Fallibility Quotes

32 quotes by 27 authors

When we go to the Bible we should keep in mind that the basic principles of the Bible are taught by God, but written down… — Jimmy Carter
I believe that God locates himself at the spot where you recognize your own fallibility....And the paradox of it all has been that whenever I… — Rick Moody
The indefinite combination of human fallibility and nuclear weapons will lead to the destruction of nations. — Robert McNamara
I believe the root of all happiness on this earth to lie in the realization of a spiritual life with a consciousness of something wider… — Hugh Walpole
Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions. — Gerald Brenan
For all our failings, despite our limitations and fallibilities, we humans are capable of greatness. — Carl Sagan
Our greatest challenge today is to couple conviction with doubt. By conviction, I mean some pragmatically developed faith, trust, or centeredness; and by doubt I… — Kirk J. Schneider
Making workable choices occurs in a crucible of informative mistakes. Thus Intelligence accepts fallibility. And when absolute (infallible) choices are not know, Intelligence takes chances… — Frank Herbert
To say that one need art, or politics, that incorporate ambiguity and contradiction is not to say that one then stops recognizing and condemning things… — William Kentridge
That this awareness of my own fallibility will prevent me from making many mistakes doesn't alter the fact that I'm bound to make a great… — Vincent Van Gogh
The organizations of men, like men themselves, seem subject to deafness, near-sightedness, lameness, and involuntary cruelty. We seem tragically unable to help one another, to… — John Cheever
In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and… — Joseph de Maistre
Palaeontologists cannot live by uniformitarianism alone. This may be termed the Phenomenon of the Fallibility of the Fossil Record. — D. V. Ager
Both men and women are fallible. The difference is, women know it. — Eleanor Bron
So be it. God created profoundly fallible creatures on this earth, and human history is mostly the story of error and accident. — Michael A. Ledeen
Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again. — Vincent Van Gogh
Artists instinctively want to reflect humanity, their own and each other's, in all its intermittent virtue and vitality, frailty and fallibility. — Tom Hiddleston
Our criminal justice system is fallible. We know it, even though we don't like to admit it. It is fallible despite the best efforts of… — Eliot Spitzer
The future is too interesting and dangerous to be entrusted to any predictable, reliable agency. We need all the fallibility we can get. Most of… — Lewis Thomas
As a parent, the only thing I am absolutely certain of is my own fallibility. — Ayelet Waldman

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