#mist

If life is a punishment, one should wish for an end; if life is a test, one should wish it to be short. ↗

— Bernardin de Saint-Pierre

#life #paul-and-virginie #paul-et-virginie #pessimism #pessimistic

I made my fair share of mistakes. ↗

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

#fair share #i #made #mistakes #share

Fame is empowering. My mistake was that I thought I would instinctively know how to handle it. But there's no manual, no training course. ↗

— Charlie Sheen

#empowering #fame #handle #how #i

All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner. ↗

— Red Skelton

#about #find #make #married #married men

The New Age movement looks like a mixed bag. I see much in it that seems good: It's optimistic; it's enthusiastic; it has the capacity for belief. On the debit side, I think one needs to distinguish between belief and credulity. ↗

— Huston Smith

#bag #belief #between #capacity #credulity

I don't listen to my own records a lot. Once in a while - to check out my mistakes. Because you can always see a spot or two in the record where you could have done better. So you more or less study this way. ↗

— Ben Webster

#because #better #check #could #done

I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films. ↗

— Oskar Werner

#films #i #married #mistress #theater

I am married to the theater, and the films are only my mistress. ↗

— Oskar Werner

#films #i #i am #married #mistress

That, sir, depends on whether I embrace your mistress or your politics. ↗

— John Wilkes

#embrace #i #mistress #politics #sir

There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game. ↗

— Ted Williams

#any #baseball #been #game #hitter