“It seems I make a lot of mistakes and it seems that I am not allowed any.”
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Source: The Book Thief
“It seems I make a lot of mistakes and it seems that I am not allowed any.”
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
“Make no mistake, this only seems”
R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002) American writer
Space Chantey (1968)
Context: p>His soaring vaunt escaped the blooming ears of us,
He's gone, he's dead, he's dirt, he disappears from us! Be this the death of highest thrust of human all?
The flaming end of bright and shining crewmen all?Destroyed? His road is run? It's but a bend of it;
Make no mistake, this only seems</p
“The habitually punctual make all their mistakes right on time.”
Laurence J. Peter (1919–1990) Canadian eductor
Source: Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time (1977), p. 181
Mao Zedong (1893–1976) Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
On Coalition Government (1945)
“We all make mistakes, but when I made mistakes there was no filter between me and the consumer.”
Murray Walker (1923) Motorsport commentator and journalist
The Guardian staff (December 27, 2000) "It's the end of an earache or do I mean era?", The Guardian.
Interviews
“The nice girl makes the mistake of being available all the time.”
Sherry Argov (1977) American writer
Source: Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl—A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship
Mikheil Saakashvili (1967) Georgian-Ukrainian politician, President of Georgia and Governor of Odessa
Tbilisi Courtroom Address (2021)
“The notion of cleansing history seems to me a huge mistake.”
Mark Sanford (1960) 115th Governor of South Carolina
Source: When talking about the removal of Confederate statues according to " I’m a citizen with no country:’ Mark Sanford on turning against Trump and his party https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/23/mark-sanford-republican-anti-trump" (August 23, 2021)