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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
religion
My goal is never to make fun of religion. Chuck Palahniuk
religion
Some have deplored Lincoln's indifference to Christianity. But it was not religion, it was religiosity that put him off. Gore Vidal
religion atheism answers
If you ask why we should obey God, in the last resort the answer is, 'I am.' To know God is to know that our obedience is due to Him. C. S. Lewis
religion trying succeed
Now the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. C. S. Lewis
religion generations world
A multitude of aspects of the natural world that were considered miraculous only a few generations ago are now thoroughly understood in terms of physics and chemistry. Carl Sagan
religion steps why-not
Where did God come from? If we decide this is an unanswerable question why not save a step and conclude that the origin of the universe is an unanswerable question. Carl Sagan
religion atheism kind
[S]cience has itself become a kind of religion. Carl Sagan
religion bitterness christianity
... in Northern Ireland, if you don't have basic Christianity, rather than merely religion, all you get out of the experience of living is bitterness. Bernadette Devlin
religion rewards duty
My whole religion is this: do every duty, and expect no reward for it, either here or hereafter. Bertrand Russell
firsts remember winning-the-lottery
Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life. Cecil Rhodes
firsts magazines magazine-covers
My very first magazine cover was the National Enquirer. Carrie Underwood
firsts
Experience first, then intellectualize. Carl Orff
firsts privilege never-forget
As the Dauphine stepped out of her carriage on to the ceremonial carpet that had been laid down, it was the Duc de Choiseul who was given the privilege of the first salute. Presented with the Duc by Prince Starhemberg, Marie Antoinette exclaimed: 'I shall never forget that you are responsible for my happiness! Antonia Fraser
firsts allies computer
I like computers. It's the first time that I am endorsing a computer brand. I am very computer savvy, so this is certainly up my ally. Bill Vaughan
firsts knows
Don't invest in what you don't know. Learn first then invest. Robert Kiyosaki
firsts cry enough
Lay on, McDuff, and be damned he who first cries, 'Hold, enough! William Shakespeare
firsts reason accepted
One must require from each one the duty which each one can perform. Accepted authority rests first of all on reason. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
firsts taught should
I see, sir, you are liberal in offers. You taught me first to beg, and now methinks You teach me how a beggar should be answered. William Shakespeare