Good Quote

[Doug G.]

I thought this was great - from Ian Twombly in the latest issue of Flight Training magazine. "I've come to believe there's a direct inverse relationship between how sure someone is of something and how likely it is he is correct."

He goes on to quote Confucius - "Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance."

[Craig]

Similarly a phenomenon that happens on forums all the time this one included by one who shall remain nameless (name changes all the time anyways).

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

 

If you’re incompetent, you can’t know you’re incompetent. […] the skills you need to produce a right answer are exactly the skills you need to recognize what a right answer is.

—David Dunning

[FastEddieB]

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

[Jim]

See my sig.

[chanik]

People who fly into a rage seldom make a good landing. -Will Rogers

[Anticept]

My sig has one that I love. For humor, not a life lesson!

[FastEddieB]

"Ridicule is the only weapon that can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them.”

 

Thomas Jefferson

[Ed Cesnalis]

There is no sport equal to that which aviators enjoy while being carried through the air on great white [yellow] wings.  — Wilbur Wright, 1905

[FlyingMonkey]

My favorite aviation quote is attributed to Burt Rutan...This may not be exact, but it's close:

 

"If you are thinking of adding something to an aircraft, take the part outside and throw it up in the air.  If it comes back down, it's too heavy."

[Ian]

My favourite from your very own Mr Lincoln

 

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

 

 

[ralarcon]

I thought this was great - from Ian Twombly in the latest issue of Flight Training magazine. "I've come to believe there's a direct inverse relationship between how sure someone is of something and how likely it is he is correct."

He goes on to quote Confucius - "Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance."

"I've come to believe, people will believe those things that agree with their preconceived notions"   quote by "me".

 

PS. "Everybody has a right to their opinions, but not to their Facts".By somebody on TV. whose name escapes me now.

 

Cheers

[Ed Cesnalis]

In flying I have learned that carelessness and overconfidence are usually far more dangerous than deliberately accepted risks. - Wilbur Wright in a letter to his father, September 1900 

[WmInce]

How does that reconcile with your blog?  The hypocrisy is astounding.

 

Wow.

Bingo!

[Jim Meade]

"Everybody has a right to their opinions, but not to their Facts".By somebody on TV. whose name escapes me now.

 

Cheers

"CT, regarding bicycle helmets, you are entitled to your own opinions, but you are not entitled to your own facts. "

 

http://ctflier.com/index.php?/topic/3050-brs-safety-alert/?hl=%2Bopinions+%2Bfacts#entry39735

post # 20

 

From 17 Nov 2014, by Fred G, a contributor on this forum.

[FredG]

The quote, regarding opinions and facts, is originally attributed to Daniel Patrick Moynihan. 

 

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Daniel_Patrick_Moynihan

[Anticept]

[sandpiper]

"Nothing is confirmed until officially denied"

 

I don't know the author. I first saw in in a newspaper in Fairbanks about 20 years ago. 

[sandpiper]

Where did I hear this one, or similar?

 

"Either do, or don't do, there is no try"

[Anticept]

Where did I hear this one, or similar?

 

"Either do, or don't do, there is no try"

 

[ralarcon]

The quote, regarding opinions and facts, is originally attributed to Daniel Patrick Moynihan. 

 

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Daniel_Patrick_Moynihan

Thanks !