Errors Quotes

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There is only one inborn error. and that is the notion that we exist in order to be happy. — Arthur Schopenhauer
To let them share in the highest offices is to take a risk; inevitably, their unjust standards will cause them to commit injustice, and their… — Aristotle
The Errors of a Wise Man make your Rule Rather than the Perfections of a Fool. — William Blake
You know in politics you are dealing in the realm of choices. You don't always have clear-cut decision between a thoroughly principled position and a… — Peter Costello
A good rule of thumb is if you've made it to 35 and your job still requires you wear a nametag, you've probably made a… — Dennis Miller
One by one I have seen obstacles removed, errors corrected, prejudices softened, proscriptions relinquished, and my people advancing in all the elements that go to… — Frederick Douglass
Errors are not in the art but in the artificers. — Isaac Newton
It seems to me that it was well said by Madama Serenissima, and insisted on by your reverence, that the Holy Scripture cannot err, and… — Galileo Galilei
We are often confident even when we are wrong, and an objective observer is more likely to detect our errors than we are. — Daniel Kahneman
Whenever there is a simple error that most laymen fall for, there is always a slightly more sophisticated version of the same problem that experts… — Amos Tversky
Many people keep deploring the low level of formal education in the United states (as defined by, say, math grades). Yet these fail to realize… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Accepting trial and error means accepting error. It means taking problems in our stride when a decision doesn't work out, whether through luck or misjudgment.… — Tim Harford
Men have such a good opinion of themselves, of their mental superiority and intellectual depth; they believe themselves so skilled in discerning the true from… — Al-Ghazali
God created Adam master and lord of living creatures, but Eve spoilt all, when she persuaded him to set himself above God's will. 'Tis you… — Martin Luther
To err is human, to persist in error is diabolical. — Georges Canguilhem
The Administration has made critical mistakes and errors in judgment leading up to the war in Iraq. The President refuses to acknowledge these mistakes, and… — Zoe Lofgren
We are cast as combatants in the war between truth and error. There is no middle ground. We must stand up for truth, even while… — Dallin H. Oaks
In some ways, getting away from the headquarters and having a little time to reflect allows you to find errors in your strategy. You get… — Larry Ellison
In a bull market, one must avoid the error of the preening duck that quacks boastfully after a torrential rainstorm, thinking that its paddling skills… — Warren Buffett
But now, instead of discussion and argument, brute force rises up to the rescue of discomfited error, and crushes truth and right into the dust.… — Adin Ballou

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