“Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.”
William Shakespeare
“You make one error, you pause, stumble, hesitate too long, don't hesitate long enough, run a word together, hit your 'S' too hard, hit your 'T' too hard--[the director is] like: 'Um, could you please pick it up from the top of the paragraph?'”
Nicholas Sparks
“Historically, the biggest stumbling block has been the different philosophies on how to run series.”
Brian Barnhart
“We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them”
William Arthur Ward
“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.”
Charles F. Kettering
“One cannot divine nor forecast the conditions that will make happiness; one only stumbles upon them by chance, in a lucky hour, at the world's end somewhere, and hold fast to the days, as to fortune or fame.”
Willa Sibert Cather
“Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbled over and being kicked”
American Proverb