Shouting Fire: Civil Liberties in a Turbulent Age, Little, Brown & Company, New York, NY, (2002) p. 4
“Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.”
Rita Mae Brown (1944) Novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist
Brown may have used this quote in 2001 but it was it in a 365 day "Quote" calendar in 1994.
Source: Alma Mater
“Good judgment comes from experience, experience comes from bad judgment.”
The Big Book of Interesting Stuff
“Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.”
Jim Horning (1942–2013) computer scientist
Jim Horning notes: I've often repeated this, but the original source appears to be the great Sufi sage, Mulla Nasrudin.
Misattributed
“Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.”
Randy Pausch (1960–2008) American professor of computer science, human-computer interaction and design
Time Management (2007)
“Good judgment comes from experience, and experience - well, that comes from poor judgment.”
A.A. Milne (1882–1956) British author
Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–1899) Union United States Army officer
"The Brooklyn Divines." Brooklyn Union (Brooklyn, NY), 1883.
Calvin Coolidge book The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge
Source: The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge
“Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.”
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer
“Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.”
Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
