#mistake

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#deduction #information #mistake #theories #theory

Now? I'm just another female faking orgasms to make a man not feel so inadequate. ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#experience-mistakes-wisdom #experiences #gender #love #men-and-women

A teachable spirit and a humbleness to admit your ignorance or your mistake will save you a lot of pain. However, if you're a person who knows it all, then you've got a lot of heavy-hearted experiences coming your way. ↗

— Ron Carpenter Jr.

#inspirational-life #learning-from-mistakes #quotes-that-make-sense #quotes-to-define-my-life #quotes-to-live-by

Grant was something rare in that or any war. He could learn from experience. ↗

— Shelby Foote

#learning #mistakes #experience

Sometimes you may think you're doing the right thing, but it turns out to be the wrong thing. And you just have to live with it. If I'd known what I know now when I was young, I could have done a lot more right, but I didn't. That's the way life is: you figure it out right before you die. ↗

— K. Martin Beckner

#experience

Life is funny like that, making us pay for the same stupid mistakes even after we've learned from them thoroughly. ↗

— R.K. Lilley

#mistake #funny

I don't want to give advice to a 19-year-old, because I want a 19-year-old to make mistakes and learn from them. Make mistakes, make mistakes, make mistakes. Just make sure they're your mistakes. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#life #mistakes #musician #life

And just when I though things were starting to get better, everything had gone wrong again. ↗

— Rachel Ward

#hopeless #life #mistakes #pain #truth

And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion. ↗

— Khaled Hosseini

#life #love #mistakes #past #wisedom

I wanted to wash away our past misgivings in those tears that would run from our eyes and weave a new start by folding her in my arms. I wanted to, but I did not! ↗

— Faraaz Kazi

#mistakes #misunderstandings #sad #love