Famous Quotes & Sayings

Thomas Huxley

It is an error to imagine that evolution signifies a constant tendency to increased perfection. That process undoubtedly involves a constant remodeling of the organism in adaptation to new conditions; but it depends on the nature of those conditions whether the direction of the modifications effected shall be upward or downward.

Thomas Browne

Many-have too rashly charged the troops of error, and remain as trophies unto the enemies of truth.

Steve Allen

I do not understand those who take little or no interest in the subject of religion. If religion embodies a truth, it is certainly the most important truth of human existence. If it is largely error, then it is one of monumentally tragic proportions—and should be vigorously opposed.

Tryon Edwards

He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil, and one of the worst kinds of devils, for it shuts out the truth, and often leads to ruinous error.

Suzanne Farrell

You don't learn from a situation where you do something well. You enjoy it and you give yourself credit, but you don't really learn from that. You learn from trial and error, trial and error, all the time.

Troy Glaus

If making an error doesn't make you mad, what's the point? Why put all the work in?

Rebecca Solnit

I walk wherever my errands take me.

Virginia Postrel

Progress through trial and error depends not only on making trials, but on recognizing errors.

Wayne Dyer

You correct an error by bringing truth to it.

Troy Aikman

No excuse for those mechanical errors to be happening.

William Osler

Gentlemen, I have a confession to make. Half of what we have taught you is in error, and furthermore we cannot tell you which half it is

Zebulon Pike

The preparations for my new voyage prevented the possiblity of my paying that attention to the correction of my errors, that I should otherwise have done.