Quotes about Poor Decision

John F. Kennedy

I did donate to Nixon. The biggest damn fool mistake I ever made.

Kennedy and Nixon served in the House together, and occasionally members would contribute to the campaigns of friends of the opposite party. There was, in those days, more comity between the parties.

Francis Bacon

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.

Gary Larson

I didn't want to go to school for more than four years, and I didn't know what you did with a bachelor's in biology. So I switched over and got my degree in communications. I regret it now. It was one of the most idiotic things I ever did.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Gambling is a most foolish and imprudent pursuit.

Abraham Lincoln

The trouble with General Hooker is that he has his headquarters where his hindquarters ought to be.

Hooker made some very poor decisions as far as Lincoln was concerned.

P. J. O'Rourke

The Vietnam War was not clearly a wrong war, but it was clear that it was stupid.

Jon Jones

If you do something bad, it doesn't mean you're a bad person. It means you had bad judgment.

Thomas Jefferson

One might as well make a sailor a cock, or a soldier a goose, as a President of Andrew Jackson.

Although the Jacksonian Democrats were the political successors to the Jeffersonian Democratic Republicans, Jefferson found Jackson wanting as a potential president. Although Jefferson had made this statement during the 1824 Election, it did not become public until the Election of 1828 — Jackson’s second term. At that time Edward Coles, Formerly James Madison’s Secretary, disclosed the quotation.

Samantha Power

Ignorance and prejudice make for bad advisers.

Tom Robbins

Should you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked.

Jack Nicholson

I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it.

Hansie Cronje

I realized I made a big mistake and if I could have it over again, I would do it so much differently.

Deb Caletti

Sometimes good choices are really bad ones, wrapped up in so much fear you can't even see straight.

Terry McMillan

If you jump to conclusions, you make terrible landings.

Sophocles

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

Stanley G. Bedford

... a very foolish lapse of judgement on my part.

The chairman of the state agency charged with the enforcement of the election laws was found guilty of making improper political contributions, and fined. He described his action as:

Bruce Grobbelaar

Roma must have been mad to sell Mo Salah. Either that or they really needed the money.

Jay-Jay Okocha

I played in Qatar only because I had a great offer and I am not ashamed to accept. We played in empty stadiums! I realised what a mistake I made and decided to leave the club immediately.

Milton Berle

I just bought a great gift for my boss - a leaky ant farm.

Austin O'Malley

Where there is a choice of two evils, most men take both.

Tom DeMarco

First law of Bad Management: If something isn't working, do more of it.

Robert E. Lee

We made a great mistake in the beginning of our struggle, and I fear, in spite of all we can do, it will prove to be a fatal mistake. We appointed all our worst generals to command our armies, and all our best generals to edit the newspapers

Solomon

Sometimes ruin comes for lack of judgment.

This is one of the proverbs of King Solomon of the Jews, son of King David.

Ian Gilmour

It does no harm to throw the occasional man overboard, but it does not do much good if you are steering full speed ahead for the rocks.

Sophocles

True, as unwisdom is the worst of ills

Poor Decision Quotes