Mistakes

May. 11th, 2022 05:12 pm
pjthompson: quotes (quotei)
Random quote of the day:

“Admitting mistakes is a fundamental skill too few of us learn. In part, this is because we’ve been taught it’s wrong to be wrong.”

—Stacy Abrams, Minority Leader



Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Mistake

Jun. 23rd, 2021 02:44 pm
pjthompson: quotes (quotei)
Random quote of the day:

“Nothing will stop you being creative so effectively as the fear of making a mistake.”

—John Cleese, Video Arts speech, January 23, 1991



Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Cherish

Mar. 17th, 2021 01:23 pm
pjthompson: quotes (quotei)
Random quote of the day:

“Cherish your mistakes, and you won't keep making them over and over again. It's the same with heartbreaks and girls and everything else. Cherish them, and they'll put some wealth in you.”

—Quincy Jones, Esquire, June 26, 2009



Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
pjthompson: quotes (quotei)

Random quote of the day:

“The fact remains that getting people right is not what living is all about anyway. It’s getting them wrong that is living, getting them wrong and wrong and wrong and then, on careful reconsideration, getting them wrong again. That’s how we know we’re alive: we’re wrong.”

—Phillip Roth, American Pastoral

 

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Mistakes

Dec. 13th, 2016 11:22 am
pjthompson: quotes (quotei)

Random quote of the day:

“A known mistake is better than an unknown truth.”

—Arabic proverb

 

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Wrong!

Nov. 8th, 2016 09:59 am
pjthompson: quotes (quotei)

Random quote of the day:

“No persons are more frequently wrong than those who will not admit they are wrong.”

—François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxim 386, Maxims

 wrong4wp

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Tracks

Jun. 7th, 2016 09:42 am
pjthompson: quotes (quotei)

Random quote of the day:

“We tend to keep going down the wrong track to spare ourselves the humiliation and fear of acknowledging all that wasted time.”

—Alain de Botton, Twitter, August 23, 2011

track4WP@@@ 

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Tracks

Jun. 7th, 2016 09:42 am
pjthompson: quotes (quotei)

Random quote of the day:

“We tend to keep going down the wrong track to spare ourselves the humiliation and fear of acknowledging all that wasted time.”

—Alain de Botton, Twitter, August 23, 2011

track4WP@@@ 

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

pjthompson: quotes (quotei)

Random quote of the day:

“A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.”

—Fyodor Dostoevsky, “Critical Articles: Introduction,” Complete Collected Works

 mistakes4WP@@@

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

pjthompson: quotes (quotei)

Random quote of the day:

“By your stumbling, the world is perfected.”

—Sri Aurobindo

 stumbling4WP@@@

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

pjthompson: quotes (quotei)

Random quote of the day:

“By your stumbling, the world is perfected.”

—Sri Aurobindo

 stumbling4WP@@@

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

pjthompson: quotes (quotei)

Random quote of the day:

 

“The rubber-stamp thinking of the world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truth—that the error and truth are simply opposites. They are nothing of the sort. What the world turns to, when it has been cured of one error, is usually simply another error, and maybe one worse than the first one.”

—H. L. Mencken, Prejudices, Third Series

 error4WP@@@

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

pjthompson: quotes (quotei)

Random quote of the day:

 

“It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed our own.”

—Jessamyn West, To See the Dream

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

pjthompson: quotes (quotei)

Random quote of the day:

 

“It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed our own.”

—Jessamyn West, To See the Dream

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

pjthompson: quotes (quotei)

Much thanks to desperance for pointing out that the Cottingley Fairies can’t be trusted.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

pjthompson: quotes (quotei)

Much thanks to desperance for pointing out that the Cottingley Fairies can’t be trusted.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

pjthompson: (Default)
Random quote of the day:


"While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior."

—Henry C. Link, The Return to Religion, 1937


Illustrated version. )

Smashing

Jul. 23rd, 2007 02:25 pm
pjthompson: (Default)
Random quote of the day:


Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket


Anvil is a lovely fantasy, composed of three related novellas. I love this world and this story.
pjthompson: (Default)
Random quote of the day:

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket


This is a great speech, btw. If you want to read the full text, you can find it here.


And I love this image. It's so sensual, and so much lighter than I've come to associate with Rembrandt.


Erratum: This quote:

"I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork."

was of course not said by Pieter de Vries, but by Peter De Vries.
pjthompson: (Default)
So I'm thinking of giving up writing to become a Reiki Master. Either that or a ghost hunter.

I think you can see how the three are related, right?


Random quote of the day:

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep."

—Scott Adams

Profile

pjthompson: (Default)
pjthompson

December 2025

S M T W T F S
 1234 56
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031   

Syndicate

RSS Atom

Most Popular Tags

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Mar. 13th, 2026 10:37 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios