The Corrections Quotes

Science, however, is not just a matter of making mistakes, but of making mistakes in public. Making mistakes for all to see, in the hopes of getting the others to help with the corrections. ~ Daniel C. Dennett

To be so vigorous and healthy and yet so nothing. ~ Jonathan Franzen

Bruce Norris came in twice to audition for 'The Corrections' and subsequently spent many months negotiating every point in a four-year agreement to appear in the show. ~ Scott Rudin

The teacher should not assume that he/she is always correct, or try to make the worst cases appear reasonable before his pupils. On the other hand, the teacher should accept the corrections as much as they love to do it to others. ~ Mwanandeke Kindembo

A sure mark of maturity is to be painstakingly accountable at those times when we have stepped so far afield that we can't even see the field anymore. A second mark is to push aside the suffocating waves of pain, the rancid rot of shame, and the crushing press of humiliation in order to intentionally correct our actions and step back into the field. And the third mark of maturity is ruthlessly crafting and forcefully applying all of the corrections necessary within ourselves (despite whatever cost that might incur or pain it might cause) so that we never step out of the field again and in doing so never step all over ourselves or anyone else. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Don't succumb to excuses. Go back to the job of making the corrections and forming the habits that will make your goal possible. ~ Vince Lombardi

The Christian in me says it's wrong, but the corrections officer in me says, 'I love to make a grown man piss himself.' ~ Charles Graner

I love to read. And right now I'm on my last hundred pages of 'The Corrections' by Jonathan Franzen, and I really enjoyed it. His writing is just - he's one of those writers where you just go, 'There are people just meant to be novel writers.' ~ Candice Accola

This is like the end of The Corrections," I say and the problem with books is that they end. They seduce you. They spread their legs to you and pull you inside. And you go deep and leave your possessions and your ties to the world at the door and you like it inside and you don't want for your possessions or your ties and then, the book evaporates. You turn the page and there is nothing and we are both crying. ~ Caroline Kepnes

His problem consisted of a burning wish not to have done the things he'd done. ~ Jonathan Franzen

Being open to correction means making ourselves vulnerable, and many people are not willing to do that. ~ Myles Munroe

Nature is more like a seesaw than a crystal, a never-ending conga line of bold moves and corrections. ~ Diane Ackerman

Accept corrections and you'll improve and increase. ~ Israelmore Ayivor

When I was in New York, a lot of my friends were studying filmmaking and would bring their scripts to me, as I was a good script doctor. I would read their scripts and make corrections to them for $20 per script and was fascinated by films. ~ Arjun Rampal

80 percent of learning is visual, so children who can't afford vision correction are at such a disadvantage. ~ Ellen Hollman

In a correction, other people's stocks go down, in a bear market, your stocks go down. ~ Alan Abelson

He sighed, wondering how his life had been turned upside down by this woman in less than forty-eight hours. Correction: by this woman, a pig, and a rabbit. ~ Julia Quinn

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment. ~ John Wooden

Sometimes a catastrophe is simply a course correction. ~ James A. Owen

when you make mistakes,take your time to make corrections;that which helps in building up your INTELLIGIENCE but when you compromise in making corrections,you may end up being a FAILURE ~ Faroun Olamilekan Ayomide

Don't confuse me for that other girl,
She's a fraud and a fool.
Don't confuse me with anyone else,
I am not anyone other than myself. ~ Maddy Kobar

If any speak ill of thee, flee home to thy own conscience, and examine thy heart: if thou be guilty, it is a just correction; if not guilty, it is a fair instruction: make use of both; so shalt thou distil honey out of gall, and out of an open enemy create a secret friend. ~ Francis Quarles

Give me a fruitful error anytime, full of seeds, bursting with its own corrections. ~ Vilfredo Pareto

An extra pressure, a silent rebuke, an unseen praising, a firm correction: all these passed between us as through telegraph wires. ~ Christilot Hanson-Boylen

I have a carpool with a corrections officer and a construction worker. My kids get to see that we're not segregated based on wealth or standing. It's very cool. ~ Mark Ruffalo

If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy heart. If thou art guilty, it is a just correction; if not guilty, it is a fair instruction. ~ George Herbert

Crisis creates corrections, adjustments, and self-evaluation. ~ Farshad Asl

Reagan is held up to us as an example of never raising taxes. Correction: Reagan raised taxes six of his eight years as president. Why? He was a pragmatist, not doctrinaire. He saw problems emerging, and when his policies faltered he changed his views. Flexibility, not rigidity. ~ Eugene Jarecki

What force is yanking at our sleeves? This process of self-revision and self-correction is so common we don't even notice. But it's a miracle. ~ Steven Pressfield

corrections." "Global corrections? ~ Iris Johansen

If you cannot patiently bear correction, endeavor to avoid fault. ~ Norm MacDonald

Worry is momentary atheism crying out for correction by trust in a good, sovereign God. Suffering breaks self-reliance. ~ Randy Alcorn

Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate corrections, than has been lost in corrections themselves. ~ Peter Lynch

If we are developing students to be creative, flexible, independent learners, then we cannot scrub away opportunities for mistakes to be made and corrections to be learned. Often times we learn more from what did not go well and we have learned to fix. ~ Christopher Lehman

It's about learning your craft. That's a wonderful thing
especially with today's consumerism and instant gratification. You can'tbuy that. It's about making decisions, corrections, choices. I don't think it's so much about becoming a tennis player. It's about becoming a person. ~ Billie Jean King

What you discovered about yourself in raising children wasn't always agreeable or attractive. ~ Jonathan Franzen

Coincidences "Syncs" or some call Serendipities are signs of God making corrections to your chosen spiritual path,.......Omens are signals to turn back ,..as your not paying attention to your "Coincidences. ~ Eric B. Watson

We never let go. Ever. Even with punctuation. It's frightening. I can't see anyone from any record company ever writing an email to Neil and not getting it back, with corrections. ~ Chris Lowe

Don't be afraid to make corrections," Picchu said. "Don't be afraid to lend a hand." She fell silent, seeming to think for a moment. "And don't look down. ~ Diane Duane

Be always lavish of your caresses, and sparing in your corrections. ~ William Cavendish

Instead, our system of "corrections" is about arm's-length revenge and retribution, all day and all night. Then its overseers wonder why people leave prison more broken than when they went in. V ~ Piper Kerman

But once we got them on its feet then they run themselves, unless there's corrections you have to make. ~ Jerry Bruckheimer

Flaubert had infinite correction to perform. ~ Roland Barthes

But we weren't meant to live alone,' said Frank.
'Life makes its own corrections. ~ Penelope Fitzgerald