142 Movie Quotes about Mistakes (+ Sound Clips) - page 13

Updated: Mar 23, 2026

Memorable quotes about mistakes, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

121 I ran away. It's always a mistake, isn't it? I mean, you have to face things in the end.

Debra Winger as Joy Davidman in Shadowlands

122 I can't undo till I find what I did in the first place.

Harry Morgan as Carolinus in The Flight of Dragons (1982)

123 All wrong, torto, incorreto, falsch, all wrong.

Earl Hammond as Santa Claus in The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1985)

124 He was a terrific sleeper. -It's hard to believe. -Oh, it's true. He almost never made a serious mistake while he was sleeping.

Capucine as Lady Simone Litton in Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)

125 Gee, did you make a movie mistake! You forgot to reload the damn gun.

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Jack Slater in Last Action Hero

126 Nobody's perfect. You know, my mom says your mistakes are what make you human.

Rihanna as Gratuity Tip Tucci in Home (2015)

127 Jules, did you ever hear the philosophy that once a man admits that he is wrong that he is immediately forgiven for all wrongdoings? Have you ever heard that?

John Travolta as Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction

128 Wrong person. Forgive me. No offense intended.

Cleavon Little as Sheriff Bart in Blazing Saddles (1974)

129 He designed this computer so that it could learn from its own mistakes. So they're better the next time they played.

Matthew Broderick as David Lightman in WarGames (1983)

130 You idiot! You glued it on upside down!

Sean Astin as Michael "Mikey" Walsh in The Goonies