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We need to move beyond the demonisation of overpaid traders ... In finance and economics, ill-designed policy is a more powerful force for harm than… — Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell
I don't like creating software anymore. It's too exact. It's like karate; there's no room for error. — John Maeda
To me it seems that those sciences are vain and full of error which are not born of experience, mother of all certainty, first-hand experience… — Leonardo da Vinci
It is a grave error to assume that ice cream consumption requires hot weather. — Anne Fadiman
You can gain experience, if you are careful to avoid empty redundancy. Do not fall into the error of the artisan who boasts of twenty… — Trevanian
No man complains of his neighbor for ill management of his affairs, for an error in sowing his land, or marrying his daughter, for consuming… — Thomas Jefferson
The declaration that religious faith shall be unpunished does not give immunity to criminal acts dictated by religious error. — Thomas Jefferson
Even as we seek to be meek and to avoid contention, we must not compromise or dilute our commitment to the truths we understand. We… — Dallin H. Oaks
The most obvious and yet the oldest and most stubborn error on which the appeal of inflation rests is that of confusing â€˜moneyâ€™ with â€˜wealthâ€™â€¦Real… — Henry Hazlitt
There is only one inborn erroneous notion that we exist in order to be happy So long as we persist in this inborn error the… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Art and science have so much in common - the process of trial and error, finding something new and innovative, and to experiment and succeed… — Peter M. Brant
Every entrepreneur faces trade-offs when founding and growing their company. As we discovered at YouTube, those early decisions have far-reaching impacts and lead to unforeseen… — Chad Hurley
Understand that for every rule which I have mentioned from the Quran, the Devil has one to match it, which he puts beside the proper… — Al-Ghazali
How do you get into magazines? How can you get on TV or in your local newspaper? What can you do so others will take… — Mark Edward
We sought therefore to amend our will, and not to suffer it through despite to languish long time in error. — Seneca the Younger
Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every coil; In the heart of the wise and good, alike with the wicked and foolish; For… — Martin Farquhar Tupper
Always consider your intellect to be lacking; otherwise too much faith in it surely leads to error. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
'Why do you think it is...', I asked Dr. Cook ... 'that brain surgery, above all else-even rocket science-gets singled out as the most challenging… — Michael J. Fox
But as no two (theoreticians) agree on this (skin friction) or any other subject, some not agreeing today with what they wrote a year ago,… — Hiram Maxim
It may be said of many palaeontologists, as Professor Hugh Trevor-Roper said recently of 18th century historians: "Their most serious error was to measure the… — D. V. Ager

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