To rectify past blunders is impossible, but we might profit by the experience of them.

What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind.

The errors of great men are venerable because they are more fruitful than the truths of little men.

There is no more dangerous error than that of mistaking the consequence for the cause.

I am the first to admit I have made a couple of mistakes: two trips to rehab, Rudebox, the album, Geri Halliwell. I should have gone for Victoria, really, shouldn't I? I'd have been really famous.

There is great value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Thank God we can start a new.