often wrong, never in doubt

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often wrong, never in doubt (not comparable)

1. Having overconfidence in one's opinions that is impervious to failure.
   • 1998, Lee Ellis, Larry Burkett, Your Career in Changing Times, →ISBN:

     As stated before, Larry says High D personalities are “often wrong, never in doubt.”

   • 2016, Phil Enlow, Truth, Deception & God’s Unfolding Purpose, →ISBN:

     We have an expression in our day: “often wrong; never in doubt.” In this case they were always wrong.

   • 2018 June 8, Andrew Ferguson, “A Freelancer in Rome”, in The Weekly Standard:

     “Often wrong, never in doubt” was long the motto of editorial writers, but it can be applied to the journalism racket generally.

   • 2018 July 21, Aaron Perryman, Andy Bitter, Paul Woody, “Hokies vs. 'Hoos: We made two all-time teams based solely on NFL performance”, in The Richmond Times-Dispatch:

     Following the unwavering credo of, “Often wrong, never in doubt”, The Wrath of Woody says: Virginia 34, Virginia Tech 31.