mistakes on Warnings

At eighteen, a self-assured Benjamin Franklin returned to Boston, the city he had fled just seven months earlier. Dressed in a fine new suit, with a watch on his wrist and a pocket full of coins, he p...

An American woman visiting the Philippines, observed an elderly woman on the outskirts of Manila. She looked poverty-stricken and walked with the help of a cane down into a ditch alongside a main road...

A stumble may prevent a fall.

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive ner...

“It is a comfort not to be mistaken at all points."

(What’s the worst good news you’ve ever received? Here are a few that come to mind for me. “Mr. Halter, this is Bill from the Ford service department. I’ve got some good news for you. All the smoke y...

We cannot afford to forget any experience, not even the most painful.

There is something to be said for every error; but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be said about it is that it is erroneous.

It is human to err, it is devilish to remain willfully in error.

Many years ago a senior executive of the then Standard Oil Company made a wrong decision that cost the company more than $2 million. John D. Rockefeller was then running the firm. On the day the news ...

Error, by force of contrast, enhances the triumph of Truth.

We know mistakes were made.

Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.

If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction.

PRESS RELEASE DATE: NOVEMBER 1, 1993 We didn’t make a mistake when we wrote in our previous releases that New York would be destroyed on September 4 and October 14, 1993. We didn’t make a mistake, no...

"A step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction."

Mistakes were made in communicating to the public and customers about the ingredients in our French fries and hash browns.

I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones.

A person that never climbs will never fall.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.

A man is being tailgated by a woman who is in a hurry. He comes to an intersection, and when the light turns yellow, he hits the brakes. The woman behind him goes ballistic. She honks her horn at him;...

Computers give rise to many amusing salutations that could also offend. Humorous examples include the legendary Mr. Obe, a fine old West African name that didn’t happen to belong to the recipient (OBE...

Have you ever mistaken a person for someone else? I remember being at a party with my best friend in high school. We had just arrived when we saw our friend Nicole standing in the corner having a good...

A traveler, between flights at an airport, went to a lounge and bought a small package of cookies. Then she sat down and began reading a newspaper. Gradually, she became aware of a rustling noise. Fro...

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

To be told we are wrong is sometimes an embarrassment, even a humiliation. We want to run and hide our heads in shame. But there are times when finding out we are wrong is sudden and immediate relief,...

“I should not like to be wrong,” said Poirot. “It is not—how do you say?—my métier.”

I see no reason why I should be consciously wrong today because I was unconsciously wrong yesterday.

“A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.”