“You can't always expect people to apply your wisdom when they didn't use wisdom before they found themselves knee deep in their… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
I find it, as ever, very unprofitable to have much to do with men. It is sowing the wind, but not reaping… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
No one was responsible for the great Wall Street crash. No one engineered the speculation that preceded it. Both were the product… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Ere many generations pass, our machinery will be driven by a power obtainable at any point in the universe. This idea is… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Part of my attraction to ancient art is that there is an element of risk, of speculation. — Michael Steinhardt Copy Share Image
The amount of speculation surrounding my romantic life is astounding. It's strange how involved people get: invested and angry, really disappointed. — Sienna Miller Copy Share Image
The fear of speculation, the ostensible rush from the theoretical to the practical, brings about the same shallowness in action that it… — Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling Copy Share Image
The papers feed the public interest but then the public interest demands more in the press and speculation can look like fact. — Chris Chibnall Copy Share Image
Sara Creasy is a new writer to watch, and Song of Scarabaeus is a novel to read and enjoy. . . .… — Vonda N. McIntyre Copy Share Image
Solve all your problems through meditation. Exchange unprofitable religious speculations for actual God-contact. Clear your mind of dogmatic theological debris; let in… — Lahiri Mahasaya Copy Share Image
“Speculation, speculation!' she [Caroline Hamelin] mechanically repeated, struggling with her doubts. 'Ah! the idea of it fills my heart with disturbing anguish.” — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
The besetting evil of our age is the temptation to squander and dilute thought on a thousand different lines of inquiry. — John Herschel Copy Share Image
The one thing that's absolutely clear is that Karl was not the source for the leak and there's no basis for any… — Robert Luskin Copy Share Image
The strongest arguments prove nothing so long as the conclusions are not verified by experience. Experimental science is the queen of sciences… — Roger Bacon Copy Share Image
I understand the gist of your speculation,' said Rhialto. 'It is most likely nuncupatory. — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
There's a certain degree of speculation that goes into valuations. In so far as the market supports a valuation, everyone who gets… — Brian Acton Copy Share Image
Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't. But you can't tell the difference when you have no real information. Fear can create… — Barbara Sher Copy Share Image
I think there's a lot of crazy stuff on the Internet. You read stuff that is wild speculation, and there's an element… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
A pin lies in wait for every bubble. And when the two eventually meet, a new wave of investors learns some very… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
In my view, our approach to global warming exemplifies everything that is wrong with our approach to the environment. We are basing… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
I'm pretty far out of the loop. There's always a lot of speculation and what-have-you. I'm sure it's fun for people to… — Andrew Ference Copy Share Image
Scientists who think science consists of unprejudiced data-gathering without speculation are merely cows grazing on the pasture of knowledge. — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
Investing is an activity of forecasting the yield over the life of the asset; speculation is the activity of forecasting the psychology… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation; his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
