#stakes

There is such a thing as the poetry of a mistake, and when you say, "Mistakes were made," you deprive an action of its poetry, and you sound like a weasel. ↗

— Charles Baxter

#deniability #mistakes #passive-voice #politics #villainy

The use of the polygraph has done little more than create confusion, ambiguity and mistakes. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#confusion #create #done #little #mistakes

Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#better #doing #lot #making #making mistakes

Nobody bats 500. We all make mistakes. ↗

— Desi Arnaz

#make #mistakes #nobody

You learn from mistakes. ↗

— Diane Abbott

#mistakes #you

A mad, keen photographer needs to get out into the world and work and make mistakes. ↗

— Sam Abell

#into #keen #mad #make #mistakes

We didn't make the mistakes that many other cities did. ↗

— Ivan Allen

#did #make #many #mistakes #other

The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style. ↗

— Fred Astaire

#considered #enough #go #higher #make

I always felt myself to be an unlucky person like Donald, who is a victim of so many circumstances. But there isn't a person in the United States who couldn't identify with him. He is everything, he is everybody; he makes the same mistakes that we all make. ↗

— Carl Barks

#circumstances #donald #everybody #everything #felt

Mistakes are the growing pains of wisdom. ↗

— William Jordan

#mistakes #wisdom #mistakes