“To no circumstance is the wide diffusion of error in the world more owing than to our habit of adopting conclusions from insufficiently established data. An indispensable preliminary, then, in every investigation, is to get at facts. Until these are arrived at, every opinion, theory, or system, however ingeniously framed, must necessarily rest upon an uncertain basis.” WorldFactsOpinionTheoryHabitCircumstancesBasesErrorsWideConclusionDataInvestigationUncertainIndispensableFramedOwingAdoptingDiffusion Author:Christian Nestell Bovee
“No, there is now no circumstance known in which it can be affirmed that microscopic beings came into the world without germs, without parents similar to themselves. Those who affirm it have been duped by illusions, by ill-conducted experiments, spoilt by errors that they either did not perceive or did not know how to avoid.” KnowsWorldHas BeensParentKnownKnow HowCircumstancesIllusionErrorsIllExperimentsPerceiveGermsSpoilt Author:Louis Pasteur
“Let no one who has the slightest desire to live in peace and quietness be tempted, under any circumstances, to enter upon the chivalrous task of trying to correct a popular error.” TryingDesireCircumstancesTasksErrorsTemptedQuietnessDesire To LivePeace And Quiet Author:William Thoms
“9/11 was a genuine trauma, and President George W. Bush rallied the country. I think the Iraq war was ill-considered, but there - it was done in the wake of a national trauma. And that the errors made under such circumstances are different than errors made in the cold.” ThinkingMadeDifferentWarCountryDonePresidentColdCircumstancesErrorsIllIraqTraumaGenuineIraq WarPresident George W Bush Author:Daniel Fried
“A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.” TryingMayRealLanguageCan DoEffortMistakeEducationFailureCircumstancesGiving UpErrorsPerseveranceDefeatPersistenceBeing The BestMaking MistakesPersistNot Giving UpNever Giving UpGiven UpFear Of FailureAlways TryingKeep TryingStop TryingDetermination MotivationalFailure In LifeDo Not Give UpBehaviorismI Will Not Give UpPersonal Failure Author:B. F. Skinner