Quote by William Strunk, Jr Download Open image “None are so fallible as those who are sure they're right.” — William Strunk, Jr ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
The thing I believe in most in the world is my own fallibility, so I am willing to believe that I may be wrong… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
Whatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The public knows that human beings are fallible. Only people blinded by ideology fall into the trap of believing in their own infallibility. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
A false conclusion once arrived at and widely accepted is not easily dislodged and the less it is understood the more tenaciously it is… — Georg Cantor Copy Share Image
There are infinite possibilities of error, and more cranks take up fashionable untruths than unfashionable truths. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Those who believe they can do something and those who believe they can't are both right. — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so. — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
I never try to prove anybody wrong. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. — Shaun Wright-Phillips Copy Share Image
People get so caught up in needing to know and having to prove themselves to be right, and I'm blown away by this. — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should… — William Strunk, Jr Copy Share Image
A drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. — William Strunk, Jr Copy Share Image
Do not, therefore, say "I feel nauseous," unless you are sure you have that effect on others. — William Strunk, Jr Copy Share Image
The adjective hasn't been built that can pull a weak or inaccurate noun out of a tight place, — William Strunk, Jr Copy Share Image
Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language. — William Strunk, Jr Copy Share Image
The approach to style is by way of plainness, simplicity, orderliness, sincerity. — William Strunk, Jr Copy Share Image
A dash is a mark of separation stronger than a comma, less formal than a colon, and more relaxed than parentheses. — William Strunk, Jr Copy Share Image
“Consciously or unconsciously, the reader is dissatisfied with being told only what is not; the reader wishes to be told what is... If your… — William Strunk, Jr Copy Share Image
