#stakes

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does. ↗

— Josh Billings

#does #makes #mistakes #never #often

One of the biggest mistakes that people make when they think about memes is they try to extend on the analogy with genes. That's not how it works. It works by realizing the concept of a replicator. ↗

— Susan Blackmore

#analogy #biggest #biggest mistakes #concept #extend

It's important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#happen #important #make #memorable #mistakes

All the mistakes I've ever made in my life have been when I've been drunk. I haven't made hardly any mistakes sober, ever, ever. ↗

— Tracey Emin

#been #drunk #ever #hardly #haven

A moment of brilliance is not good enough to pay for your mistakes, it's taking responsibility ↗

— Mohamed Mohamed Adel

#life-lessons #mistakes #responsibility #life

I really don't know why Scarlett has such appeal. When I began writing the sequel, I had a lot of trouble because Scarlett is not my kind of person. She's virtually illiterate, has no taste, never learns from her mistakes. ↗

— Alexandra Ripley

#because #began #had #her #i

I made my fair share of mistakes. ↗

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

#fair share #i #made #mistakes #share

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

Man is biodegradable; his mistakes are not. And sometimes I feel man cannot delay his degradation prior to his death. ↗

— Jaf Liethers

#environment #human #jaf-liethers #man #mankind

Sometimes… Sometimes doubt is the opposite of faith, but sometimes doubt can be a pathway to faith. Sometimes weakness is the opposite of strength, but sometimes weakness can be the pathway to strength. Sometimes addiction is the opposite of sobriety, but sometimes addiction can be the pathway to sobriety. Sometimes infidelity is the opposite of fidelity, but sometimes infidelity can be a pathway to fidelity. Sometimes failure is the opposite of success, but sometimes failure can be the pathway to success. ↗

— David W. Jones

#failure #failure-success #infidelity #journey-in-life #learning-from-mistakes