Skip to content

The fellow who never makes a mistake takes his orders from one who does.

— Herbert V. Prochnow Speaker's Handbook of Epigrams and Witticisms (1955)

Another quote →

Topics

Failure

More quotes by Herbert V. Prochnow

The trouble with opportunity is that it always comes disguised as hard work.

Speaker's Handbook of Epigrams and Witticisms (1955)

Progress is largely a matter of discarding old worries and taking on new ones.

Speaker's Handbook of Epigrams and Witticisms (1955)

A visitor from Mars could easily pick out the civilized nations. They have the best implements of war.

Speaker's Handbook of Epigrams and Witticisms (1955)

Circus: an entertaining performance in competition with the human race.

Speaker's Handbook of Epigrams and Witticisms (1955)

All Herbert V. Prochnow quotes →

You may also like

It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing.

Muhammad

It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing.

Al-Tirmidhi

A totalitarian state is in effect a theocracy, and its ruling caste, in order to keep its position, has to be thought of as infallible.

George Orwell The Prevention of Literature (1946)

Imagination is a force that can actually manifest a reality.

James Cameron

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Herbert V. Prochnow (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.