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A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. – Douglas Adams, "Mostly Harmless"
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. – Douglas Noel Adams
A lot of guys make mistakes, I guess, but every one we make, a whole stack of chips goes with it. We make a mistake, and some guy don't walk away - forevermore, he don't walk away – John Wayne
A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness. – Bryant McGill
Do not make the mistake of thinking that you have to agree with people and their beliefs to defend them from injustice. – Bryant McGill
Four Lessons on Life 1. Never take down a fence until you know why it was put up. 2. If you get too far ahead of the army, your soldiers may mistake you for the enemy. 3. Don't complain about the bottom rungs of the ladder they helped to get you higher. 4. If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm. – Warren Wiersbe
I do not agree with the prophets of doom who are predicting the socioeconomic collapse of the United States. Make no mistake, US will recover. The road to recovery is rocky with potential setbacks, and we have to pay for our mistakes like everyone else. – Med Jones
It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time. – Winston Churchill
It is in fact nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry for what this delicate little plant needs more than anything, besides stimulation, is freedom. It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty. – Albert Einstein
It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character. – Dr. Dale E. Turner
Jesus' ministry was clearly defined, and the alternatives to the illusion and temptations of the desert were spelled out. A choice was made--life abundant, full, and free for all. Make no mistake about it, the day that choice was made, Jesus became suspect. That day in the temple he sealed the fate already prepared for him. How was the world to understand one who rejected an offer of power and control – Joan B. Campbell
No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. – Edmund Burke
No one is listening until you make a mistake. – Anonymous
Often we can achieve an even better result when we stumble yet are willing to start over, when we don't give up after a mistake, when something doesn't come easily but we throw ourselves into trying, when we're not afraid to appear less than perfectly polished. – Sharon Salzberg
The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to permit the conquered Eastern peoples to have arms. History teaches that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so. – Adolf Hitler
The real hero is always a hero by mistake he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else. – Umberto Eco
Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake. – Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower
Without music life would be a mistake. – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
The galleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. They make no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are the doers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes no mistakes lacks boldness and the spirit of adventure. He is the one who never tries anything. His is the brake on the wheel of progress. And yet it cannot be truly said he makes no mistakes, because his biggest mistake is the very fact that he tries nothing, does nothing, except criticize those who do things. – David M. Shoup
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied. – Pearl Buck
I have come to the conclusion that the 22nd Amendment limiting the presidency to two terms was a mistake. Shouldn't the people have the right to vote for someone as many times as they want to vote for him – Ronald Reagan
America is a mistake, a giant mistake. – Sigmund Freud
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. – Albert Einstein
A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor. – Ring Lardner

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