“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
“Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.”
William Shakespeare
“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
“To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.”
“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