“The mistakes don't matter. It's what you do when you mess up that does.”
Kim Harrison (1966) Pseudonym
Source: Early to Death, Early to Rise
Source: The Dresden Files, Fool Moon (2001), Chapter 18
“The mistakes don't matter. It's what you do when you mess up that does.”
Kim Harrison (1966) Pseudonym
Source: Early to Death, Early to Rise
“We don't mean to mess things up,
But mess them up we do.”
Paul Simon (1941) American musician, songwriter and producer
Everything About It Is a Love Song
Song lyrics, Surprise (2006)
Context: We don't mean to mess things up,
But mess them up we do.
And then it's "Oh, I'm sorry."
Here's a smiling photograph
Of love when it was new.
At a birthday party.
Make a wish and close your eyes:
Surprise, surprise, surprise.
“It's your time to live, don't mess it up.”
Sue Monk Kidd book The Secret Life of Bees
Source: The Secret Life of Bees
“Do I look like a mess?” she asked.
He nodded. “But you’re my mess,” he whispered.”
Julia Quinn (1970) American novelist
Source: Romancing Mister Bridgerton
“Don't mess with anybody on a Monday. It's a bad, bad day.”
Louise Fitzhugh book Harriet the Spy
Source: Harriet the Spy
“You don't want to drop your gonorrhea. It's a mess.”
Radio From Hell (November 9, 2005)
Aaliyah (1979–2001) American singer, actress and model
Aaliyah on a possible romantic relationship with fellow musician R. Kelly (December 1994); Quoted by Christopher John Farley in Aaliyah: More Than a Woman, p. 47. (2001)
“Don't mess with me, Calvin. You'll only get hurt.”
Susan Elizabeth Phillips book Nobody's Baby But Mine
Source: Nobody's Baby But Mine