Quotes by Errors There is no more common error than to assume that, because prolonged and accurate mathematical calculations have been made, the application of the result to some fact of nature is absolutely certain. Alfred North Whitehead errors math facts Error itself may be happy chance. Alfred North Whitehead errors chance may Error is the price we pay for progress. Alfred North Whitehead progress errors pay Always consider your intellect to be lacking; otherwise too much faith in it surely leads to error. Ali ibn Abi Talib islamic errors too-much Error is indeed our enemy, but it alone points to the truth and therefore deserves our respectful treatment. Allan Bloom tolerance errors enemy Most people/musicians hear things differently and what might please one might not please another. One man's meat is another man's poison. Don't be afraid to dig, the most important people/musicians in my life always have. If you do decide to dig, don't always expect to come up with a clean face. It's o.k. The most important lessons to me have been learned by trial and error. All I'm trying to say is "try to find yourself," as I have. Allan Holdsworth errors men people Some of Kant's particular moral opinions, either because he shared the prejudices of his time, or because of his own personal crotchets, can strike sensible people as ridiculous or offensive. But in my view, his own theory provides us with the resources (the best resources available, I believe) to correct his own personal errors or cultural prejudices. Allen W. Wood errors views believe We commit not only theoretical error but also moral wrong in objectifying ourselves or other rational beings, ignoring their capacities for free action and communicative interaction with us. Allen W. Wood objectifying errors action Those who are seeking the true religion will never find it outside the Catholic Church alone, because, in every other religion, if they trace it up to the author, they will find some impostor whose imagination furnished a mass of sophisms and errors Alphonsus Liguori catholic errors imagination Abortion and racism are both symptoms of a fundamental human error. The error is thinking that when someone stands in the way of our wants, we can justify getting that person out of our lives. Abortion and racism stem from the same poisonous root, selfishness. Alveda King errors roots thinking Abortion and racism are both symptoms of a fundamental human error. Alveda King abortion errors racism In religious belief as elsewhere, we must take our chances, recognizing that we could be wrong, dreadfully wrong. There are no guarantees; the religious life is a venture; foolish and debilitating error is a permanent possibility. (If we can be wrong, however, we can also be right.) Alvin Plantinga errors religious guarantees The recognition that no knowledge can be complete, no metaphor entire, is itself humanizing. It counteracts fanaticism. It grants even to adversaries the possibility of partial truth, and to oneself the possibility of error. Alvin Toffler recognition metaphor errors Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it. Alvin Toffler editors errors writing DISABUSE, v.t. To present your neighbor with another and better error than the one which he has deemed advantageous to embrace. Ambrose Bierce embrace neighbor errors DISCUSSION, n. A method of confirming others in their errors. Ambrose Bierce method errors science Brain, v. [as in "to brain"]: To rebuke bluntly, but not pointedly; to dispel a source of error in an opponent. Ambrose Bierce opponents errors brain Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age. Ambrose Bierce errors light birthday Yes, I am calling for an intellectual revolution that sweeps away the corruption, absurdity and error, which prevail in morals, customs, traditions, and doctrines. Ameen Rihani doctrine errors intellectual One of the most serious errors, if not the most serious error, committed by colonial powers in Africa, may have been to ignore or underestimate the cultural strength of African peoples. Amilcar Cabral errors serious may «1234567891011»
