Ayelet Waldman Quotes

There are going to be things I'm not going to be great at, times when I make mistakes, 100%.

I've blundered my way through life.

I don't much like to look back with the idea that I was doing it wrong then or I'm doing it wrong now.

The thing you realize as you get older is that parents don't know what the Hell they're doing and neither will you when you get to be a parent.

No matter how much time you spend reading books or following your intuition, you're gonna screw it up. Fifty times. You can't do parenting right.

As parents, I think we're always novices, and every day presents a new challenge.

You can't be perfect. You can't be the perfect father. You can't be the perfect singer.

I'm not perfect at all.

Everybody thinks they have the answer to how to be a good parent. Here's mine: Everybody's gonna make mistakes.

I am someone who isn't always perfect.

I've been wrong so often, I don't find it extraordinary at all.

It's hard to be perfect, It really is. I keep learning things after I've already bungled it.

I'm not a perfect player.

Anybody who thinks they're the perfect parent is a fool.

Last time I checked, no one is perfect.

We're all made to make mistakes; nobody's perfect.

I'll never be a non-stumbler. I'll be a forgiven stumbler, but never a non-stumbler.

Moms are people, too. Moms make mistakes, too.

I'm not a bad parent and partner, even if I make a thousand mistakes.

I did many stupid things. I made many mistakes, but I learnt from everything. I still make mistakes; I still learn from them. Nobody is perfect.

I make mistakes growing up. I'm not perfect; I'm not a robot.

Mistakes show us what we need to learn.

Nobody's perfect. Even the most successful people make serious mistakes.

As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong.

I'm very responsible. And with ability you have to have responsibility. I'm not perfect. But you have to make sure that your children will know that daddy makes mistakes.