“Examples of human stupidity. Blasphemy in Pakistan can now include spelling errors by children or throwing away a card bearing the name "Muhammad".” HumansChildrenNamesExampleErrorsStupidityCardsThrowingPakistanMuhammadBlasphemySpellingThrowing AwayHuman Stupidity Author:William C. Brown
“I was critical of the Israeli government, however, for not being prepared for the move. One does not uproot thousands of people without planning in advance what will be done with them. This was a political and human error in which the government functioned poorly.” PeopleHumansDoeDoneGovernmentMovingPoliticalErrorsPreparedCriticalPlanningIsraeliHuman Error Author:Norman Lamm
“With reference to other religions, the Church sees a great difference between them and herself. The other religions are expressions of the human soul seeking God, with some beautiful spiritual insights, but also not without errors. Christianity is rather God seeking humanity.” HumansSoulBeautifulSpiritualHumanityDifferencesChurchChristianityExpressionErrorsSeekingInsightHuman SoulSeeking GodSpiritual Insight Author:Francis Arinze
“Since, therefore, no man is born without faults, and he is esteemed the best whose errors are the least, let the wise man consider everything human as connected with himself; for in worldly affairs there is no perfect happiness under heaven.” MenHumansHeavenBornPerfectWiseErrorsFaultsAffairConnectedWorldlyPerfect Happiness Author:Gerald of Wales
“'Why do you think it is...', I asked Dr. Cook ... 'that brain surgery, above all else-even rocket science-gets singled out as the most challenging of human feats, the one demanding the utmost of human intelligence?' [Dr. Cook answered,] 'No margin for error.'” ThinkingHumansScienceChallengesBrainErrorsCooksDrsSurgeryRocketsMarginsFeatsHuman IntelligenceRocket ScienceBrain Surgery Author:Michael J. Fox
“Learn to control ego. Humans hold their dogmas and biases too tightly, and we only think that our opponents are dogmatic! But we all need criticism. Criticism is the only known antidote to error.” ThinkingNeedsHumansKnownEgoCriticismErrorsOpponentsDogmaAntidoteDogmatic Author:David Brin
“Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and virtuous admit no destiny. On earth conscience guides; in heaven God watches. And destiny is but the phantom we invoke to silence the one and dethrone the other.” HumansHeartEarthStrongHeavenDarkSilenceWatchesDestinyConscienceWeakErrorsGuidesPhrasesApologyVirtuousHuman HeartPhantomsInvoke Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a fool.” HumansFoolErrorsPersevereErr Is Human Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The Avatar appears to be human and we are misled into thinking of him in these terms but the Avatar himself warns us against this error.” ThinkingHumansTermErrorsMisledThinking Of Him Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“Doing a background check is still a very manual process, because the government agencies that create the records are largely paper-based systems. I'm not going to deny that there are errors, because in any system that involves human beings or technology, there are going to be errors.” HumansStillsGovernmentProcessHuman BeingsTechnologyRecordsPaperErrorsDenyBackgroundsChecksAgencyManualsGovernment AgenciesBackground Checks Author:James Lee
“So be it. God created profoundly fallible creatures on this earth, and human history is mostly the story of error and accident.” HumansStoriesEarthCreaturesErrorsAccidentsHuman HistoryFallibility Author:Michael A. Ledeen
“Anarcho-capitalism, in my opinion, is a doctrinal system which, if ever implemented, would lead to forms of tyranny and oppression that have few counterparts in human history. There isn't the slightest possibility that its (in my view, horrendous) ideas would be implemented, because they would quickly destroy any society that made this colossal error. The idea of 'free contract' between the potentate and his starving subject is a sick joke, perhaps worth some moments in an academic seminar exploring the consequences of (in my view, absurd) ideas, but nowhere else.” IfsHumansMadeIdeasMomentsWould BeFormViewsOpinionSubjectsPossibilityJokesCapitalismConsequenceSickErrorsTyrannyAbsurdOppressionContractsAcademicExploringHuman HistoryStarvingCounterpartsColossalSeminars Author:Noam Chomsky
“The object of all religious activity is to mingle the human and the non-human, and the lower gods represent that which is cast back to the human from the non-human - human gods merely, practice-gods who embody the errors which man makes in first conceiving the non-human.” MenFirstsHumansReligiousPracticeObjectsActivityErrorsCastsConceiving Author:Laura Riding