“Be more than careful,” he told her. “Be totally paranoid. Err on the side of caution.”
Source: Waking Hours: Book 1 in East Salem Trilogy with Pete Nelson (Thomas Nelson), p. 124
Rep. Ron DeSantis on refugee debate: 'Err on side of protecting the American people' http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2015/11/27/rep-ron-desantis-on-refugee-debate-err-on-side-protecting-american-people.html (November 26, 2015)
“Be more than careful,” he told her. “Be totally paranoid. Err on the side of caution.”
Source: Waking Hours: Book 1 in East Salem Trilogy with Pete Nelson (Thomas Nelson), p. 124
“If you must err, do so on the side of audacity.”
Source: The Invention of Wings
“I may not have facts on my side, Hank, but I still think I'm right. That's the American way.”
Brotherhood 2.0: May 18: How to Write a Book Proposal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7GOut8eO2g
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Source: The Wizard of Zao (1978), Chapter 4 (p. 47)
“He who thinks little, errs much.”
Chi poco pensa, molto erra.
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
Letter 16, 1887, also in Testimonies on Sexual Behavior, Adultery, and Divorce (1989) http://egwdatabase.whiteestate.org/nxt/gateway.dll/egw-comp/section00000.htm/book05997.htm/chapter06009.htm, p. 242
FDA: Friend of Foe?
Context: If FDA officials err on the side of under-caution in approving an unsafe drug, they are attacked by the media and patient groups, and investigated by Congress. Their victims, sick and dead people, are highly visible. If FDA officials err on the side of over-caution, keeping a safe and effective drug off the market, who's to know? The victims are invisible. For example, neither the Americans who get sick or die from meningitis C this year, nor their loved ones, will know that their illness or death could have been prevented had it not been for errors by FDA officials. It's a no-brainer to figure out which error FDA officials prefer to make.
In a Market Dimly Lit.
Brother, Sister (2006)
“no army has ever marched into battle thinking that the Creator had sided with their enemy.”
Source: Wizard's First Rule