Adversity Quote by Virginia Postrel

“Well, I agree that 'trial and error' is a pretty pessimistic name for it. And maybe that's what it is most of the time.…

— David Levithan

“Failures are inevitable when you experiment, but it is a trial-and-error process that gives results.”

— Haresh Sippy

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…

— Tim Harford

“Learning comes from failure. Trial and error is how you improve.”

— Stijants

Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every trial exhausts some tempting…

— William Whewell

Error is part of the overhead of doing research

— Michael Ghiselin

To me, error analysis is the sweet spot for improvement.

— Anonymous

Progress is made by trial and failure; the failures are generally a hundred times more numerous than the successes ; yet they are usually…

— William Ramsay

Trials are like FIRE; it can destroy or strengthen you, depending on your character and outlook in life. REMEMBER! The fire that melts butter,…

— Pacifiersucker

Mistakes are the byproduct of action - and thus an accurate gauge of effort.

— Terry Rossio

Honorable errors do not count as failures in science, but as seeds for progress in the quintessential activity of correction.

— Stephen Jay Gould

Every great idea emerges out of a process of trial-and-error experimentation.

— Scott D. Anthony