--- title: "16 Guessing Game Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 16 Guessing Game quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Guessing Game sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58e/tony-perez-109052_came_when-it-came-to-foods-it-was-a-guessing_815334.jpg" --- > [When it came to foods it was a guessing game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-perez/when-it-came-to-foods-it-was-a-guessing-game/) [Tony Perez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-perez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58e/tony-perez-109052_came_when-it-came-to-foods-it-was-a-guessing_815334.jpg) > [Part of filmmaking is always a guessing game, and part of it is always a game of trust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-kinnear/part-of-filmmaking-is-always-a-guessing-game-and-part-of-it-is-always/) [Greg Kinnear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-kinnear/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a05/greg-kinnear-9920_cinema_part-of-filmmaking-is-always-a-guessing_2181394.jpg) > [Life seemed even more of a guessing game than usual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barnes/life-seemed-even-more-of-a-guessing-game-than-usual/) [Julian Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barnes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41b/julian-barnes-522_games_life-seemed-even-more-of-a-guessing-game_2168629.png) > [Everything with Peeping Tom is kind of a guessing game. It's constantly exhilarating but also exhausting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-patton/everything-with-peeping-tom-is-kind-of-a-guessing-game-it-s/) [Mike Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-patton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2d/mike-patton-3753_everything_everything-with-peeping-tom-is-kind-of-a_2880453.jpg) > [Dear Males; please tell us how you feel straight up. We are not a guessing game and we don't like being played…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/dear-males-please-tell-us-how-you-feel-straight-up-we-are-not-a/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a11/anonymous-1_being-played_dear-males-please-tell-us-how-you-feel-s_3017882.jpg) > [To name an object is to deprive a poem of three-fourths of its pleasure, which consists in a little-by-little guessing game; the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-stevens/to-name-an-object-is-to-deprive-a-poem-of-three-fourths-of-its/) [Wallace Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-stevens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/785/wallace-stevens-846_games_to-name-an-object-is-to-deprive-a-poem-o_3058001.jpg) > [Nothing matters but the facts. Without them, the science of criminal investigation is nothing more than a guessing game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-edwards/nothing-matters-but-the-facts-without-them-the-science-of-criminal/) [Blake Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/blake-edwards-40599_criminal-investigati_nothing-matters-but-the-facts-without-th_1899739.jpg) > [I have no hope, I only have faith...Hope is like a guessing game, it can either be yes or no. But faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilou-de-la-rosa/i-have-no-hope-i-only-have-faith-hope-is-like-a-guessing-game-it-can/) [Marilou De La Rosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilou-de-la-rosa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0e/marilou-de-la-rosa-75070_faith_i-have-no-hope-i-only-have-faith-hope-is_3053329.jpg) > [For the longest time, I was always like a guy that people would think they went to high school with. They'd be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-messina/for-the-longest-time-i-was-always-like-a-guy-that-people-would-think/) [Chris Messina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-messina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4d/chris-messina-12033_actor_for-the-longest-time-i-was-always-like-a_605057.jpg) > [Love should not be a guessing game. In fact, it shouldn't be a game at all. One should lay all the cards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-should-not-be-a-guessing-game-in-fact-it-shouldn-t-be-a-game-at/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/072/anonymous-1_being-honest_love-should-not-be-a-guessing-game-in-fa_1739399.jpg) > [It's never one thing it's a lot of things because you learn that show business is one of the most complicated industries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-mitchell/it-s-never-one-thing-it-s-a-lot-of-things-because-you-learn-that-show/) [Liz Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2c/liz-mitchell-11303_believe_it-s-never-one-thing-it-s-a-lot-of-thing_2558753.jpg) > [“He waited in silence for the blindfold to be tied firmly at the back of his head. ‘Right,’ said Wilkins, emphatically. ‘That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/he-waited-in-silence-for-the-blindfold-to-be-tied-firmly-at-the-back/) [Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/352/jonathan-coe-10154_quote_he-waited-in-silence-for-the-blindfold-t_1296156.jpg) > [He knew by heart every last minute crack on its surface. He had made maps of the ceiling and gone exploring on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-tey/he-knew-by-heart-every-last-minute-crack-on-its-surface-he-had-made/) [Josephine Tey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-tey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23a/josephine-tey-12922_angle_he-knew-by-heart-every-last-minute-crack_2209369.jpg) > [“Alas, great is my sorrow. Your name is Ah Chen, and when you were born I was not truly pleased. I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hughart/alas-great-is-my-sorrow-your-name-is-ah-chen-and-when-you-were-born-i/) [Barry Hughart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-hughart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/barry-hughart-19013_hands-together_alas-great-is-my-sorrow-your-name-is-ah_2802044.png) > [“It is raining.  The clock ticks.  I am leaning on my elbow.  The wind blows through the cracks.  The door rattles in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-e-rehmus/it-is-raining-the-clock-ticks-i-am-leaning-on-my-elbow-the-wind-blows/) [E.E. Rehmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-e-rehmus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/983/e-e-rehmus-234316_consciousness_it-is-raining-the-clock-ticks-i-am-leani_2388909.jpg) > [“I griped about it at lunch one day to Bill Weist and Dr. Leslie Squier, our visiting psychologists from Reed College. I'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-pryor/i-griped-about-it-at-lunch-one-day-to-bill-weist-and-dr-leslie-squier/) [Karen Pryor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-pryor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/karen-pryor-39019_operant-conditioning_i-griped-about-it-at-lunch-one-day-to-bi_1288949.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guessing-game/#itemlist", "name": "Guessing Game Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When it came to foods it was a guessing game.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tony Perez" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-perez/when-it-came-to-foods-it-was-a-guessing-game/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58e/tony-perez-109052_came_when-it-came-to-foods-it-was-a-guessing_815334.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58e/tony-perez-109052_came_when-it-came-to-foods-it-was-a-guessing_815334.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58e/tony-perez-109052_came_when-it-came-to-foods-it-was-a-guessing_815334.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When it came to foods it was a guessing game.” — Tony Perez", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Part of filmmaking is always a guessing game, and part of it is always a game of trust.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Greg Kinnear" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-kinnear/part-of-filmmaking-is-always-a-guessing-game-and-part-of-it-is-always/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a05/greg-kinnear-9920_cinema_part-of-filmmaking-is-always-a-guessing_2181394.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a05/greg-kinnear-9920_cinema_part-of-filmmaking-is-always-a-guessing_2181394.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a05/greg-kinnear-9920_cinema_part-of-filmmaking-is-always-a-guessing_2181394.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Part of filmmaking is always a guessing game, and part of it is always a game of trust.” — Greg Kinnear", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Life seemed even more of a guessing game than usual.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Julian Barnes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barnes/life-seemed-even-more-of-a-guessing-game-than-usual/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41b/julian-barnes-522_games_life-seemed-even-more-of-a-guessing-game_2168629.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41b/julian-barnes-522_games_life-seemed-even-more-of-a-guessing-game_2168629.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41b/julian-barnes-522_games_life-seemed-even-more-of-a-guessing-game_2168629.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Life seemed even more of a guessing game than usual.” — Julian Barnes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everything with Peeping Tom is kind of a guessing game. 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And while some may hide and bluff with their cards, the true winners are those that lay their cards down honestly and find what they are looking for because of it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-should-not-be-a-guessing-game-in-fact-it-shouldn-t-be-a-game-at/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/072/anonymous-1_being-honest_love-should-not-be-a-guessing-game-in-fa_1739399.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/072/anonymous-1_being-honest_love-should-not-be-a-guessing-game-in-fa_1739399.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/072/anonymous-1_being-honest_love-should-not-be-a-guessing-game-in-fa_1739399.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Love should not be a guessing game. In fact, it shouldn't be a game at all. 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So, it's a guessing game and you've got to really believe in yourself and know who you are.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Liz Mitchell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-mitchell/it-s-never-one-thing-it-s-a-lot-of-things-because-you-learn-that-show/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2c/liz-mitchell-11303_believe_it-s-never-one-thing-it-s-a-lot-of-thing_2558753.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2c/liz-mitchell-11303_believe_it-s-never-one-thing-it-s-a-lot-of-thing_2558753.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2c/liz-mitchell-11303_believe_it-s-never-one-thing-it-s-a-lot-of-thing_2558753.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's never one thing it's a lot of things because you learn that show business is one of the most…” — Liz Mitchell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He waited in silence for the blindfold to be tied firmly at the back of his head. ‘Right,’ said Wilkins, emphatically. ‘That should do. How many fingers am I holding up?’ ‘Three,’ said Thomas. ‘God damn it to hell, how did you know that? Can you see through the cloth?’ ‘No. It was a guess.’ ‘Well you’re not supposed to guess. For crying out loud, I’m trying to make sure that you can’t see where we’re going. We’re not here to play guessing games. How many fingers am I holding up?’ ‘I’ve no idea. I can’t see a bloody thing.’ ‘Good. It was four, by the way. Not that it matters. Now shut up.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonathan Coe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/he-waited-in-silence-for-the-blindfold-to-be-tied-firmly-at-the-back/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/352/jonathan-coe-10154_quote_he-waited-in-silence-for-the-blindfold-t_1296156.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/352/jonathan-coe-10154_quote_he-waited-in-silence-for-the-blindfold-t_1296156.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/352/jonathan-coe-10154_quote_he-waited-in-silence-for-the-blindfold-t_1296156.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He waited in silence for the blindfold to be tied firmly at the back of his head. ‘Right,’ said Wilkins…” — Jonathan Coe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He knew by heart every last minute crack on its surface. He had made maps of the ceiling and gone exploring on them; rivers, islands, and continents. He had made guessing games of it and discovered hidden objects; faces, birds, and fishes. He made mathematical calculations of it and rediscovered his childhood; theorems, angles, and triangles. There was practically nothing else he could do but look at it. He hated the sight of it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Josephine Tey" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-tey/he-knew-by-heart-every-last-minute-crack-on-its-surface-he-had-made/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23a/josephine-tey-12922_angle_he-knew-by-heart-every-last-minute-crack_2209369.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23a/josephine-tey-12922_angle_he-knew-by-heart-every-last-minute-crack_2209369.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23a/josephine-tey-12922_angle_he-knew-by-heart-every-last-minute-crack_2209369.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He knew by heart every last minute crack on its surface. He had made maps of the ceiling and gone exploring…” — Josephine Tey", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Alas, great is my sorrow. Your name is Ah Chen, and when you were born I was not truly pleased. I am a farmer, and a farmer needs strong sons to help with his work, but before a year had passed you had stolen my heart. You grew more teeth, and you grew daily in wisdom, and you said 'Mommy' and 'Daddy' and your pronunciation was perfect. When you were three you would knock at the door and then you would run back and ask, 'Who is it?' When you were four your uncle came to visit and you played the host. Lifting your cup, you said, 'Ching!' and we roared with laughter and you blushed and covered your face with your hands, but I know that you thought yourself very clever. Now they tell me that I must try to forget you, but it is hard to forget you. \"You carried a toy basket. You sat at a low stool to eat porridge. You repeated the Great Learning and bowed to Buddha. You played at guessing games, and romped around the house. You were very brave, and when you fell and cut your knee you did not cry because you did not think it was right. When you picked up fruit or rice, you always looked at people's faces to see if it was all right before putting it in your mouth, and you were careful not to tear your clothes. \"Ah Chen, do you remember how worried we were when the flood broke our dikes and the sickness killed our pigs? Then the Duke of Ch'in raised our taxes and I was sent to plead with him, and I made him believe that we could not pay out taxes. Peasants who cannot pay taxes are useless to dukes, so he sent his soldiers to destroy our village, and thus it was the foolishness of your father that led to your death. Now you have gone to Hell to be judged, and I know that you must be very frightened, but you must try not to cry or make loud noises because it is not like being at home with your own people. \"Ah Chen, do you remember Auntie Yang, the midwife? She was also killed, and she was very fond of you. She had no little girls of her own, so it is alright for you to try and find her, and to offer her your hand and ask her to take care of you. When you come before the Yama Kings, you should clasp your hands together and plead to them: 'I am young and I am innocent. I was born in a poor family, and I was content with scanty meals. I was never wilfully careless of my shoes and my clothing, and I never wasted a grain of rice. If evil spirits bully me, may thou protect me.' You should put it just that way, and I am sure that the Yama Kings will protect you. \"Ah Chen, I have soup for you and I will burn paper money for you to use, and the priest is writing down this prayer that I will send to you. If you hear my prayer, will you come to see me in your dreams? If fate so wills that you must yet lead an earthly life, I pray that you will come again to your mother's womb. Meanwhile I will cry, 'Ah Chen, your father is here!' I can but weep for you, and call your name.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barry Hughart" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hughart/alas-great-is-my-sorrow-your-name-is-ah-chen-and-when-you-were-born-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/barry-hughart-19013_hands-together_alas-great-is-my-sorrow-your-name-is-ah_2802044.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/barry-hughart-19013_hands-together_alas-great-is-my-sorrow-your-name-is-ah_2802044.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/barry-hughart-19013_hands-together_alas-great-is-my-sorrow-your-name-is-ah_2802044.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Alas, great is my sorrow. Your name is Ah Chen, and when you were born I was not truly pleased. I am a…” — Barry Hughart", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It is raining.  The clock ticks.  I am leaning on my elbow.  The wind blows through the cracks.  The door rattles in its frame.  My arm is tired of staying in one position.  There is a pressure on the wrist.  My temple burns on one side.  I wonder what will happen next.  Someone laughs.  If he had heard the rain, the clock, and the door, he would have kept silent.  Had I been laughing, I would not have heard these things. Gaze into a cat's eye or a gorilla's.  You will notice a peculiar thing that will make you shudder.  sometimes cats claw at human eyes.  Some- times gorillas enrage. Telepathy and death are wound inextricably together.  To see why this is so, you must understand consciousness.  When, late at night in your bed, you hear a distant automobile, you and the driver are parts of yourself.  When you speak, you are alone and the listener is both you and himself.  Two men, one on the mountain and the other in the village, cannot communicate.  Each is looking into a mirror.  Wave, and *he* waves - shout, and *he* replies.  All of us see the same moon and feel the same heartbeat, but we can never admit it.  One says the moon is a pale disc, another that it is a satellite of the Earth, a third that it is a silver world.  My heart thumps, yours clatters, and his booms.  Consciousness is distortion. But much telepathy passes unnoticed.  Dogs in the night, a dream of Mabel, Dr. Rhines' dice games - these are self-conscious tricks that mean nothing.  What of the more obvious examples?  You know when another is lying.  You know who is going down the stair.  You know emotion without seeing it.  You know the intelligence of others.  Some sign gives them away.  It is coincidence?  Guessing games again? Then think of what you could not possibly know, what no one could tell you.  Is there any doubt you do not know that fellow on the gibbet or the thought of that girl on the stake?  Watch someone die and you may read his mind at ease. You need not got so far.  We human beings understand one another better than we think.  Argue, deny, shout, denounce, destroy.  Nothing alters truth.  You, reader, see my flaws and concentrate on them.  You wonder why I choose this word and not that. My arguments are weak and you can drum up stronger ones against them.  But we are eye to eye for all of that.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "E.E. Rehmus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-e-rehmus/it-is-raining-the-clock-ticks-i-am-leaning-on-my-elbow-the-wind-blows/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/983/e-e-rehmus-234316_consciousness_it-is-raining-the-clock-ticks-i-am-leani_2388909.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/983/e-e-rehmus-234316_consciousness_it-is-raining-the-clock-ticks-i-am-leani_2388909.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/983/e-e-rehmus-234316_consciousness_it-is-raining-the-clock-ticks-i-am-leani_2388909.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is raining. The clock ticks. I am leaning on my elbow. The wind blows through the cracks. The door…” — E.E. 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For twenty minutes she offered me everything imaginable except just getting on the box and standing there. It was infuriating, and strangely exhausting. The otter would eat her fish and then run back to the box and present some new, fantastic variation and look at me expectantly (spitefully, even, I thought) while I struggled once more to decide if what she was doing fit my criteria or not. My psychologist friends flatly refused to believe me; no animal acts like that. If you reinforce a response, you strengthen the chance that the animal will repeat what it was doing when it was reinforced; you don't precipitate some kind of guessing game. So I showed them. We all went down to the otter tank, and I took the other otter and attempted to get it to swim through a small hoop. I put the hoop in the water. The otter swam through it, twice. I reinforced it. Fine. The psychologists nodded. Then the otter did the following, looking up for a reward each time: swam through the hoop and stopped, leaving its tail on the other side. Swam through and caught the hoop with a back foot in passing, and carried it away. Lay in the hoop. Bit the hoop Backed through the hoop. 'See?' I said. 'Otters are natural experimenters.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Karen Pryor" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-pryor/i-griped-about-it-at-lunch-one-day-to-bill-weist-and-dr-leslie-squier/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/karen-pryor-39019_operant-conditioning_i-griped-about-it-at-lunch-one-day-to-bi_1288949.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/karen-pryor-39019_operant-conditioning_i-griped-about-it-at-lunch-one-day-to-bi_1288949.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/karen-pryor-39019_operant-conditioning_i-griped-about-it-at-lunch-one-day-to-bi_1288949.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I griped about it at lunch one day to Bill Weist and Dr. Leslie Squier, our visiting psychologists from Reed…” — Karen Pryor", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guessing-game/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guessing-game/", "name": "Guessing Game Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guessing-game/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58e/tony-perez-109052_came_when-it-came-to-foods-it-was-a-guessing_815334.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 16 Guessing Game quotes by 15 authors. 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