Top 1200 Stupid Mistake Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

The secret of success lies in realising one's mistake, understanding where one went wrong and taking steps to rectify that mistake.

Better to kill an innocent by mistake than spare an enemy by mistake.

Sure the people are stupid: the human race is stupid. Sure Congress is an inefficient instrument of government. But the people are not stupid enough to abandon representative government for any other kind, including government by the guy who knows.

When I first started talking about running for office, a lot of people said to me, 'Don't let the consultants change you,' and I'd always assured them that I wouldn't allow it to happen. But like it or not, I had to change. Not because of a consultant, but because I started to understand the cost of a stupid mistake.

A man who has committed a mistake and does not correct it is committing another mistake.

I like silly things. I think that "silly-stupid" or "stupid-smart" might be my philosophy, which is to combine a veneer of intelligence with an undercurrent of crass stupidity. Sometimes that stupidity is in the form of the actual joke that's being told, or it could be in the way the joke is told. Like, repetition is really stupid, but it's really funny. Or it could be that the punchline itself is stupid.

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

In 2006, 2 years ago, I made a very serious mistake. A mistake that I am responsible for and no one else. In 2006, I told Elizabeth about the mistake, asked her for her forgiveness, asked God for his forgiveness.

Be stupid, be dumb, be funny, if that's who you are. Don't try to be someone that society wants you to be; that's stupid. So be yourself.

Be stupid, be dumb, be funny, if that's who you are. Don't try to be someone that society wants you to be, that's stupid. So be yourself.

Evolution is a mistake. Humans are a mistake. We've destroyed our planet.

I'm afraid that we all make mistakes. One of the things that defines our character is how we handle mistakes. If we lie about having made a mistake, then it can't be corrected and it festers. On the other hand, if we give up just because we made a mistake, even a big mistake, none of us would get far in life.

The important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake.

The enemy isn’t men, or women, it’s bloody stupid people and no-one has the right to be stupid.

You simply cannot tell other people they are stupid, even if they really are stupid.

It was a mistake," you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you.

The mistake that I made was that I was engaged in a consensual relationship with a woman who was not my wife. That is a mistake for which I am very sorry.

I'm rarely in a situation where, if you have a good idea, it's not embraced. That's stupid. And I don't work with stupid people.

The perfidious, savage, disdainful, stupid, slothful, inhospitable, stupid English.

Why am I popular? I don't know. Is it a mistake? I should think it's a mistake somewhere.

A mistake made with good in your heart is still a mistake, but it is one for which you must forgive yourself.

I may be a mistake maker, but I'm also a mistake breaker.

Make no mistake: this is a repeal and a replace of Obamacare, make no mistake about it. Make no mistake.

Doing something stupid once is just plain stupid. Doing something stupid twice is a philosophy.

Bush is a very stupid man. The American people are not stupid, they are very clever. I can't understand how such clever people came to elect such a stupid president.

Okay I've been stupid in the past. Not consistently stupid, but occasionally stupid. And I've made mistakes. You bet, I've made mistakes.

The individual who is mistake-free is also probably sitting around doing nothing. And that is a very big mistake.

If I made a mistake in terms of running for president, the mistake was not in refusing to run in '91.

If you regret a mistake, don't just make that mistake again. Look at it and learn from it and grow from it.

My Master... Say all you wish of me. It does not matter to me:Shallow.. Stupid.. Crazy.. Simple minded. It does not concern me anymore. For whoever writes about her concerns. in the logic of Men is called a stupid woman. and didn't I tell you in the beginning that I am a stupid woman?

The biggest mistake you can make in your life is to be always afraid of making a mistake.

The biggest thing is getting our guys to understand, you can't let one mistake compound into another mistake

Feelings are never stupid, they just make us feel stupid sometimes.

A scientist is a mimosa when he himself has made a mistake, and a roaring lion when he discovers a mistake of others.

Even if someone thinks there's a mistake I've made on the piano, to me it's not a mistake; it's how it's meant to be.

Every day I hear stupid people say things that are not stupid.

The most fatal mistake of this Israeli military junta is that they have the complex of the arrogance of power. This is their suicidal mistake.

A mistake is only an error, it becomes a mistake when you fail to correct it

That's really my main message: everyone is stupid, and no one is more stupid than the rest.

I hate the new word processors that want to tell you, as you're typing, that you made a mistake. I have to turn off all that crap. It's like, shut up - I'm thinking now. I will worry about that sort of error later. I'm a human being. I can still read this, even though it's wrong. You stupid machine, the fact that you can't is irrelevant to me.

One stupid act of some stupid extremist puts us all down.

Just because you made a mistake doesn't mean you are a mistake.

I think the problem with people like this is that they are so stupid that they have no idea how stupid they are.

Yes, it is true that sometimes unusually intelligent and sensitive children can appear to be stupid. But stupid children can sometimes appear to be stupid as well. I think that's something you might have to consider.

I wanted to make a film about stupid people that was very vulgar and deeply stupid. From that moment on I can hardly be reproached for making a film that is about stupid people.

After a great save or a mistake by a defender, I prefer not to shout on him; I prefer to wait and say it inside of the dressing room. I was always like that. I am relaxed, I try to be normal after a mistake, and when I make a mistake, I don't want people coming to me on the pitch shouting at me.

My whole life has been a huge mistake, but what a divine mistake - doing something that I adore.

I hate stupid people. They should have to wear signs that just say, 'I'm stupid.'

To create guilt, all that you need is a very simple thing: start calling mistakes, errors - sins. They are simply mistakes, human. Now, if somebody commits a mistake in mathematics - two plus two, and he concludes it makes five - you don`t say he has committed a sin. He is unalert, he is not paying attention to what he is doing. He is unprepared, he has not done his homework. He is certainly committing a mistake, but a mistake is not a sin. It can be corrected. A mistake does not make him feel guilty. At the most it makes him feel foolish.

It is sometimes a mistake to climb; it is always a mistake never even to make the attempt.

The press keep asking me, 'What was your biggest mistake?' But if I had made a big mistake, they'd all be writing about it, wouldn't they?

I can't accept "our nervous age," since mankind has been nervous during every age. Whoever fears nervousness should turn into a sturgeon or smelt; if a sturgeon makes a stupid mistake, it can only be one: to end up on a hook, and then in a pan in a pastry shell.

Right, and the definition of basic stupidity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. I’m not stupid. (Xypher) I didn’t say to keep doing it. Move forward with purpose. Examine what went wrong and correct that one mistake. (Acheron)

I'm scared of making the biggest mistake of my life. I'm just trying to figure out what the mistake is.

A productive mistake is: (1) made in the service of mission and vision; (2) acknowledged as a mistake; (3) learned from; (4) considered valuable; (5) shared for the benefit of all.

I like debating policy. I never once attacked personally Secretary Clinton. I have found that when I have attacked people personally, that's been a stupid mistake on my part. And so whoever I have attacked personally, I apologize for.

When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.

Again, (America is) a stupid country with stupid people who don't pay attention.

It is sometimes a mistake to climb. It is always a mistake to never make the attempt.

The media only report stupid or careless answers, not stupid or unfair questions.