating His BREAKING BAD Character, the Show’s Extended Hiatus, and More". Interview by Christina Radish, collider.com. March 25, 2013.

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• When people screw up, give them a second chance.

  Richard Branson

  Second Chance, People, Giving

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• If I screw up raising my kids, nothing I achieve will matter much.

  Steve Martin

  Kids, Matter, Achieve

  "Fictional character: Tom Baker". "Cheaper by the Dozen", 2003.

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• If the best way to learn to succeed is to fail as fast as possible, then the second-best way is to watch someone else fail as fast as possible. Watching someone else screw up is a kind of rehearsal for your own eventual downfall. A close observation of someone else's attempt to resolve a difficulty is a great way to acquire real-world insight into whether and when to deploy their method in your own times of trouble.

  Cory Doctorow

  Real, Watches, World

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• Sometimes if you jump into something too quickly, you can screw up something that might have been good two years down the road.

  Dolly Parton

  Years, Two, Might

  Dolly Parton, Randy Schmidt (2017). “Not Dumb, Not Blonde: Dolly In Conversation”, p.145, Omnibus Press

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• I'd rather be more of the hippie country chick - as in, instead of pointing a finger, just maybe saying, 'We're all screw-ups. We're all in this kind of together. We're all just figuring this out.'

  Kacey Musgraves

  Country, Hippie, Together

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• Don't be so damn hard on yourself. Yeah, you screwed up. You're not perfect, fine. Learn from it. But don't punish yourself. Be kind to you, even when you screw up. You'll bounce back eventually. You'll make up for it.

  Stephanie Klein

  Perfect, Be Kind, Yeah

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• Parenting is the easiest job to get - you just have to screw up once and it's yours.

  Dennis Miller

  Jobs, Screws

  Dennis Miller (2010). “Rants”, p.144, Main Street Books

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• The honest man might observe... that no one gets something for nothing; that politicians go in poor and go out rich; that the Government screws up everything it touches; and that the Will to Believe is best confined to the Religious Venue, as to practice it elsewhere is just too damned expensive.

  David Mamet

  Religious, Believe, Men

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• When you screw up, you got to pay the price. Shoot up a supermarket, you go to jail. Ride a motorcycle without a helmet, permanent brain damage and in California you're getting a ticket. Too chatty on a date with my dad, well, he'll push you in front of a cross town bus. Of course, you know, I'm speaking metaphorically. My dad will push you in front of any bus.

  Christopher Titus

  Dad, Pay The Price, California

  "Titus / Three Strikes". www.imdb.com. 2001.

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• Being under the microscope meant I was never given any slack. I still managed to screw up plenty in life, mind you, but in the things I really cared about - the legal work, or the stories I was telling as a writer, or the office I built in government - I wasn't left a lot of margin for error. It's kept me driven.

  Ronan Farrow

  Errors, Government, Office

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• Given enough time humans will screw up Wikipedia just as they have screwed up everything else, but so far it's not too bad.

  Jimmy Wales

  Enough Time, Wikipedia, Given

  "Deconstructing Wikipedia at the Berkman Center". www.cnet.com. May 15, 2008.

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