Quotes about error
errors political single-life
In the social equation, the value of a single life is nil; in the cosmic equation, it is infinite... Not only communism, but any political movement which implicitly relies on purely utilitarian ethics, must become a victim to the same fatal error. It is a fallacy as naïve as a mathematical teaser, and yet its consequences lead straight to Goya's Disasters, to the reign of the guillotine, the torture chambers of the Inquisition, or the cellars of the Lubianka. Arthur Koestler
errors generations consequence
Every error has its consequences and venges itself unto the seventh generation.
errors kept match threw
She threw in a lot of errors that kept the match pretty short. Lindsay Davenport
errors mental
She's been working on removing mental errors from her rounds. She's getting better at it.
errors
It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others. Democritus
errors female done
I am indeed willing to acknowledge what I have done, an error and presumption. I will call it an error and presumption because I swerved from the accustomed flowery path of female delicacy, to walk upon the heroic precipice of feminine perdition! Deborah Sampson
errors profound different
In [chess], where the pieces have different and "bizarre" motions, with various and variable values, what is only complex, is mistaken (a not unusual error) for what is profound Edgar Allan Poe
errors trials duress
I have found through trial and error that I work best under duress. In fact I work only under duress. Edward Abbey
errors finding five found game second ways win
We're just finding ways to win. One game we'll play real well defensively, and then in that second game (Monday) we made five errors and still found a way to win the game.
error five helpful hits key runs super third
Luis pitched a super in the first game. We got some key hits and one helpful error from them to help put the five runs up in the third inning.
errors freely time
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. Gerrit Smith
errors obvious
Other than obvious errors like forgetting a line, often I can't see any difference between take one and take 20. Clint Eastwood
errors good hit players
We had a pretty good game. We didn't hit but errors killed us. The players are still learning.
errors justice execution
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. Albert Einstein
errors progress pay
Error is the price we pay for progress. Alfred North Whitehead
errors may chance
Error itself may be happy chance.
errors long progress
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.
errors recognition
No one is exempt from the rule that learning occurs through recognition of error. Alexander Lowen
errors taste nudity
Nudity is undignified and an error of taste Adolf Hitler
errors runners seem
We were a little stiff. We made some errors and couldn't seem to get runners on base.
errors baggage sin
When you choose sin the baggage that comes with it is error. Adrian Rogers
errors light crowds
I would rather stand alone in the light of truth than in the crowd filled with error.
errors ordinary profit
When the profits of trade happen to be greater than ordinary, over-trading becomes a general error both among great and small dealers. Adam Smith
errors giving letters
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. Ada Lovelace
errors self frail
I am a frail vessel full of errors. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
error front large marginal room stage
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. Rove McManus
error favors fools fortune gross held tis
Tis a gross error held in schools, That Fortune always favors fools John Gay
errors farther great learn mind shoulders small standing stood test time truths worth
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. Norman Geisler
error margin played
We played well at times, but our margin for error is so small.
error margin picked poorly shot thin
We shot poorly because we executed poorly. At times we picked up our play, but our margin of error is too thin to play like that.
errors four hits six three
When you give up 13 walks, six hits and four errors in three innings, that's enough.
errors led several tonight
We had some very costly errors tonight that led to several unearned errors by Iola.
error margin president
The president should be worried. With 55 percent, if there's is a margin of error of 4 percent, he could actually have only 51 percent.