Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lindsay Davenport

She threw in a lot of errors that kept the match pretty short.

She's been working on removing mental errors from her rounds. She's getting better at it.

Clint Eastwood

Other than obvious errors like forgetting a line, often I can't see any difference between take one and take 20.

John Gay

Tis a gross error held in schools, That Fortune always favors fools

Alexander Lowen

No one is exempt from the rule that learning occurs through recognition of error.

Adolf Hitler

Nudity is undignified and an error of taste

Allan Bloom

Error is indeed our enemy, but it alone points to the truth and therefore deserves our respectful treatment.

Jason Katims

The shows I've been working on, especially 'Parenthood' and 'Friday Night Lights,' I think are completely character-driven stories. I think, for most writers, that's a privilege to be telling those kinds of stories. It's erroneous to me.

We had a pretty good game. We didn't hit but errors killed us. The players are still learning.

Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

Norman Geisler

Aquinas is worth reading. He has stood the test of time. And even where he errs, you can learn more from the errors of a great mind than you can learn from the truths of a small mind. You can see a whole lot farther standing on the shoulders of giants.

We played well at times, but our margin for error is so small.

Rove McManus

There is marginal room for error and you are working in front of a large crowd. Getting back on stage is something that I have really enjoyed.

William Shakespeare

For death remembered should be like a mirror, Who tells us life’s but breath, to trust it error.

We are our own worse enemy. If you take away one fourth of our errors we could win this match.

Gerrit Smith

As this is the first time I have had the floor, it may be well for me now to confess, that I am in the habit of freely imputing errors to my fellow-men.

Adrian Rogers

I would rather stand alone in the light of truth than in the crowd filled with error.

Adam Smith

When the profits of trade happen to be greater than ordinary, over-trading becomes a general error both among great and small dealers.

Ada Lovelace

Many persons who are not conversant with mathematical studies imagine that because the business of [Babbage’s Analytical Engine] is to give its results in numerical notation, the nature of its processes must consequently be arithmetical and numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine its numerical quantities exactly as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and in fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

I am a frail vessel full of errors.

Albert Einstein

I have reached the conviction that the abolition of the death penalty is desirable. Reasons: 1) Irreparability in the event of an error of justice, 2) Detrimental moral influence of the execution procedure on those who, whether directly or indirectly, have to do with the procedure.

Alfred North Whitehead

Error is the price we pay for progress.

Alfred North Whitehead

Error itself may be happy chance.

Albert Einstein

Concepts which have proved useful for ordering things easily assume so great an authority over us, that we forget their terrestrial origin and accept them as unalterable facts. They then become labeled as 'conceptual necessities,' etc. The road of scientific progress is frequently blocked for long periods by such errors.

We were a little stiff. We made some errors and couldn't seem to get runners on base.

Adrian Rogers

When you choose sin the baggage that comes with it is error.

Charles Lamb

Riddle of destiny, who can show / What thy short visit meant, or know / What thy errand here below?

Jane Austen

Without scheming to do wrong, or to make others unhappy, there may be error and there may be misery. Thoughtlessness, want of attention to other people's feelings, and want of resolution, will do the business.

Bruce Pearl

I am very disappointed, but Kentucky played a terrific second half. We must focus on playing better. Every night we have had intense games, and there is no margin of error for this team.

Clint Hurdle

Numbers speaking, he made one error the whole time he was at shortstop, which speaks volumes. He handled himself remarkably well. He showed major-league poise.

Now our errors are not killing us. Our mentality is improving too. It was a good weekend for us.

Bob Hartley

Obviously, this is a tough loss. Our margin for error is real small and we're going to have to run the table.

Lord Chesterfield

If a man has a mind to be thought wiser, and a woman handsomer than they really are, their error is a comfortable one to themselves, and an innocent one with regard to other people