Error Quotes

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Economists have the correct insight that economics is a theory of choice, the key to the story is the variety of options and centralised political… — Douglass North
Truth crushed to earth shall rise again,- The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes with pain, And dies among his worshippers. — William C. Bryant
The path to Heaven is narrow, rough and full of wearisome and trying ascents, nor can it be trodden without great toil; and therefore wrong… — Robert Southwell
One point of difference between Hinduism and other religions is that in Hinduism we pass from truth to truth-from a lower truth to a higher… — Swami Vivekananda
After long study and experience, I have come to the conclusion that (1) all religions are true; (2) all religions have some error in them;… — Mahatma Gandhi
I not only could not stifle controversy among your readers.. I welcome it. This Administration intends to be candid about its errors; for as a… — John F. Kennedy
I am not in favor of immortality. I believe death for humans is the way of getting rid of accumulated errors - as in trial… — Esther Dyson
I went to a bookstore to try to find a book. The bottom line is, it all comes by trial and error. It was scary… — Michael Jordan
Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all… — Alexander Pope
A rational process is a moral process. You may make an error at any step of it, with nothing to protect you but your own… — Ayn Rand
Quite often, as life goes on, when we feel completely secure as we go on our way, we suddenly notice that we are trapped in… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
'Tis folly in one Nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its Independence for whatever it… — George Washington
Error is a supposition that pleasure and pain, that intelligence, substance, life, are existent in matter. Error is neither Mind nor one of Mind's faculties.… — Mary Baker Eddy
Audible prayer can never do the works of spiritual understanding, which regenerates; but silent prayer, watchfulness, and devout obedience enable us to follow Jesus example.… — Mary Baker Eddy
I learned how music works dealing with Jermaine Dupri, and I learned how image works dealing with Puff Daddy. ... Singing is an acting role… — Usher
There exists a black kingdom which the eyes of man avoid because its landscape fails signally to flatter them. This darkness, which he imagines he… — Louis Aragon
Without music, life would be an error. The German imagines even God singing songs — Friedrich Nietzsche
Pain is not an evolutionary error. — Mathis Wackernagel
People make a grievous error thinking that a list of facts is the truth. Facts are just the bare bones out of which truth is… — Shelby Foote
There is a point when a personal opinion shades off into an error of fact. — Gene Siskel

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