Words matter. These are the best Biggest Mistake Quotes from famous people such as Ben Affleck, Tinsley Mortimer, Mark Zuckerberg, Harris Faulkner, Yngwie Malmsteen, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Every single director-actor I talked to, from Warren Beatty to Clint Eastwood to George Clooney, said the biggest mistake they made is not shooting enough footage of themselves.
I’m human, and we make mistakes. My biggest mistake was that I was running away from something here in New York and I ran into the wrong hands.
The biggest mistake we made as a company was betting too much on HTML5.
In the past, the biggest mistake I’ve made has been trying to treat election night like the first and last time anyone will ever see me on TV. I’ve worn dresses that were more prom time than primetime.
The biggest mistake people make about me is that they see me as some sort of god-like figure with a big ego. If I see a button, a T-shirt, that says, ‘Yngwie is God,’ I just look at it as a complimentary way of people telling me they like me. Although it’s very flattering, it doesn’t change the way I look at myself.
I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument.
The biggest mistake I’ve seen people make with their careers is, when they’re good, after two or three years – and they happen to be smart – they announce that they’re going out to start their own firm.
The biggest mistake people make is to try to lose too much weight too fast.
The biggest mistake we made at WordPress.com in term of infrastructure was buying servers.
To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.
A bunch of fans have come up to me and they say, ‘Why did we trade you? The Lakers front office did the biggest mistake.’ Everyone’s like, ‘We miss you.’
The press keep asking me, ‘What was your biggest mistake?’ But if I had made a big mistake, they’d all be writing about it, wouldn’t they?
Going back to coach in Green Bay was the biggest mistake I ever made in my life. I was approached by the organization, and it turned out to be an enormous mistake. I was extremely disappointed. I disappointed the Packers and their fans.
After the fall of Communism, the biggest mistake Boris Yeltzin’s regime made was not to disband the KGB altogether. Instead it changed its name to the FSB and, to many observers, morphed into a gangster organisation, eventually headed by master criminal Vladimir Putin.
Not every brand needs to be on every social platform. Brands should have a very strategic objective, whether it’s marketing or commercial. The biggest mistake a brand can make is to be on a social platform without a plan or the resources to manage it.
The assumption that Washington could and would resolve Lehman Brothers without a bankruptcy, as it had Bear Stearns, was the single biggest mistake in the series of mistakes in 2007 and 2008 that led to the financial panic and the ensuing epidemic of job losses.
I had a couple of agents, but then I went on my own. I thought I could negotiate my own deals and it was probably my biggest mistake.
The biggest mistake we usually tend to make with young players is over-coaching.
I’ve been living with anxiety much, much, much longer than I’ve been with living with alcoholism, that’s for sure. I already knew from the sheer numbers and all the data that I’m not alone. I mean, the biggest mistake I did was spending most of my life thinking I was the only person who felt this way.
I think my biggest mistake was deciding not to go to law school directly after I graduated from college.
I think the biggest mistake people make is not believing in themselves enough.
My mum still says the biggest mistake I ever made was not being Benedict Lloyd-Hughes. She’s very upset. But the only one who calls me Benedict in real life is my granny.
In one of the largest studies ever done on the effects of executive coaching – over 70,000 respondents – we learned that the biggest mistake coaches make is in not following up. It didn’t matter who the coach was or what method they used. Failing to follow up made any approach to coaching ineffective.
Looking back, the biggest mistake I made was feeling ashamed of it. Acne is a part of life. You don’t need to be embarrassed of it.
Climbing Mount Everest was the biggest mistake I’ve ever made in my life. I wish I’d never gone. I suffered for years of PTSD and still suffer from what happened. I’m glad I wrote a book about it. But, you know, if I could go back and relive my life, I would never have climbed Everest.
Many times when you make a movie, it feels like your biggest mistake. But even if a film isn’t a hit, you shouldn’t view it as a mistake.
Mickey – the smallest husband I ever had and the biggest mistake I ever made – well, that year, it was.
The biggest mistake we can make is to box people out – tell them, ‘You’re wrong, you’re racist, you don’t belong in the conversation.’
The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.
The biggest mistake you can make with a prank show is remove the ‘real’ element, which is the funniest thing.
The biggest mistake to me is complacency.
The best thing a man can do on a first date is be a friend. I think that’s the biggest mistake men make on the first date. Just get to know me. Be my friend. Just kick it with me as if I was hanging with a homeboy. It shouldn’t be this awkward situation. It should be that we’re there, having a great time.
The biggest mistake is to assume that another writer’s successful strategy will work for you, too. Publishers’ marketers – and even freelance publicists who cost mega bucks – tend to do the same basic things for all books.
I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my career but the biggest mistake I’ve made is to turn down work.
The biggest mistake is trying to pinch down on the ball and ripping out a big divot, often hitting the ground before the ball. You’ll dig up some turf, but you won’t create much backspin.