#stake

It feels great to be a role model and I'm very careful with the things I do. I'm not perfect, I do make a lot of mistakes, but I try my best. ↗

— Angie Stone

#careful #feels #great #i #i do

In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#mistake #never #politics #retract #retreat

I am to a fault an introspective person. But I am not a reflective person - except for a big mistake, and then I really think about it. ↗

— Ellen Barkin

#am #big #big mistake #except #fault

An adversarial family law system raises the stakes unnecessarily high, exacerbates the antagonism of the couples concerned, and is directly responsible for making it impossible for couples who would otherwise have reconciled to do so. ↗

— Louis de Bernieres

#antagonism #concerned #couples #directly #family

To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#positive #top #voice

A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#indicated #making #mistake #much #never

I've made mistakes, and I know why I made them, but I made that choice. Nobody's ever made a choice for me. ↗

— Sandra Bullock

#ever #i #know #made #me

Of course, everybody makes mistakes, and we've all been young and stupid. But people need to have a sense of respect, particularly in this business, because hundreds of people are ready to take your place at any time. Maybe some people should think about that. ↗

— Sophia Bush

#any #because #been #business #course

I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give my life to maintain your right to make mistakes. I have to, though, have the right to say that you're mistaken. This is the principal of the liberal society. ↗

— Rocco Buttiglione

#i #i can #liberal #life #maintain

I have made lots of mistakes in terms of contracts and spending money when I shouldn't have spent money. ↗

— Jenson Button

#i #lots #made #mistakes #money