- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mistake Quotes
On getting it wrong, and what came after.
This mistake quotes page ranges from a lighthearted dietary misstep to more serious reflections on management errors and misplaced priorities. See our Regret quotes for more.
- Last Updated on Aug 03, 2026
- India
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a mistake to believe technology rests outside India. We compete very successfully.
- Perfect
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect.
- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020
When takers talk about mistakes, they're usually quick to place the blame on other people. Givers are more likely to say 'Here's the mistake I made; I learned the following from it. Here are the steps I'm taking to make sure I don't let people down in the future.'
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember for my 18th birthday, I was going to get a tattoo, and I made the mistake of thinking I was a man and telling my father, and he was like, 'Oh yeah? You better tattoo a new address on your arm, because you're not living here!' And that was the end of that discussion.
- Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's tempting to engage in anti-gun polemics and hope that popular opinion will dramatically shift, but it is also likely a mistake. The smarter course for those who want stronger federal gun-control laws anytime soon is legislative stewardship and compromise.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you make a mistake, you should enjoy it.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
New York as an industry is the best city for real estate. You're in a very transparent market. If you need to liquidate, you make three phone calls and you could sell something, even in the worst market. It is also less forgiving; if you make a mistake you can lose money.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
One big mistake that we made in Delhi is that we made it a low-rise city which means that rich people have nice green colonies while the poor live in dusty areas.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I made lots of mistakes - the number one mistake being trusting other people with my money.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
I called both President Trump and Kim Jong-Un a dictator. I didn't mean to say that. My mistake. I apologize for that.
- Disaster
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the heart of anti-Semitism lies Moses. He made a catastrophic error, a terrible mistake, and all anti-Semitism for two thousand years stems from his misjudgement. Moses said we Jews could remain a people without having a land. He said we don't need territory to hold onto our Jewish identity. This was a disaster.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People who have got to know Western educational methods always claim that the reading of the Classics was a useless waste of time and should be abolished. Such chatter is to be heard from hundreds of people and cannot be stopped. But it is a serious mistake.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020