Fatal Mistake Quotes

I've never been under the illusion that everybody on death row is innocent - far from it. My own guess is upwards of 90 percent are guilty. But a ten percent error rate if that's what it is, or even five percent, is really way too high.

No one but myself can be blamed for my fall. I have been my own greatest enemy-the cause of my own disastrous fate.

Stupidity is always a capital crime.

It was the most ill-considered statement in the history of diplomacy.

A fatal mistake in war is to underrate the strength, feeling and resources of an enemy.

When your opponent fears you, then's the moment when you give the fear its own rein, give it the time to work on him. Let it become terror. The terrified man fights himself. Eventually, he attacks in desperation. That is the most dangerous moment, but the terrified man can be trusted usually to make a fatal mistake. You are being trained here to detect these mistakes and use them.

Taking the third step before the first would be fatal.

Marie Antoinette. Her last words were,"Pardon me sir. I did not mean to do it,"to a man whose foot she stepped on before she was executed by the guillotine

It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all.

The autopsy was rushed and bungled, and we are still dealing with the consequence of it.

Second guesses in putting are fatal.

What do you say to the last man who died from a mistake.

In film or on stage, in reflecting life through art, an actor has a second take or another day with his or her performance if something goes wrong. Bullfighters are spies crossing into enemy lines. Any mistake, no matter how minor or trivial, is potentially fatal.

Believing your own bullshit is always a perilous activity, but never more fatal than for the owner of a start-up venture.

The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal.

They made a fatal mistake in doing 'Psycho' again. Why do that? Why revisit something that stands for itself?

But no matter how much planning you do, one tiny miscalculation, one moment of distraction, can end it all in an instant.

A boxer never sees the big one that hits him.

That damn fool will get himself killed by some other damn fool.

Find you a bridge and take a jump. Just make certain you do it right the first time, cause nothing's worse than a suicide chump.

The most fatal thing a man can do is try to stand alone.

You shoulda shot that fella a long time ago. Now he's too rich to kill.

The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest strength.

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

What is concisely referred to as global warming, is a fatal mistake of the present time.