An approximate answer to the right question is worth far more than a precise answer to the wrong one. — John Tuley Copy Share Image
Simplicity and beauty are the signs not of truth but of a well-constructed approximate model of a limited domain of phenomena. — Lee Smolin Copy Share Image
“he realized that he could get an approximate answer that was “good enough” in a short time,” — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
“Translation can never do more than the approximate,so we shall, at least, be gloriously inaccurate.” — Karen Healey Copy Share Image
A lot of my lyrics are approximate meaning without me knowing why they sound right. — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
An approximate answer to the right problem is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate problem. — John Tukey Copy Share Image
“It is better to have an approximate answer to the right question than an exact answer to the wrong question. —JOHN TUKEY,” — Josh Kaufman Copy Share Image
Pursuit of the approximate can conclude. Not so pursuit of the absolute. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
“If you’re going to do something that crazy, save it for when it’ll make a difference. But absent near-omniscience there’s no way… — Ann Leckie Copy Share Image
“Given an approximate knowledge of a system’s initial conditions and an understanding of natural law, one can calculate the approximate behavior of… — James Gleick Copy Share Image