#stake

I'm amused when Congress tries to place the blame on somebody but never themselves. I've never heard any of them ever say, 'I've made a mistake.' I do. I say I called it wrong. But they just try to find somebody to blame. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#any #blame #called #congress #ever

Yes, I very much like to have a personal stake in what I'm writing about. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#i #like #much #personal #stake

When new cooks come to work for me, they obviously make mistakes at the beginning or there's some messiness to the presentation. What I always say to them is: 'If you were cooking this for your mother or your girlfriend, would you make those mistakes?' ↗

— Joel Robuchon

#beginning #come #cooking #cooks #girlfriend

They think something's gone wrong, but in Don't Look Now, for instance, one scene was made by a mistake. It's the scene where Donald Sutherland goes to look for the policeman who's investigating the two women. ↗

— Nicolas Roeg

#goes #gone #instance #investigating #look

People mistake their limitations for high standards. ↗

— Jean Toomer

#high standards #limitations #mistake #people #standards

You always learn something from mistakes. ↗

— Yani Tseng

#learn #mistakes #something #you

If a person is not willing to make a mistake, you're never going to do anything right. ↗

— Sanford I. Weill

#going #make #mistake #never #person

So, I understand when they make a mistake and everyone at home is throwing their shoe at the television set. ↗

— Vanna White

#home #i #make #mistake #set

I have long felt that it is readers and viewers of conservative media who could benefit from a more balanced discussion of what is at stake in our policy and the actions of our government. ↗

— Joe Wilson

#balanced #benefit #conservative #could #discussion

When you hurry you're more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you're not quick you can't get things done. ↗

— John Wooden

#done #get #hurry #make #mistakes