Errors Quotes · Page 9

A religious symbol does not rest on any opinion. And error belongs only with opinion. One would like to say: This is…

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

Only ... from personal experience [can a man] take the necessary measures without a preliminary process of trial and error.

— Karl Donitz

It is a great error to take oneself for more than one is, or for less than one is worth.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Errors of taste are very often the outward sign of a deep fault of sensibility.

— Jonathan Miller

I used to think if you fell from grace it was more likely than not the result of one stupendous error, or…

— Jane Hamilton

Errors of knowledge are not breaches of morality; no proper moral code can demand infallibility or omniscience.

— Ayn Rand

Polls are now even more meaningless than ever... there was the case of Ronnie O'Brien, the young footballer who incredibly found himself…

— Ian O'Doherty

It is almost as difficult to make a man unlearn his errors as his knowledge.

— Charles Caleb Colton

When you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all…

— Benjamin Franklin

Her image had passed into his soul for ever and no word had broken the holy silence of his ecstasy. Her eyes…

— James Joyce

An enemy who sees the error of his ways ceases to be an enemy.

— Primo Levi

In the margin for error lies all our room for maneuver.

— James Geary

all of us feel special inside to where we feel as if we are the best, unique, or blessed. of course this…

— Jamie Foxx

Another source of fallacy is the vicious circle of illusions which consists on the one hand of believing what we see, and…

— Anonymous

It is clear that men accept an immediate pain rather than an immediate pleasure, but only because they expect a greater pleasure…

— W. Somerset Maugham

If you see a blatant error or misconception about yourself, you really want to set it straight.

— Jimmy Wales

Learned men fall into error oftenest by mistaking knowledge for wisdom.

— Austin O'Malley

When I write a political column for the Chicago Sun-Times, when liberals disagree with me, they send in long, logical e-mails explaining…

— Roger Ebert

A disappointment is not generally an oversight. It might just be the best one can do the situation being what it is.…

— B. F. Skinner

Jacobins, I have a truth to tell you. You do not know your most deadly enemies; they are the constitutional priests. It…

— Jean-Paul Marat

Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.

— Jim Rohn

He would read up on parenting, if he thought it would help, but his errors always seemed too basic for the manuals.…

— Nick Hornby

Ten geographers who think the world is flat will tend to reinforce each other's errors ... Only a sailor can set them straight.

— John Ralston Saul

Here's a news flash: scientists can be wrong. That's no big deal (unless the scientist is you), since research is self-correcting. Consequently,…

— Seth Shostak

A house built on granite and strong foundations, not even the onslaught of pouring rain, gushing torrents and strong winds will be…

— Haile Selassie