Quotes on the topic: Error


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Narrative drives most of economics. Everything seems to be part of a story, and how that story is told often leads to critical error.


Ironically, the more intensive and far-reaching a historian's research, the greater the difficulty of citation. As the mountain of material grows, so does the possibility of error.


Writing is part intuition and part trial and error, but mostly it's very hard work.


Acting is like a high wire act. Your margin for error is very slim.


They have been deprived nutritionally, or some illness has not been picked up, or they have not been screened for vision or hearing defects, or they have not had some kind of a chronic illness or error of metabolism picked up.


Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.


Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.


A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.


What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.


The causes and severity of NSA infractions vary widely. One in 10 incidents is attributed to a typographical error in which an analyst enters an incorrect query and retrieves data about U.S phone calls or emails.


Touch is more important than arm strength. You want to really allow the receiver to run underneath the throw. It'll give you a little margin for error if you undershoot it a bit.


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


It is a true man's part not to err, but it is also noble of a man to perceive his error.


Going from an error rate of 25 meters in GPS to 2.5 meters is huge. Going to 25 centimeters is going to matter just as much.


If I want my daughter to try something, I eat it in front of her repeatedly without forcing the issue and, with some trial and error, the world is our oyster!


My biggest error? Something that is to happen yet.


To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.


Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.


Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it.


A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth.