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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 elude-us generations
Absolute certainty will always elude us. We will always be mired in error. The most each generation can hope for is to reduce the error. . . . Carl Sagan
errors trial-and-error trials
The fossil record implies trial and error, the inability to anticipate the future, features inconsistent with a Great Designer (though not a Designer of a more remote and indirect temperament.) Carl Sagan
errors views rigidity
They (i. e., the Pythagoreans ) did not advocate the free confrontation of conflicting points of view. Instead, like all orthodox religions, they practised a rigidity that prevented them from correcting their errors. Carl Sagan
errors giving challenges
We are prodding, challenging, seeking contradictions or small, persistent residual errors, proposing alternative explanations, encouraging heresy. We give our highest rewards to those who convincingly disprove established beliefs. Carl Sagan
errors speech opinion
Who ever heard a theologian preface his creed, or a politician conclude his speech with an estimate of the probable error of his opinion? Bertrand Russell
errors crank
More cranks take up unfashionable errors than unfashionable truths. Bertrand Russell
errors commit ifs
Why repeat the old errors, if there are so many new errors to commit? Bertrand Russell
views ideas political
I never view aesthetic ideas as having an existence purely of their own but as a function they have in connection with political or moral values. Antoni Tapies
views months compromise
A lot of Americans have some view of the Constitution as just this thing that was handed down [intact]. But it really was the result of months and months of wrangling and disputation and ultimately compromise. That's where the brilliance of the American system is -- it's always been built on compromise. Bill Vaughan
views law two
In my view there are basically two types of weddings. There is the wedding that is based on law, and there is the wedding that is based on Christ and based on grace. We felt that those who have been married by the law, they would like to have that special privilege and benefit by being married by the church. Bill Vaughan
views other-worlds earth
But I simply can't stand a view limited to this earth, I feel life is so small unless it has windows into other worlds...I like mathematics largely because it is not human. Bertrand Russell
views may point-of-view
I always have a point of view. It may not be right, but it's my own. Baz Luhrmann
views law may
The cold view to take of our future is that we are therefore headed for extinction in a universe of impersonal chemical, physical, and biological laws. A more productive, certainly more engaging view, is that we have the intelligence to grasp what is happening, the composure not to be intimidated by its complexity, and the courage to take steps that may bear no fruit in our lifetimes. Barry Lopez
views practice together
In the traditional view, a person is free. He is autonomous in the sense that his behavior is uncaused. He can therefore be held responsible for what he does and justly punished if he offends. That view, together with its associated practices, must be re-examined when a scientific analysis reveals unsuspected controlling relations between behavior and environment. B. F. Skinner
views genius prevailing
The prevailing view is that geniuses are largely built, not born. David Brooks
views air challenges
Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you. David McCullough
rigidity
Be aware that rigidity imprisons. Madeleine L'Engle
rigidity
Every muscular rigidity contains the history and the meaning of its origin. Wilhelm Reich