There is something to be said for every error; but…

“The mystery of consciousness? Erroneous data—significant results.”

— Frank Herbert

The writer's original perception of a character or characters may be as erroneous as the reader's.

— Stephen King

This land is a monopoly of erroneous ideas.

— Adriano Celentano

What is madness? To have erroneous perceptions and to reason correctly from them.

— Voltaire

All sweeping assertions are erroneous.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Erroneous views and presumptuousness send a talent to the insane asylum.

— Franz Grillparzer

Any one who has studied the history of science knows that almost every great step therein has been made by the "anticipation of Nature,"…

— Thomas Huxley

“Amending the ‘data’, or rejecting some as erroneous, is a frequent concomitant of scientific discovery, and the crucial ‘data’ cannot even be obtained until…

— David Deutsch

Believing that the power to destroy belongs to the Creator alone I affirm... that any theory which, when carried out, demands the annihilation of…

— James Prescott Joule

Sometimes acknowledging your erroneous ways is the first step to redemption.

— Ravi Shastri

Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.

— W. Somerset Maugham

The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.

— Stephen Jay Gould

I've always been able to make erroneous decisions very quickly.

— Herb Kelleher

Necessity, especially in politics, often occasions false hopes, false reasonings, and a system of measures, correspondingly erroneous.

— Alexander Hamilton

I had ... come to an entirely erroneous conclusion, which shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from insufficient data.

— Arthur Conan Doyle