Being Wrong Quotes
Being Wrong Quote of the day
Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.
To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.
Before you invest, you must ensure that you have realistically assessed your probability of being right and how you will react to the consequences of being wrong.
I love being wrong because that means in that instant, I learned something new that day.
It's easy to win forgiveness for being wrong; being right is what gets you into real trouble.
Many books serve merely to show how many ways there are of being wrong, and how far astray you yourself would go if you followed their guidance. You should read only when your own thoughts dry up.
A loss never bothers me after I take it. I forget it overnight. But being wrong - not taking the loss - that is what does damage to the pocketbook and to the soul.
There are surely worse things than being wrong, and being dull and pedantic are surely among them.
The audience will always forgive you for being wrong and exciting, but never for being right and dull.
It is so easy to be wrong-and to persist in being wrong-when the costs of being wrong are paid by others.
I was utterly free of speculative prejudices. The bear side doesn't appeal to me any more than the bull side, or vice versa. My one steadfast prejudice is against being wrong.
If you work in either journalism or politics... you will be flogged for being right and flogged for being wrong, and it hurts both ways-but it doesn't hurt as much when you're right.
Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right.
We must each learn to feel comfortable in our own uniqueness by rising above the fear of being wrong and the aversion to being different.
Being wrong doesn't mean being creative - but if you aren't afraid of being wrong, you can't be creative.
One can thus state, without fear of being wrong, that every truly artistic production has been conceived and executed according to the principle of irregularity.
Today, not starting is far, far worse than being wrong. If you start, you've got a shot at evolving and adjusting to turn your wrong into a right. But if you don't start, you never get a chance.
How many crimes are permitted simply because their authors could not endure being wrong.
One cannot live a creative life without first letting go of the fear of being wrong.
Pedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules; while common sense is contented to be right without them.
I have no interest in being wrong, so if I am, please correct me. I don't want to be wrong. There's nothing in it for you or for me to be wrong.
It taught me, at an early age, that being wrong can be dangerous, but being right, when society regards the majority’s falsehood as truth, could be fatal.
I dont go looking for stories with the idea of wrongness in my head, no. But the fact is, a lot of great stories hinge on people being wrong.
People cheat when they are afraid. When there is no cost to being wrong or confessing ignorance, there is no reason to cheat or fake comprehension.
Do I know I'm right? Judgements aren't the same as facts. Instinct is not science. I'm like any other human being as fallible and as capable of being wrong. I only know what I believe.
We want, and must have, a national policy, as to slavery, which deals with it as being wrong.
You'll have to learn that public life takes a lot of sweat; but it doesn't need to worry you. You won't always be right, but you mustn't suffer from being wrong. That's what kills people like us.
