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Error Quotes

Error is a kind of discipline.

These error quotes treat mistakes as a working part of progress, framing error as discipline and arguing that delay is nearly always preferable to acting in error.

Error is discipline through which we advance.

Quotes by William Ellery Channing

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.

Quotes by Thomas Paine

Delay is preferable to error.

Thomas Jefferson

The margin for error in the Champions League is tiny.

Quotes by Sergio Ramos

Code Quotes

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

Quotes by Samuel Butler

The great western error about the Taliban is to assume homogeneity.

Quotes by Philip Hammond

Obscurity is the realm of error.

Quotes by Luc de Clapiers

We are built to make mistakes, coded for error.

Quotes by Lewis Thomas

If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.

Quotes by John Kenneth Galbraith

Computer Quotes

There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.

Quotes by John Dalberg-Acton

Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error to an afflicted truth.

Quotes by Jeremy Taylor

It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths.

Quotes by Jean Rostand

How is an error possible in mathematics?

Quotes by Henri Poincare

A small error in the former will produce an enormous error in the latter.

Quotes by Henri Poincare

Developer Quotes

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.

Quotes by Hannah Arendt

There is no original truth, only original error.

Quotes by Gaston Bachelard

Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth.

Quotes by Francis Picabia

Social-sector organizations have to be better managed than for-profit organizations... because they have no margin of error.

Quotes by Frances Hesselbein

No one who lives in error is free.

Quotes by Euripides

Engineer Quotes

Abhorring error is not necessarily positive.

Quotes by Ellen Ullman

Frequently Asked Questions

What are error quotes about?
This collection treats mistakes as part of growth, framing error as a kind of discipline and weighing it against delay, truth, and even a strange form of immortality.
Why do people search for error quotes?
Readers look for error quotes to find perspective on mistakes, often after a setback, wanting language that reframes error as useful rather than purely negative.
What does the quote about error as discipline mean?
It suggests that error is the discipline through which people advance, treating mistakes as a necessary part of learning rather than something to avoid entirely.
Is there a quote about truth and inquiry here?
Yes, one entry claims it is error, not truth, that shrinks from inquiry, arguing that genuine truth holds up to scrutiny while mistakes tend to avoid close examination.
Does this collection compare delay to error?
One quote states that delay is preferable to error, favoring caution over rushing into a mistake. Readers debugging something more literal may prefer the Computer quotes.

One line even suggests spectacular error can, oddly enough, secure a kind of immortality. Readers troubleshooting something more literal may prefer the Computer quotes.