Quotes About Fallibility

Why is it that the king can do no wrong? This shows they do not regard the king as being a human. But the king can do wrong.

I'm very cognizant of the image that's being put out there and the way in which people perceive me. I'm honored and flattered that they see me as being a decent human being. I try my best to be a decent human being, but I fall short of the mark like we all do on a regular basis.

Because we're human beings, we're not always going to be perfect.

A man walks the straight and narrow all his life; he follows the rules, stays within the lines; then one day he makes a misstep. He crosses a line and sets in motion a chain of events that will take from him everything he has and damn him forever in the eyes of those he loves.

itself. An honest examination of Scripture leads to the conclusion that the Bible is thoroughly inspired but also thoroughly human. The human element in Scripture reflects the limitations and fallibility that are a part of all human perspectives and all human thinking. This human element can be clearly seen in at least three areas of Scripture. First

I've realized that these people you look up to - watching Aaron Rodgers, watching Tom Brady - they're humans just like I am. They can make mistakes. They're just people.

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes.

Solo hay una cosa que puede dar por segura, señor presidente —me dijo—. Cualquier día, en cualquier momento dado, alguien, en algún lugar, la está cagando.»

I should have known better. But we all have stupid moments—rationalizations, even blindness, born of weakness and human need.

In general, human beings are remarkably bad at predicting how various experiences will make them feel.

W]e [also] create a … problem when we put people on a pedestal … . Whenever we make anyone – a minister, a teacher, an athlete, a genius, our ancestors, the Buddha – bigger than life, it's easy … to forget that the person you're discussing is a human being. … You'll forget that you're made of the very same stuff they are.

Parece que forma parte de la condición humana creer en nuestra capacidad de predicción… y también olvidar rápidamente lo malas que resultaron ser nuestras predicciones.

It Begins with skepticism. The history of human folly, and our own susceptibility to illusions and fallacies, tell us that men and women are fallible.

our own susceptibility to illusions and fallacies, tell us that men and women are fallible. One therefore ought to seek good reasons for believing something. Faith, revelation, tradition, dogma, authority, the ecstatic glow of subjective certainty—all are recipes for error, and should be dismissed as sources of knowledge.

It begins with skepticism.147 The history of human folly, and our own susceptibility to illusions and fallacies, tell us that men and women are fallible. One therefore ought to seek good reasons for believing something.

The history of human folly, and our own susceptibility to illusions and fallacies, tells us that men and women are fallible. One therefore ought to seek good reasons for believing something. Faith, revelation, tradition, dogma, authority, the ecstatic glow of subjective certainty - all are recipes for error, and should be dismissed as sources of knowledge.

I love to make a mistake. It is my only assurance that I cannot reasonably be expected to assume the responsibility of omniscience.

Tengo la razón, la tengo siempre, y estoy equivocada.

Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.

That idea of being so sure of what has happened, and what will happen, is the most idiotic human thing that anyone can do.

If you don't have religious fallibilism, you have immense problems.

Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken.

The track record of economists in predicting events is monstrously bad. It is beyond simplification; it is like medieval medicine.

That's the trouble with putting women on a pedestal. You do that, and they always fall off - knocking you over on the way down.