Famous Quotes & Sayings

Barbara Mertz

kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.

Brent Scowcroft

An idea can be as flawless as can be, but its execution will always be full of mistakes.

Confucius

Table your mistakes, learn from them, then move on.

Robert Kraft

The greatest decisions I've made in my life are by instinct. I remember when I hired Bill I had a lot of people telling me it was a mistake. But he and I had established a rapport in '96 when he coached the secondary. You need a coach that understands economics, that understands the impact of the salary cap and how to make those difficult decisions that allow you to sustain success over the long term. I don't think there's anyone better than Bill at doing that.

Robert Kennedy

Every dictatorship has ultimately strangled in the web of repression it wove for its people, making mistakes that could not be corrected because criticism was prohibited.

Robert Greene

When it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all.

Robert Greene

Our times might emphasize equality, which we then mistake for the need for everyone to be the same, but what we really mean by this is the equal chance for people to express their differences, to let a thousand flowers bloom.

Robert Greene

If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it. Your doubts and hesitations will infect your execution. Timidity is dangerous: Better to enter with boldness. Any mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity. Everyone admires the bold; no one honors the timid.

Robert Greene

If we experience any failures or setbacks, we do not forget them because they offend our self-esteem. Instead we reflect on them deeply, trying to figure out what went wrong and discern whether there are any patterns to our mistakes.

Vanna White

I'm really just a normal person.

Val Kilmer

I don't make any pretense about being normal. I'm not.

Rupert Grint

I've tried to have a really normal life, and I have because my family treats me normal, and my friends treat me just the same.

Shawn Johnson

My other life keeps me calm and grounded and normal.

Steven Morrissey

I normally live in Los Angeles, if you can call it normal living.

Michael Ian Black

I can be a snarky Asshole, or I can be sort of mentally impaired. It's very hard for me to just be normal human being.

John Benjamin Hickey

I was shooting the third season of 'The Big C' and doing 'The Normal Heart' at the same time on Broadway, and I thought, 'I'll never do anything as difficult as this.'

Deborah Moggach

I work every day from 9:30 or so until lunchtime. In the afternoons, I become a normal person - go shopping and do the garden and look after my grandchildren.

Jeffrey Eugenides

Normality wasn't normal. It couldn't be. If normality were normal, everybody could leave it alone. They could sit back and let normality manifest itself.

Probably the saddest thing you'll ever see is a mosquito sucking on a mummy. Forget it, little friend.

James Gray

The sad truth for American actors is that they really have no control whatsoever over the material that they get, or can do, particularly actresses. And if you're over 40 and you're an actress, forget it.

Jason Michaels

We had to forget about last night. Last night was last night.

Andy Goldsworthy

We often forget that we are nature...

Alice Englert

I can't do an accent unless I'm on the set. I forget how to do it until I'm on the set.

Sylvia Plath

They would grow old. They would forget me.

Arnold Palmer

Occasionally, I'll wake up and forget where I am, ... But when you get to my age, you forget a lot of things.

Pat Sajak

I respect your opinion. And don't forget to put that tooth under your pillow tonight.

Abdoulaye Wade

People of today should not forget those Africans who made a major contribution to world peace,