Quotes About Error

I don't think of my fellow men as dangerous. I think of them as capable of occasional dangerous mistakes.

Mr. Worldly-Wiseman is not an ancient relic of the past. He is everywhere today, disguising his heresy and error by proclaiming the gospel of contentment and peace achieved by self-satisfaction and works. If he mentions Christ, it is not as the Savior who took our place, but as a good example of an exemplary life. Do we need a good example to rescue us, or do we need a Savior? If

But methinks, I see by this, that Satan will use any means to keep the soul from Christ; he loveth not an awakened frame of spirit; security, blindness, darkness, and error, is the very kingdom and habitation of the wicked one.

Whose fault is it, then? Dennis Compton's (Basil Fawlty)

Everybody makes mistakes, but some are never forgotten or forgiven.

It takes a second to make a mistake, but a lifetime to try and forget it was your fault.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

That annoying moment when you accidentally close the wrong tab...

We must accept human error as inevitable - and design around that fact.

The worst misstep one can make in design is to solve the wrong problem.

The alleviation of human error, whether design or intrinsically human, continues to be the most important problem facing aerospace safety.

Tis this desire of bending all things to our own purposes which turns them into confusion and is the chief source of every error in our lives.

As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own dignity, to retract it as soon as he discovers it.

But every error is due to extraneous factors (such as emotion and education); reason itself does not err.

A likable character isn't one who does nothing wrong.

The family is the cradle of the world's misinformation. There must be something in family life that generates factual error.

If the system lets you make the error, it is badly designed.

A major cause of error is time stress. Time is often critical, especially in such places as manufacturing or chemical processing plants and hospitals. But even everyday tasks can have time pressures. Add

Logical constraints are often used by home dwellers who undertake repair jobs. Suppose you take apart a leaking faucet to replace a washer, but when you put the faucet together again, you discover a part left over. Oops, obviously there was an error: the part should have been installed. This is an example of a logical constraint.

When people err, change the system so that type of error will be reduced or eliminated. When complete elimination is not possible, redesign to reduce the impact.

If the system lets you make the error, it is badly designed. And if the system induces you to make the error, then it is really badly designed.

Why do people err? Because the designs focus upon the requirements of the system and the machines, and not upon the requirements of people.

When many people all have the same problem, shouldn't another cause be found? If the system lets you make the error, it is badly designed. And if the system induces you to make the error, then it is really badly designed.

we must design our machines on the assumption that people will make errors.