Error Quotes

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It is, all in all, a historic error to believe that the master makes the school; the students make it! — Robert Musil
I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing. — Anais Nin
The results of a new study are out this week saying that New Jersey is one of the most livable states in the country. The… — Conan O'Brien
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. — Thomas Paine
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. — Pope John Paul II
If the individual, or heretic, gets hold of some essential truth, or sees some error in the system being practiced, he commits so many marginal… — Ezra Pound
To arrive at a contradiction is to confess an error in one's thinking; to maintain a contradiction is to abdicate one's mind and to evict… — Ayn Rand
When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future truth. In science there is… — Jean Rostand
Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small. — Donald Rumsfeld
In politics, every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it. — Donald Rumsfeld
Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error. — Benjamin Rush
A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it. — Bertrand Russell
The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle… — Friedrich Schiller
The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of… — Arthur Schopenhauer
To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away. — Arthur Schopenhauer
With spectacular events taking up so much of the available anxiety quotient, we need to be constantly reminded of the more workaday threats to our… — Will Self
My biggest error? Something that is to happen yet. — Ayrton Senna
Any artist who aligns themselves with a politician is making a category error because what politicians do is not on a human scale, it is… — Zadie Smith
Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it. — Alvin Toffler
The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League… — Bob Uecker

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