Misses Quotes

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
Francis Bacon

Men, Observe, Hits

I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see And pursuing that vision.
Howard Schultz

Life, Future, Luck

By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense.
Horace Walpole

Respect, Sense, Nonsense

I can often tell when drawings are done from photographs, because you can tell what they miss out, what the camera misses out: usually weight and volume - there's a flatness to them.
David Hockney

Done, Tell, Often

I am not driven by any bitterness by what happened in Athens. I learnt a lot of lessons from it and probably came through it a stronger person in the end. There have been a lot of near misses, and that's taught me to keep persevering and that there is a chance it can come right.
Paula Radcliffe

End, Person, Through

We should fight to preserve a country where people such as Michael Moore get to miss the point as badly as he misses it. Michael Moore represents everything I detest in a human being.
Dennis Miller

Fight, Human, Everything

Any suggestion that I'm writing about political operatives because I'm interested in political operatives misses the entire point.
Bob Woodward

Political, Writing, Point

Voters tell politicians what they want through the ballot box. Constantly second-guessing them by speculating whether the parties should gang up on each other misses the point.
Nick Clegg

Through, Tell, Point

The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Person, Listening, Weren

I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well. The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Person, Learned, Listen

You're only as good as your body of work, and everybody has issues, whether it's Steven Spielberg or Martin Scorsese. I'm not comparing myself to those guys, but you learn more from the misses than the hits.
Todd Phillips

Work, Good, Learn

God knows how many things a man misses by becoming smug and assuming that matters will take their own course.
Loren Eiseley

God, Knows, Matters

Authors should do multiple submissions to agents. I mean, that's the way the business world works and whether or not the industry likes it or not, they can't stop you from submitting to multiple agents and you know what? If an agent misses out on you because they took too long with your query letter, tough luck for them.
Brad Thor

Business, Long, Mean

You know, you can only throw in so many haymakers before one misses and you get knocked out.
Andy Roddick

Before, Throw, Knocked

She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her, just as one misses the sun on a cloudy day without having thought much about the sun when it was shining.
Kate Chopin

Him, Thought, Sun

Yes, I do agree we need health care reform; however, this bill badly misses the mark. Congress can and must do better for the American people.
John Mica

Health, Care, American

I'm good friends with The Rock, and I talk to him all the time. And he says that, even though his movie career has taken off, he misses the instant gratification of wrestling, and the live crowds, and I could see being that way myself.
Trish Stratus

Time, Good, Rock

I've had plenty of big hits and plenty of big misses.
Bret Michaels

Big, Hits, Plenty

Boston is a very proud franchise. The NBA misses them when they are not in the mix. They, along with teams like the Knicks and 76ers are a big part of the heart, soul and history of the league.
Doug Collins

History, Heart, Soul

And like everybody else, I like the Rocky movies, but if you look at them again you can see all the misses, but the intensity of it, but that wasn't what this is.
Charles S. Dutton

Movies, Else, Again

I think that this misses out on some of the interesting narrative realities, which is that it actually doesn't work very well, that eliminating diversity is actually a really good way to make a species and its individuals less robust.
Cory Doctorow

Work, Good, Less

Sasha gets a raw deal from the press. She makes one mistake in her program and people rip her for not pulling it off when it counts. But she never falls apart. She never just completely folds and misses everything. Usually it's just one mistake.
Brian Boitano

Everything, Her, Off

Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.
Adam Hochschild

Chance, Seldom, Note

Usually pilot season is very busy, and there are lots of auditions and lots of near misses and rejections. This year, I had two auditions, landed this role and it felt like being home again.
Melinda Clarke

Home, Busy, Two

I hope she misses the cut. She doesn't belong here.
Vijay Singh

Hope, Here, She

What everybody misses here is that we are doing the same thing my father did. He licensed and litigated and protected his property, and we have to follow the same tradition, because the way the law reads, if you don't protect it, you lose it.
Dexter S. King

Father, Law, Same

Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.
Cal Hubbard

Once, While, Hit

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