John Mulaney Quotes

I didn't get my first pilot that I screen-tested for, and I really thought it was the end of the world. But it's fine, you know, you move on to something else.

I have always tried to move on from disappointments as fast as I can.

I don't think there's any disappointment in my career because everything that maybe didn't go my way was a learning experience.

My biggest regret is rolling in regret. It is best to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and move on.

At 49, I can say something I never would have said when I was a player, that I'm a better person because of my failures and disgraces.

We all make mistakes but one has to move on.

We all have made mistakes in life, but we need to leave that behind and move on.

It is true that I did not shine as I had wanted in England, but that is part of the past.

Be honest about how you approach failure. Don't just be critical of yourself, because that can be self-serving. Approach it honestly, assess your performance, and assess the areas where you have fallen short. Correct them and move on. Don't dwell on it. Don't hold on to it.

Do not wallow in your failure. Spend some time grieving, learn from it, and then move on. Constantly replaying what went wrong will not benefit you. Get involved in another company, another cause, another relationship.

Guys lose. You learn from it and move on.

I think about all my successes and failures, and sometimes the failures stick in your head as much as the wins. But you do move on.

You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.

Even when you've made mistakes in life, you can still contribute and pick up the stuff and move on.

You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them.

You learn your lessons from the mistakes you make, not the things you achieve.

The first two movies I directed failed, when I was 21 and 23, and that was the greatest thing that could have happened.

Apologizes are pointless, regrets come too late. What matters is you can move, on you can grow.

When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.

In my life, I have made the occasional catastrophic choice, and it's just a case of moving on and learning from it.

I've made a lot of mistakes in my life. I wouldn't say musically, though.

If you do something and it goes wrong, you learn from it and you move on.

When you lose a game or don't play well you can't wait for the next one, because it soon disappears, the disappointment.

My first film 'Saawariya' was a flop; I don't regret it.

Sometimes it just doesn't translate to people. You just move on, and you feel bad because people worked so hard on it and everyone loved it... Everybody was treated so well and was going for something and trying to do the best work possible.