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Error Quotes by Lewis Thomas
- The body of science is not, as it is sometimes thought, a huge coherent mass of facts, neatly arranged in sequence, each one attached to…
- We are built to make mistakes, coded for error.
- I am a member of a fragile species, still new to the earth, the youngest creatures of any scale, here only a few moments as…
More Error Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov
- Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how you kill… — Margaret Atwood
- Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your… — Francis Bacon
- We have self-centered minds which get us into plenty of trouble. If we do not come to understand the error in the… — Joko Beck
- In each succeeding war there is a tendency to proclaim as something new the principles under which it is conducted. Not only… — John J. Pershing
- I know that certain minds would regard as audacious the idea of relating the laws which preside over the play of our… — Francois Magendie