314 Quotes About Error

Whenever someone 'pretends' as perfect, never made a mistake, error, sin in his life, I know that he has never been in the field...

The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.

Man is so intelligent that he feels impelled to invent theories to account for what happens in the world. Unfortunately, he is not quite intelligent enough, in most cases, to find correct explanations. So that when he acts on his theories, he behaves very often like a lunatic.

To err is human, to persist in error is diabolical.

Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.

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

We live in a world where unfortunately the distinction between true and false appears to become increasingly blurred by manipulation of facts, by exploitation of uncritical minds, and by the pollution of the language.

If I have attached anything to sacrifice other than loss, I have at some level assumed a pay-off. And if I’ve assumed a pay-off, I’m only assuming a sacrifice.

No definite sciencewithout trial & error.