#mist

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes. ↗

— John Ruskin

#general #great #great mistakes #mistakes #pride

He's the president of the United States. He's got to work 14 to 16 hours a day, run foreign and domestic policy. If he's got time for mistresses after all that, what the hell difference does it make? ↗

— Pierre Salinger

#day #difference #does #domestic #domestic policy

Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others. ↗

— Sallust

#always #bad #good #kings #mistrust

In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf. I played three rounds in that Tahoe event, and I was drained. Mentally, not physically. ↗

— Pete Sampras

#drained #event #golf #i #make

In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#awake #eyes #morning #open #open your eyes

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#defeat #every #laughter #listen #mistaken

Mistakes are not always the result of someone's ineptitude. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#mistakes #result #someone

I've been called a lot of things. But never, and I mean never, could anyone ever make the mistake of calling me a Yankee fan. ↗

— Curt Schilling

#been #called #calling #could #ever

I've made mistakes, I've misspoke, I am sure I will again sometime, but that happens, that's part of being human in my book. I'm OK with that. I've never done it maliciously, ever. ↗

— Curt Schilling

#am #being #being human #book #done

In a brave new world, a post-September 11 world, anyone is going to make certain mistakes. The mistakes that have been made on homeland security, on protecting our Nation from another terrorist attack, are mistakes of omission. We are simply not doing enough. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#anyone #attack #been #brave #brave new world