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Error Quotes

"Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all."

"Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all."

Charles Babbage, English Mathematician

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"There is an element of luck, there is an element of trial and error, sometimes you fail, sometimes you succeed. It's not as beautifully simple as it may seem when we are talking about it."

"There is an element of luck, there is an element of trial and error, sometimes you fail, sometimes you succeed. It's not as beautifully simple as it may seem when we are talking about it."

Lakhdar Brahimi, Algerian Public Servant

Error, Luck, May, Succeed

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"I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error."

"I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error."

Rene Descartes, French Mathematician

18

"Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that really didn't pay off."

"Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that really didn't pay off."

Warren Zevon, American Musician

Error, First, Years

18

"There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works."

"There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works."

Alan Perlis, American Scientist

16

"It is an old error of man to forget to put quotation marks where he borrows from a woman's brain!"

"It is an old error of man to forget to put quotation marks where he borrows from a woman's brain!"

Anna Garlin Spencer, American Minister

Error, Forget, Man, Old

11

"I did it the stupid way, through trial and error."

"I did it the stupid way, through trial and error."

Jake Roberts, American Celebrity

8

"An expert is a person who avoids the small errors while sweeping on to the grand fallacy."

"An expert is a person who avoids the small errors while sweeping on to the grand fallacy."

Steven Weinberg, American Scientist

8

"How is an error possible in mathematics?"

"How is an error possible in mathematics?"

Henri Poincare, French Mathematician

Error, Mathematics

8

"Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error."

"Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error."

Moliere, French Playwright

Error, Haste, Road

7

"Admitting Error clears the Score, And proves you Wiser than before."

"Admitting Error clears the Score, And proves you Wiser than before."

Arthur Guiterman, American Comedian

7

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

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

Donald Norman, American Scientist

Error, Improvement

7

"Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors."

"Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors."

Thomas Huxley, English Scientist

Error, Errors, May

7

"The one big strategic error - which was a political error and an economic error of grand proportions - was the prescription drug bill."

"The one big strategic error - which was a political error and an economic error of grand proportions - was the prescription drug bill."

David Keene, American Activist

7

"We are built to make mistakes, coded for error."

"We are built to make mistakes, coded for error."

Lewis Thomas, English Scientist

Error, Mistakes

6

"TCP works very hard to get the data delivered in order without errors and does retransmissions and recoveries and all that kind of stuff which is exactly what you want in a file transfer because so you don't want any errors in your file."

"TCP works very hard to get the data delivered in order without errors and does retransmissions and recoveries and all that kind of stuff which is exactly what you want in a file transfer because so you don't want any errors in your file."

Jon Postel, American Scientist

Error, Errors, Order, Want

6

"The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error."

"The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

Error, Humanity, Struggle, Want

6

"Most of our stuff was trial and error. You live with a tape recorder, you turn it on, you play the song and you listen to it."

"Most of our stuff was trial and error. You live with a tape recorder, you turn it on, you play the song and you listen to it."

Levon Helm, American Musician

Error, Play, Song

5

"Well, I don't think a specific role can destroy your voice. What can destroy your voice is when you... make an error. Everybody can make an error. But then you need to realize what is your way."

"Well, I don't think a specific role can destroy your voice. What can destroy your voice is when you... make an error. Everybody can make an error. But then you need to realize what is your way."

Cecilia Bartoli, Italian Musician

5

"Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors."

"Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors."

Ludwig van Beethoven, German Composer

Error, Errors, Nothing

5

"We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors."

"We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors."

Norman Vincent Peale, American Clergyman

Error, Errors, Mistakes

5

"The way to succeed is to double your error rate."

"The way to succeed is to double your error rate."

Thomas J. Watson, American Scientist

5

"We strive for error-free medicine in a world that is sometimes all too human."

"We strive for error-free medicine in a world that is sometimes all too human."

Michael Burgess, British Celebrity

Error, Medicine, World

5

"Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man."

"Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man."

J. Robert Oppenheimer, American Physicist

Error, Errors, Man, Years

5

"There is no sinfulness in the will and affections without some error in the understanding. All lusts which a natural man lives in, are lusts of ignorance."

"There is no sinfulness in the will and affections without some error in the understanding. All lusts which a natural man lives in, are lusts of ignorance."

George Gillespie, Scottish Theologian

Error, Ignorance, Man, Understanding

5

"The classics of Marxism, while fully appreciating the significance of the Darwinian theory, pointed out the errors of which Darwin was guilty. Darwin's theory, though unquestionably materialist in its main features, is not free from some serious errors."

"The classics of Marxism, while fully appreciating the significance of the Darwinian theory, pointed out the errors of which Darwin was guilty. Darwin's theory, though unquestionably materialist in its main features, is not free from some serious errors."

Trofim Lysenko, Russian Celebrity

Error, Errors, Marxism, Theory

4

"My biggest error? Something that is to happen yet."

"My biggest error? Something that is to happen yet."

Ayrton Senna, Brazilian Celebrity

4

"If there is an error of human judgment, I am the human."

"If there is an error of human judgment, I am the human."

William Mulholland, Irish Scientist

Error, Judgment

3

"A small error in the former will produce an enormous error in the latter."

"A small error in the former will produce an enormous error in the latter."

Henri Poincare, French Mathematician

3

"I wasn't aiming at the school bus, but of course I got expelled anyway."

"I wasn't aiming at the school bus, but of course I got expelled anyway."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Error, Regret, Truth, Today, Happiness

3

"The sort of man who, throwing a stone upon the ground, would miss."

"The sort of man who, throwing a stone upon the ground, would miss."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Error, Precision, Failure, Action, Mistake

2

"It is a question whether, when we break a murderer on the wheel, we do not fall into the error a child makes when it hits the chair it has bumped into."

"It is a question whether, when we break a murderer on the wheel, we do not fall into the error a child makes when it hits the chair it has bumped into."

Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist

Error, Question

2

"The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors."

"The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors."

Thomas Huxley, English Scientist

Error, Errors, May, Spirit, Value

2

"And this," cried Darcy, as he walked with quick steps across the room, "is your opinion of me! This is the estimation in which you hold me! I thank you for explaining it so fully."

"And this," cried Darcy, as he walked with quick steps across the room, "is your opinion of me! This is the estimation in which you hold me! I thank you for explaining it so fully."

Jane Austen, British Writer

Error, Judgment, Emotion, Pride, Misunderstanding

2

"One who enjoys finding errors will then start creating errors to find."

"One who enjoys finding errors will then start creating errors to find."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Error, Mistake, Learning, Criticism

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