Subject: Problems » Mistakes

When an error has been detected and corrected, it will be found to have been correct in the first place

Corollary: After the correction has been found in error, it will be impossible to fit the original quantity back into the equation.

Ideas Intelligence Mistakes Murphy’s Laws

Most bosses never lift a finger at work, unless it’s to point out something you did wrong.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine
Mistakes Work

To err is human; to really foul things up takes a computer.

Computers Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems Things

To err is human, to forgive is human.

Mistakes Proverbs

To err is human but to really foul up requires a computer.

(1931 – ) television newscaster
Computers Mistakes Problems Things

Alimony is a system by which, when two people make a mistake, one of them continues to pay for it.

(1893 – 1957) American actress & celebrity
Marriage Mistakes Money

The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines.

(1867 – 1959) architect, interior designer, writer & educator
Doctors Health Mistakes

I made a wrong mistake.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Misspokements Mistakes Problems Yogi-isms

If you are going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist
Mistakes Problems

A computer makes as many mistakes in two seconds as 20 men working 20 years.

Computers Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Things Time

Multitasking means screwing up several things at once.

Mistakes Problems

In any collection of data, the figure most obviously correct, beyond all need of checking, is the mistake.

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems

To err is dysfunctional, to forgive co-dependent.

(1953 – ) American musician
Mistakes Problems

She had an unequaled gift of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.

(1843 – 1916) American-born writer
Mistakes People Problems

I learned in my car that I could not have children; it was the day that I locked my keys in my car with the engine running.

(1964 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor
Autos Children Family Mistakes Problems

Like most of those who study history, he [Napoleon III] learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

(1906 – 1990) British historian
Mistakes Problems

Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.

(1957 – ) cartoonist (Dilbert)
Characteristics Failure Intelligence Mistakes People

If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner.

(1903 – 1968) movie actress
Death Mistakes Problems

Nature never makes any blunders, when she makes a fool she means it.

(1772 – 1851) American Presbyterian theologian & professor
Fools Intelligence Mistakes Problems

Well, I screwed it up real good, didn't I?

(1913 – 1994) 37th U.S. president
Mistakes People Problems Self

Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts.

(1943 – 1971) rock singer
Life Mistakes