[Robinson Crusoe] is the true prototype of the British colonist. The whole Anglo-Saxon spirit is in Crusoe: the manly independence, the unconscious… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
On Sept 15th [1852] Mr Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer, asked my opinion on the utility of Mr Babbage's calculating machine, and… — George Biddell Airy Copy Share Image
Calculating people are contemptable. The reason for this is that calculation deals with loss and gain, and the loss and gain mind… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
Golf being a cold, calculating sort of game gives perhaps more scope for folly than any other. We have all the time… — Bernard Darwin Copy Share Image
When under the pretext of fraternity, the legal code imposes mutual sacrifices on the citizens, human nature is not thereby abrogated. Everyone… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
Pride looks back upon its past deeds, and calculating with nicety what it has done, it commits itself to rest; whereas humility… — James McCosh Copy Share Image
I don't like that sort of school... where the bright childish imagination is utterly discouraged... where I have never seen among the… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The reason for your poor projections is often right in front of you. Whether you are using statistical analysis or just an… — Des MacHale Copy Share Image
Because the true perfection of a practical occupation consists not only in knowing the actual performance of the occupation but also in… — Gersonides Copy Share Image
Good players develop a tactical instinct, a sense of what is possible or likely and what is not worth calculating. — Samuel Reshevsky Copy Share Image
The great thing about behavioural psychology and economics is that they help us to see that there are actually pretty good reasons… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
What a great advantage a man can have over women, if he only knew what cold and calculating thoughts are going through… — Esther Vilar Copy Share Image
At a time when so many scholars in the world are calculating, is it not desirable that some, who can, dream ? — Rene Thom Copy Share Image
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