"My father always told me that in this world we are going to make a truckload of mistakes, but the best mistake we can ever make is to err on the side of mercy"

-- Joan Bauer

#Father Quotes #Mistake Quotes #World Quotes

“Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them.”
“World is suddener than we fancy it.”

Source : Louis MacNeice (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.51, Faber & Faber
“For poetry was all written before time was, and whenever we are so finely organized that we can penetrate into that region where the air is music, we hear those primal warblings, and attempt to write them down, but we lose ever and anon a word, a verse, and substitute something of our own, and thus miswrite the poem.”
“The discipline of practice every day is essential. When I skip a day, I notice a difference in my playing. After two days, the critics notice, and after three days, so does the audience.”
“Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse.”
“I don't think I had a script on 'King Kong.' But usually you read a script and then you go and audition for it. It's rare when there's no script. I sort of like the latter better, because I'm more successful at it.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'm not upset about my divorce. I'm only upset that I'm not a widow.”
“The so-called godly man may be more likely to do serious wrong than a man who deeply questions himself. The 'godly man' often zealously follows religious precepts that, in the end, justify an unjust injury to others, while the questioning man, addressing his own conscience, may have the better chance to consider all the circumstances and come to the just decision.”

Source : Gerry Spence (2002). “Seven Simple Steps to Personal Freedom: An Owner's Manual for Life”, p.44, Macmillan

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