Well, what I tried to do is simply to get out on the land. And when I came to Washington, read more

Well, what I tried to do is simply to get out on the land. And when I came to Washington, I think one of the mistakes we made early on was kind of having an ideological dispute up in the Congress.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.

All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.

The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.

There is [sic] two things in life for which we are never fully prepared, and that is--twins.

There is [sic] two things in life for which we are never fully prepared, and that is--twins.

I am the author of my life. Unfortunately I'm writing in pen and I can't erase any of my mistakes.

I am the author of my life. Unfortunately I'm writing in pen and I can't erase any of my mistakes.

Making a different mistake every day is not only acceptable, it is the definition of progress.

Making a different mistake every day is not only acceptable, it is the definition of progress.

Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state. There is as read more

Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state. There is as little reason to deplore the one as there is to be pleased over the other.