Wrong Assumptions Quotes

The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.

The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so.

Majorities are generally wrong, if only in their reasons for being right.

Our military thought that they couldn't get to Pearl Harbor, that it was too long a journey from Japan to get there, and they proved us wrong.

When we hope, we usually hope for the wrong thing.

It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.

But what if our intelligence is wrong?

Certainly the history of astronomy shows that every time we thought we were special, we were wrong.

When I left the military, I thought I would not have any problems with the transition - I'm very adaptable and very versatile - but I was wrong.

In order to survive, we cling to all we know and understand. And label it reality. But knowledge and understanding are ambiguous. That reality could be an illusion. All humans live with the wrong assumptions. Isn't that another way of looking at it? That sharingan how much can you really se?

You know, it is life that is right and the architect who is wrong.

Often, the most striking and innovative solutions come from realizing that your concept of the problem was wrong.

It's not ignorance does so much damage; it's knowin' so derned much that ain't so.

The actual Blue Rose murders, which lie at the core of the three novels, yield various incorrect solutions which assume the status of truth.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

Acknowledge the complexity of the world and resist the impression that you easily understand it. People are too quick to accept conventional wisdom, because it sounds basically true and it tends to be reinforced by both their peers and opinion leaders, many of whome have never looked at whether the facts support the received wisdom. It's a basic fact of life that many things "everybody knows" turn out to be wrong.

Thinking that what you want equals what's best for you is a dead end.

To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong.

It's not what you don't know that kills you but what you know that isn't so.

Nature is usually wrong.

It's sometimes easier to reject strong evidence than to admit that we've been wrong, this is information about ourselves worth having.

We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.

The trouble with most of us is that we know too much that ain't so.

Enough people write about me every day without even interviewing me.

Your reasoning is excellent, it's only your basic assumptions that are wrong.