Quotes About Fallibility

There are those moments where you realize that your parents or your heroes are human and are fallible.

To err is human, to persist in error is diabolical.

To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or at least only the cleverest of them do so.

A fuller vision comes from our ability to recognize the fallibility in our current and past forms of sight.

Nobody is right all the time and even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Nobody is smart enough to be wrong all the time.

I am only human, although I regret it.

I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I ever simply estimate it.

No, I'm not a saint, Sophie. I'm just another stupid human.

No, Sophie, no soy un santo. Solo otro estúpido ser humano.

The problem with making heroes out of humans is that when they eventually act like humans, everyone is disappointed.

Are doctors who make mistakes villains? No, because then we all are.

not only do all human beings err, but they err frequently and in predictable, patterned ways.

all human beings err, but they err frequently and in predictable, patterned ways.

Instead they choose to accept their fallibilities. They recognised the simplicity and power of using a checklist.

Human judgment, even expert human judgment, falls well short of certainty.

It disturbed me, however, to have felt so confident about what had happened that day and to have been so wrong.

No matter what measures are taken, doctors will sometimes falter, and it isn't reasonable to ask that we achieve perfection. What

No matter what measures are taken, doctors will sometimes falter, and it isn't reasonable to ask that we achieve perfection. What is reasonable is to ask that we never cease to aim for it.

the builders trusted in the power of communication. They didn't believe in the wisdom of the single individual, of even an experienced engineer. They believed in the wisdom of the group, the wisdom of making sure that multiple pairs of eyes were on a problem and then letting the watchers decide what to do. Man is fallible, but maybe men are less so.

We are all, whatever we do, in the hands of flawed human beings.

No one is right 100 percent of the time or always says or does exactly the right thing.

A liberal society stands on the proposition that we should all take seriously the idea that we might be wrong. This means we must place no one, including ourselves, beyond the reach of criticism (no final say); it means that we must allow people to err, even where the error offends and upsets, as it often will.

If we can truly relate to God as God, in His full transcendence and majesty, then we can relate to humans as humans in all their fallibility.