Trial And Error Quotes - Page 5

• The difference between the amoeba and Einstein is that, although both make use of the method of trial and error elimination, the amoeba dislikes erring while Einstein is intrigued by it.

  Karl Popper

  Science, Errors, Differences

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• I do have more directorial control over animation, because it's like trial and error: If something doesn't work, you can always go back and change certain things. Whereas in live action, every day is a challenge, and you have to make decisions on an hourly basis. So in live action I have more freedom as a director, but in animation, I have more control over the final product.

  Mamoru Oshii

  Errors, Decision, Challenges

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Like all creatures, humans have made their way in the world by trial and error. Unlike other creatures we have a presence so colossal that error is a luxury we can no longer afford. The world has grown too small to forgive us any big mistakes.

  Ronald Wright

  Mistake, Luxury, Errors

  Ronald Wright (2010). “A Short History Of Progress”, p.3, Canongate Books

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• The process of book writing for me is entirely one of trial and error.

  Geoff Dyer

  Book, Writing, Errors

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• I never thought of myself as an impressionist, so when I do audition for voice-matching things, I have to work really hard and do a lot of listening and trial-and-error.

  Tom Kenny

  Errors, Voice, Listening

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• It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Motivational, Leadership, Perseverance

  Address at Oglethorpe University, 22 May (1932)

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• Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended.

  Terry Pratchett

  Moral Fiber, Evolution Of Man, Way

  Terry Pratchett (2009). “Reaper Man: A Novel of Discworld”, p.9, Harper Collins

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• You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself.

  Teri Garr

  Wisdom, Errors, Goal

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• Love your experiments (as you would an ugly child). Joy is the engine of growth. Exploit the liberty in casting your work as beautiful experiments, iterations, attempts, trials, and errors. Take the long view and allow yourself the fun of failure every day.

  Bruce Mau

  Beautiful, Children, Fun

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• I think that the path that I took was normal in the American society where young women and men are not trained as to how to make the transition from being a girl to being a woman, from being a boy to being a man. And so I think that most young people in America live by trial and error, and not by parental instruction, community guidance.

  Sister Souljah

  Girl, Boys, Men

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• Don't be afraid to scrape the paint off and do it again. This is the way you learn, trial and error, over and over, repetition. It pays you great dividends, great, great dividends.

  Bob Ross

  Errors, Trials, Pay

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