“My worst mistake was the stupid suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism, all along.”
Ezra Pound (1885–1972) American Imagist poet and critic
A dinner table conversation quoted in Composed on the tongue, "Encounters will Ezra Pound" by Allen Ginsberg
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Werner Heisenberg book The Part and The Whole
Ein Fachmann ist ein Mann, der einige der gröbsten Fehler kennt, die man in dem betreffenden Fach machen kann, und der sie deshalb zu vermeiden versteht.
Der Teil und das Ganze. Gespräche im Umkreis der Atomphysik (1969); also in "Kein Chaos, aus dem nicht wieder Ordnung würde", Die Zeit No. 34 (22 August 1969); as translated in Physics and Beyond : Encounters and Conversation (1971)
“I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't.”
Steve Martin (1945) American actor, comedian, musician, author, playwright, and producer
“Look at my haircut. I am ready for the war.”
José Mourinho (1963) Portuguese association football player and manager
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/funny_old_game/7004282.stm <br class="br">Chelsea FC
“Some of life's best lessons are learned at the worst times.”
Ani DiFranco (1970) musician and activist
Lost Woman Song
Song lyrics
“The worst mistake a boss can make is not to say "well done."”
John Ashcroft (1942) American politician
John Ashcroft, a British business executive (born 1948), as quoted in Sunday Telegraph (5 June 1988)
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“You are the most engaging mistake of my life.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Sei l'errore più coinvolgente della mia vita.
Source: prevale.net
“War is such a dangerous business that mistakes that come from kindness are the very worst.”
Carl von Clausewitz book On War
Source: On War (1832), Book 1, Chapter 1, Section 3, Paragraph 1.
Context: Kind-hearted people might of course think there was some ingenious way to disarm or defeat the enemy without too much bloodshed, and might imagine this is the true goal of the art of war. Pleasant as it sounds, it is a fallacy that must be exposed: War is such a dangerous business that mistakes that come from kindness are the very worst.
“What we offer is good enough. It's like my haircut: It ain't pretty, but it's good enough.”
Scott McNealy (1954) American businessman
Sun CEO: We're "good enough", 2006-08-25, 2002-10-08, Ricciuti, Mike, CNET News.com, http://archive.is/4UmxS, 2013-06-28 http://news.com.com/2100-1001-961216.html,