#mistake

My vanity was flattered by having been mistaken for our revered sovereign. I ordered a banquet to be got ready for the following evening, under the trees before my house, and invited the whole town. ↗

— Adelbert von Chamisso

#been #before #evening #flattered #following

When I stopped touring in the early '80s for a few years, it was a mistake looking back. I lost touch with my audience in a way and I think that was a bad career move. ↗

— Bryan Ferry

#back #bad #career #early #few

I did some research and tried to pull out some old, classic Van Halen that they had not played in 10 or 15 years. I think that was Sammy's mistake. I he didn't want to do the Dave stuff. ↗

— Gary Cherone

#dave #did #had #halen #i

The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#avoid #each #formulae #letting #make

It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something. ↗

— Ornette Coleman

#found #i #knew #make #mistakes

Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I'll show you somebody who has never achieved much. ↗

— Joan Collins

#i #made #me #mistake #much

Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel. ↗

— John Churton Collins

#feel #feeling #half #life #mistakes

Make no mistake; child predation on the Internet is a growing problem. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

#growing #internet #make #make no mistake #mistake

I got a way to get through to kids. I try to take that and use that to my advantage. If we work on the kids right now, I'm telling you, they'll be making less mistakes, the jails will be gettin' less full. It's all about what we do with the kids. ↗

— Flavor Flav

#advantage #full #get #gettin #got

It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#expect #good #good work #matters #mistake