Best Mistaken Thoughts
426 Mistaken quotes by 355 unique authors
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Dawkins’s problem is that he doesn’t know the difference between probabilistic empirical theorizing and strict metaphysical demonstration, and thus misreads an attempt at the latter…
— Edward Feser
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The small irritations or indignities that we experience are nothing compared to what a previous generation experienced. It's one thing for me to be mistaken…
— Barack Obama
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Whether [new Protestant church movements] place their emphasis on new worship styles, expressions of the Holy Spirit’s power, evangelism to seekers, or Bible teaching, these…
— Alan Hirsch
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There have been prophets and students who handle the Bible like a child's box of bricks; they explain to us the design and structure and…
— Oswald Chambers
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The man who thinks he can do without the world is indeed mistaken; but the man who thinks the world cannot do without him is…
— Francois Truffaut
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A sure sign of failure for a startup is when someone sends me logo-embroidered polo shirts. If your people are at shows and in public,…
— Mark Cuban
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People who do not know the Bible well have been gulled into thinking it is a good guide to morality. This mistaken view may have…
— Richard Dawkins
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You must be careful with kindness. It's usually mistaken for weakness by stupid people.
— Clive Barker
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More! More! is the cry of a mistaken soul.
— William Blake
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I also had a mistaken attitude towards certain comrades.
— Bela Kun
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The belief may be too often mistaken, but the illusion of coming into direct contact with the past is intoxicating and persuasive, and can result…
— Charles Rosen
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SOCRATES: Perhaps we may be wrong; if so, you in your wisdom should convince us that we are mistaken in preferring justice to injustice. THRASYMACHUS:…
— Plato
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The impulses of my heart are the voice of Nature, which is never mistaken. The institutions that stand in my way are man-made and are…
— Frederic Bastiat
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God puts you where God needs you. You are where you are supposed to be. The job you are doing may not be any easier…
— Lawrence Kushner
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And in his third essay Herodius (not Herodotus, a mistaken pronunciation, perhaps) said 'We can contend with the evil that men do in the name…
— Richard Boone
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Ubiquity must never be mistaken for biology.
— Phil Zuckerman
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We find collected in this book [The Bible] the superstitious beliefs of the ancient inhabitants of Palestine, with indistinct echoes of Indian and Persian fables,…
— Max Nordau
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The second part of the New Right's policy package has been the belief that free-market solutions are always best. It is this latter view which…
— Paul Ormerod
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The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes.
— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
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If the thought ever comes to you that everything that you have thought about God is mistaken and that there is no God, do not…
— Leo Tolstoy
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Self-respect is often mistaken for arrogance when in reality it is the opposite. When we can recognize all our good qualities as well as our…
— Rajneesh
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Our policy is simple: We are not going to betray our friends, reward the enemies of freedom, or permit fear and retreat to become American…
— Ronald Reagan
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A little criticism makes me angry, and a little rejection makes me depressed. A little praise raises my spirits, and a little success excites me.…
— Henri Nouwen
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It's lap 26 of 58, which unless I'm very much mistaken is half way.
— Murray Walker
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I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give my life to maintain your right to make mistakes. I…
— Rocco Buttiglione
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