Dennis Skinner Quotes

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.

You don't learn from a situation where you do something well. You enjoy it and you give yourself credit, but you don't really learn from that. You learn from trial and error, trial and error, all the time.

Usually I throw away what I don't get right the first time.

I cannot do everything right, I need to have the scope to make errors. This is normal, as in real life.

I don't get everything right the first time.

There's always something that you go 'I should've done this better, I would've done that.'

When I look back I either feel I did this mistake while shooting or writing. Eventually you try and make sure you do not repeat the same mistake with your next film. I always feel I could have made the film better.

Mistakes are the stepping stones to success.

Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.

Fact: From quitting smoking to skiing, we succeed to the degree we try, fail, and learn. Studies show that people who worry about mistakes shut down, but those who are relaxed about doing badly soon learn to do well. Success is built on failure.

The failures and successes are necessary for learning.

You are going to fail, and failing, for me, is as joyful as succeeding. Failing means that there is something to learn, and we can improve and do it better next time.

I'm never a person who likes anything I've done. It's just the way it is. Twenty years later, I can look at something I did, and I'm still thinking, 'You know, that could have been better if you had done it this way or that way.

I love mistakes because it's the only way you learn.

Mistakes show us what we need to learn.

I have looked back on situations and thought that I could have handled a few differently and probably better.

It's just skating, and you're going to have a couple of mistakes. Even in practice, you're not hitting 100%.

You can always say, 'I wish I had landed that triple flip better, or I wish I didn't fall.' They're not regrets, just mistakes.

Never be afraid to fail. Failure is only a stepping stone to improvement. Never be overconfident because that will block your improvement.

You always learn something from mistakes.

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

You grow up by making mistakes. I've made a ton of them, but as long as I keep on failing better, I don't mind.

You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff.

Don't be frightened of failure. It makes you stronger if you learn from your mistakes.

We all make mistakes, and it's not until we make mistakes that we learn.