Quote #142
"An expert is a man who never makes small mistakes."
-- Tom Phipps
"An expert is a man who never makes small mistakes."
-- Tom Phipps
Related:
- The man who does things makes many mistakes,
but he never makes the biggest mistake of all -
doing nothing. -- Benjamin... - An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes
which can be made,
in a narrow field. -- Niels Bohr (1885... - An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made,
in a very narrow field. -- Niels... - The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
Edward... - The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
William Connor Magee, bishop of... - An expert is a person who avoids the small errors while
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-- Ed... - The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.
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