One of the most dangerous forms of human error is forgetting what one is trying to achieve

Quote by Paul Nitze

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We slow the progress of science today for all sorts of ethical reasons. Biomedicine could...

We slow the progress of science today for all sorts of ethical reasons. Biomedicine could...

One of the most dangerous forms of human error is forgetting what one is trying...

One of the most dangerous forms of human error is forgetting what one is trying...

The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong.

The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong.

Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every coil; In the heart of the...

Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every coil; In the heart of the...

The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of...

The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of...

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes

Since, therefore, no man is born without faults, and he is esteemed the best whose...

Since, therefore, no man is born without faults, and he is esteemed the best whose...

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt...

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt...

It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make...

It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make...

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are...

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are...

There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.

There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.

No cause is helpless if it is just. Errors, no matter how popular, carry the...

No cause is helpless if it is just. Errors, no matter how popular, carry the...

In the material sciences these are and have been, and are most surely likely to...

In the material sciences these are and have been, and are most surely likely to...

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors,...

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors,...

Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a...

Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a...

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

Error is just as important a condition of life as truth

Error is just as important a condition of life as truth

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

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

Never say, 'oops.' Always say, 'Ah, interesting.'

Never say, 'oops.' Always say, 'Ah, interesting.'

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than,...

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than,...