Pastoral Resources

The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.

The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision.

I had no idea how difficult Sondheim's music would be. All through the rehearsals, I kept flubbing. There were so many tempo changes. I could never get through the opening number without any mistakes. One day, I went up to Hal Prince and offered to leave the show. He laughed it off. He said, 'Don't be silly. That's why we have tryouts."

Everybody said Peyton Place would be a mistake.

You make mistakes. Mistakes don't make you.

Mistakes in themselves are unavoidable.

A studio recording is perfection, but emotion and passion come only when you turn on the machine and go for the groove. If you do that with no mistakes, it sounds beautiful.

One of the advantages of not having a record contract is that you can make your own mistakes, you don't need somebody else to organize them for you.

I think life is full of challenges and problems. I don't believe that anyone is perfect. We all make mistakes. It's not a bed of roses, and you have to work real hard at it.

I like them all - I don't always approve. I see myself as a sort of benevolent uncle to these characters, and I can see why they do what they do; sometimes they make some mistakes, but at heart I think they're decent.

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with.

I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't.

And yet, you do not throw out some of the great minds of the Church - and people in Church history - and say they have no credibility because they committed a sin or made a mistake.

I worked on scores. I went to the musical library in Berlin which is very famous. I discovered that we had scores of Beethoven, printed scores of Beethoven, that are full of mistakes. Not the wrong or false notes, but the wrong dynamic, understandable things.

Hopefully as a country, that we learn from our mistakes of the past.

Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.

My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn short.

I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn short.

The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.

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