What a mistake-a to make-a.[repeated line]
I hate the expression “mistakes were made.” Because it avoids blame.
This is my problem with police officers. All you care about is evidence. Evidence, evidence, evidence. Until that evidence no longer fits the narrative you need to be true, at which point the evidence becomes an illusion, a mistake.
The freedom to make my own mistakes was all I ever wanted.
Mistakes are more important than getting it right. But they’re still supposed to happen. It all leads into the next right thing.
It’s always the simple mistakes that get us killed.
I suppose it’s hard for a fanatic to admit a mistake. Isn’t that the whole point of being a fanatic? You’re always right. Everything is the Lord’s will.
Everyone makes mistakes, right? What’s important is that we don’t repeat them.[to Marcus]
You are a great man, but even great men make mistakes.[to Bjorn]
The smallest mistakes usually have the biggest consequences.
Such a waste of talent. He chose money over power. In this town, a mistake nearly everyone makes. Money is the McMansion in Sarasota that starts falling apart after 10 years. Power is the old stone building that stands for centuries. I cannot respect someone who doesn’t see the difference.
Sometimes a mistake is really just destiny.
